Population (total, 1 January)

In 2006, Malta's population (total, 1 january) increased by 0.6% compared to 2005, reaching 404,999.

Malta ranks 23rd out of 23 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 3.5% (from 391,415 in 2001).

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