Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1970, Malta's population change increased by 5.4% compared to 1969, reaching 17.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 16.4.

Malta ranks 9th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 0.6% (from 17.7 in 1965).

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