Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Portugal's population change decreased by 8.4% compared to 1977, reaching 17.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.3.

Portugal ranks 8th 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 12.5% (from 20.0 in 1973).

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