Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Malta's population change increased by 9.0% compared to 1981, reaching 18.1.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 13.5.

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 fallen by 4.2% (from 18.9 in 1977).

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