Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1982, Malta's population change increased by 25.7% compared to 1981, reaching 8.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 3.3.

Malta ranks 4th 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 7.4% (from 9.5 in 1977).

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