Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1983, Portugal's population change increased by 4.3% compared to 1982, reaching 9.7.

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

Portugal ranks 18th 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 4.0% (from 10.1 in 1978).

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