Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2010, Malta's population change decreased by 6.4% compared to 2009, reaching 7.3.

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

Malta ranks 25th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 6.4% (from 7.8 in 2005).

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