Population — national citizens

In 2021, Malta's population increased by 0.1% compared to 2020, reaching 403,463.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 408,574,754.

Malta ranks 26th 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 0.8% (from 400,355 in 2016).

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