Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1989, Malta's population change increased by 4.9% compared to 1988, reaching 8.5.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 2.1.

Malta ranks 2nd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 4.9% (from 8.1 in 1984).

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