Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1977, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 16.9% compared to 1976, reaching 5.4.

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

Bulgaria ranks 13th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.8% (from 5.5 in 1972).

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