Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1969, Portugal's population change decreased by 1.8% compared to 1968, reaching 21.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.9.

Portugal ranks 2nd out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.6% (from 24.0 in 1964).

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