Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1991, Malta's population change decreased by 3.9% compared to 1990, reaching 14.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 11.8.

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 4.6% (from 15.3 in 1986).

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