Population — national citizens

In 2003, Malta's population increased by 0.5% compared to 2002, reaching 386,938.

Malta ranks 20th out of 21 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.8% (from 376,513 in 1998).

Source: Eurostat dataset migr_pop1ctz, accessed via the eupublicdata pipeline.