Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1985, Malta's population change decreased by 4.9% compared to 1984, reaching 7.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.3.

Malta ranks 4th out of 22 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.7% (from 7.5 in 1980).

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