Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1971, Portugal's population change increased by 6.5% compared to 1970, reaching 11.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.5.

Portugal ranks 6th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.8% (from 11.2 in 1966).

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