Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1973, Malta's population change decreased by 6.1% compared to 1972, reaching 7.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 5.0.

Malta ranks 8th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 5.5% (from 7.3 in 1968).

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