Population on 1 January by age and sex

In 2025, Malta's population on 1 january by age and sex increased by 1.7% compared to 2024, reaching 269,303.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 229,985,530.

Malta ranks 27th out of 27 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 8.5% (from 248,296 in 2020).

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