Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2017, Portugal's population change decreased by 0.9% compared to 2016, reaching 10.6.

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

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 grown by 3.9% (from 10.2 in 2012).

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