Population (total, 1 January)

In 2025, Malta's population (total, 1 january) increased by 1.9% compared to 2024, reaching 574,250.

Malta accounts for 0.1% of the EU-27 total of 450,646,971.

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 11.5% (from 514,855 in 2020).

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