Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1980, Portugal's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 1979, reaching 9.7.

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

Portugal ranks 21st out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.2% (from 10.8 in 1975).

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