Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Portugal's population change increased by 1.8% compared to 1998, reaching 11.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Portugal ranks 7th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.6% (from 10.9 in 1994).

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