Population (total, 1 January)

In 2024, Malta's population (total, 1 january) increased by 3.9% compared to 2023, reaching 563,443.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 449,306,184.

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 14.3% (from 492,968 in 2019).

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