Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 9.6% compared to 1968, reaching 7.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.3.

Bulgaria ranks 11th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.5% (from 8.2 in 1964).

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