Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1991, Portugal's population change decreased by 14.3% compared to 1990, reaching 1.2.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 1.4.

Portugal ranks 14th out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 61.3% (from 3.1 in 1986).

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