Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1991, Malta's population change decreased by 9.5% compared to 1990, reaching 6.7.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 1.4.

Malta ranks 2nd out of 20 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 5.6% (from 7.1 in 1986).

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