Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1996, Malta's population change increased by 1.4% compared to 1995, reaching 7.3.

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

Malta ranks 26th out of 26 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 7.6% (from 7.9 in 1991).

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