Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2012, Portugal's population change increased by 5.2% compared to 2011, reaching 10.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.1.

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 grown by 4.1% (from 9.8 in 2007).

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