Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1974, Malta's population change increased by 3.4% compared to 1973, reaching 18.0.

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

Malta ranks 8th 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 7.8% (from 16.7 in 1969).

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