Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 1999, Malta's population change decreased by 20.9% compared to 1998, reaching 3.4.

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

Malta ranks 6th out of 12 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 40.4% (from 5.7 in 1994).

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