Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1987, Malta's population change decreased by 1.4% compared to 1986, reaching 7.0.

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

Malta ranks 3rd 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 20.5% (from 8.8 in 1982).

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