Population (total, 1 January)

In 2014, Malta's population (total, 1 january) increased by 1.6% compared to 2013, reaching 428,156.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 442,268,078.

Malta ranks 27th 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 4.2% (from 410,926 in 2009).

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