Population — national citizens

In 2024, Malta's population increased by 0.1% compared to 2023, reaching 405,075.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 406,216,013.

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 402,498 in 2019).

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