Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Portugal's population change increased by 1.2% compared to 2017, reaching 8.4.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.5.

Portugal ranks 24th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 6.3% (from 7.9 in 2013).

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