Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Portugal's population change decreased by 9.1% compared to 1984, reaching 13.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 12.8.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.8% (from 16.2 in 1980).

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