Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1968, Malta's population change decreased by 1.8% compared to 1967, reaching 16.7.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 17.4.

Malta ranks 14th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 19.3% (from 20.7 in 1963).

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