Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2019, Bulgaria's population change increased by 0.6% compared to 2018, reaching 16.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.4.

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 5.8% (from 15.4 in 2014).

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