Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1997, Portugal's population change increased by 1.8% compared to 1996, reaching 11.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.4.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 2.6% (from 11.5 in 1992).

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