Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Portugal's population change decreased by 12.5% compared to 1997, reaching 0.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.2.

Portugal ranks 11th out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 12.5% (from 0.8 in 1993).

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