Population — national citizens

In 2022, Malta's population increased by 0.1% compared to 2021, reaching 403,794.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 408,287,841.

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 0.6% (from 401,239 in 2017).

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