Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2010, Bulgaria's population change increased by 2.8% compared to 2009, reaching 14.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.8.

Bulgaria ranks 1st out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.7% (from 14.8 in 2005).

Source: Eurostat dataset demo_gind, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.