Population change - Demographic balance and crude rates at national level

In 2006, Malta's population change decreased by 22.2% compared to 2005, reaching 1.4.

The figure is above the EU-27 average of 0.7.

Malta ranks 11th out of 18 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has fallen by 48.1% (from 2.7 in 2001).

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