Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 2.9% compared to 1980, reaching 3.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 3.4.

Bulgaria ranks 15th 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 49.2% (from 6.5 in 1976).

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