Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2018, Portugal's population change increased by 2.8% compared to 2017, reaching 10.9.

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

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 6.9% (from 10.2 in 2013).

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