Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 7.4% compared to 1977, reaching 5.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.0.

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 26.5% (from 6.8 in 1973).

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