Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1981, Malta's population change decreased by 6.7% compared to 1980, reaching 7.0.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 3.4.

Malta ranks 5th out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 21.3% (from 8.9 in 1976).

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