Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2001, Malta's population change decreased by 1.3% compared to 2000, reaching 7.4.

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

Malta ranks 26th 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 1.4% (from 7.3 in 1996).

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