Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1984, Portugal's population change decreased by 1.4% compared to 1983, reaching 14.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.9.

Portugal ranks 10th 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 13.9% (from 16.6 in 1979).

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