Population — national citizens

In 2006, Malta's population increased by 0.6% compared to 2005, reaching 392,840.

Malta ranks 22nd 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 2.7% (from 382,525 in 2001).

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