Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2009, Malta's population change decreased by 1.3% compared to 2008, reaching 7.8.

The figure is below the EU-27 average of 9.8.

Malta ranks 24th 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 4.0% (from 7.5 in 2004).

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