Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1977, Portugal's population change decreased by 4.5% compared to 1976, reaching 19.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.6.

Portugal ranks 5th 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 5.4% (from 20.2 in 1972).

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