Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Portugal's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2001, reaching 10.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.0.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.9% (from 10.4 in 1997).

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