Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2020, Bulgaria's population change increased by 16.6% compared to 2019, reaching 19.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.6.

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 20.3% (from 15.8 in 2015).

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