Population (total, 1 January)

In 2021, Malta's population (total, 1 january) increased by 0.2% compared to 2020, reaching 516,125.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 445,891,011.

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 14.8% (from 449,635 in 2016).

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