Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2014, Bulgaria's population change increased by 5.5% compared to 2013, reaching 15.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.9.

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 6.2% (from 14.5 in 2009).

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