Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1977, Malta's population change increased by 6.7% compared to 1976, reaching 9.5.

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

Malta ranks 6th 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 15.9% (from 8.2 in 1972).

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