Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Portugal's population change decreased by 3.8% compared to 2005, reaching 10.0.

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

Portugal ranks 16th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 8.3% (from 10.9 in 2001).

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