Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1971, Malta's population change increased by 10.8% compared to 1970, reaching 8.2.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 5.8.

Malta ranks 10th out of 25 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.8% (from 7.9 in 1966).

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