Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 14.9% compared to 1974, reaching 6.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.5.

Bulgaria ranks 12th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 13.7% (from 7.3 in 1970).

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