Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Portugal's population change decreased by 2.7% compared to 1974, reaching 10.8.

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

Portugal ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 0.9% (from 10.7 in 1970).

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