Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, Bulgaria's population change increased by 3.2% compared to 2016, reaching 16.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5.

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 7.3% (from 15.0 in 2012).

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