Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Portugal's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 1974, reaching 19.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.0.

Portugal ranks 3rd 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 4.8% (from 20.8 in 1970).

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