Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 2.7% compared to 1969, reaching 7.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 6.0.

Bulgaria ranks 12th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.4% (from 7.2 in 1965).

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