Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Bulgaria's population change decreased by 45.5% compared to 1988, reaching 0.6.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 2.1.

Bulgaria ranks 21st out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 73.9% (from 2.3 in 1984).

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