Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2005, Malta's population change decreased by 18.2% compared to 2004, reaching 1.8.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.4.

Malta ranks 8th out of 15 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 51.4% (from 3.7 in 2000).

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