Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2016, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 1.3% compared to 2015, reaching 15.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.2.

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 6.1% (from 14.7 in 2011).

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