Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1973, Malta's population change decreased by 2.2% compared to 1972, reaching 17.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 15.4.

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 grown by 4.2% (from 16.7 in 1968).

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