Population — national citizens

In 2023, Malta's population increased by 0.2% compared to 2022, reaching 404,675.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 407,021,139.

Malta ranks 26th 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 0.7% (from 401,940 in 2018).

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