Population — national citizens

In 2007, Malta's population decreased by 0.2% compared to 2006, reaching 392,215.

Malta ranks 23rd out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 1.9% (from 385,077 in 2002).

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