Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.6% compared to 2017, reaching 16.2.

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 11.0% (from 14.6 in 2013).

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