Population — national citizens

In 2009, Malta's population increased by 0.3% compared to 2008, reaching 394,135.

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 1.4% (from 388,867 in 2004).

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