Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2021, Portugal's population change increased by 0.8% compared to 2020, reaching 12.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.9.

Portugal ranks 13th 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 12.1% (from 10.7 in 2016).

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