Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Portugal's population change increased by 0.9% compared to 2001, reaching 11.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

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 fallen by 1.8% (from 11.2 in 1997).

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