Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1983, Malta's population change decreased by 13.6% compared to 1982, reaching 7.6.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.6.

Malta ranks 5th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 1.3% (from 7.7 in 1978).

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