Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1979, Malta's population change increased by 2.2% compared to 1978, reaching 18.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 14.2.

Malta ranks 5th 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 3.3% (from 18.0 in 1974).

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