Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1976, Bulgaria's population change increased by 3.2% compared to 1975, reaching 6.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.4.

Bulgaria ranks 11th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.8% (from 6.2 in 1971).

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