Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1998, Malta's population change decreased by 17.3% compared to 1997, reaching 4.3.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.2.

Malta ranks 3rd out of 14 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 34.8% (from 6.6 in 1993).

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