Population (total, 1 January)

In 2022, Malta's population (total, 1 january) increased by 0.8% compared to 2021, reaching 520,174.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 445,972,024.

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 13.2% (from 459,375 in 2017).

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