Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Portugal's population change decreased by 4.1% compared to 1981, reaching 9.3.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 10.2.

Portugal ranks 19th 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 8.8% (from 10.2 in 1977).

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