Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1975, Portugal's population change increased by 4.7% compared to 1974, reaching 9.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.5.

Portugal ranks 7th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 10.9% (from 10.1 in 1970).

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