Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1978, Portugal's population change decreased by 1.0% compared to 1977, reaching 10.1.

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

Portugal ranks 14th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 9.0% (from 11.1 in 1973).

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