Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Portugal's population change decreased by 1.3% compared to 1981, reaching 15.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 13.5.

Portugal ranks 9th 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 20.4% (from 19.1 in 1977).

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