Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1971, Portugal's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 1970, reaching 21.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.3.

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 9.5% (from 23.2 in 1966).

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