Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1976, Malta's population change decreased by 4.3% compared to 1975, reaching 8.9.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 4.4.

Malta ranks 8th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 8.5% (from 8.2 in 1971).

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