Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2000, Malta's population change decreased by 5.1% compared to 1999, reaching 7.5.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.9.

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

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.2% (from 7.2 in 1995).

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