Population — national citizens

In 2004, Malta's population increased by 0.5% compared to 2003, reaching 388,867.

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 2.7% (from 378,518 in 1999).

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