Population — national citizens

In 2025, Malta's population increased by 0.1% compared to 2024, reaching 405,312.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 405,729,577.

Malta ranks 25th out of 26 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 402,940 in 2020).

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