Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2020, Portugal's population change decreased by 3.6% compared to 2019, reaching 8.1.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.1.

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 fallen by 1.2% (from 8.2 in 2015).

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