Population (total, 1 January)

In 2007, Malta's population (total, 1 january) increased by 0.2% compared to 2006, reaching 405,616.

Malta ranks 24th out of 24 EU member states with reported data — in the bottom half of the distribution.

Over the past five years, the indicator has grown by 2.8% (from 394,641 in 2002).

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