Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2008, Portugal's population change increased by 1.0% compared to 2007, reaching 9.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 9.8.

Portugal ranks 12th 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 4.8% (from 10.4 in 2003).

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