Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2007, Portugal's population change decreased by 3.0% compared to 2006, reaching 9.7.

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

Portugal ranks 22nd 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 11.8% (from 11.0 in 2002).

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