Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Malta's population change decreased by 5.8% compared to 1998, reaching 11.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 10.3.

Malta ranks 8th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 11.6% (from 12.9 in 1994).

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