Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Portugal's population change decreased by 3.3% compared to 1988, reaching 11.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 12.3.

Portugal ranks 19th 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 17.5% (from 14.3 in 1984).

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