Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2002, Malta's population change decreased by 14.8% compared to 2001, reaching 2.3.

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

Malta ranks 6th out of 13 EU member states with reported data — in the top half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 55.8% (from 5.2 in 1997).

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