Immigration in Malta
Malta recorded 34,033 immigrants in 2024.
Malta, 2024
34,033
Change from 2023
−19.4%
European Union, 2024
5,684,984 immigrantsip (Source flag ip)
Position in 2024
24th of 33
Immigration in Malta over time
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People. Source: Eurostat. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.
| Period | Malta | European Union |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 34,033 immigrants | 5,684,984 immigrantsip (value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional) |
| 2023 | 42,239 immigrants | 6,011,360 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 34,964 immigrants | 6,997,284 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 16,963 immigrants | 4,132,213 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 14,751 immigrants | 3,279,673 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 29,304 immigrants | 4,206,293 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 27,394 immigrants | 3,936,055 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 22,750 immigrants | 3,766,413 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2016 | 18,116 immigrants | 3,735,536 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2015 | 18,202 immigrants | 4,097,244 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 15,928 immigrants | 3,187,841 immigrantsep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 12,446 immigrants | 2,901,962 immigrantsbep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2012 | 9,152 immigrants | – |
| 2011 | 5,465 immigrants | – |
| 2010 | 4,275 immigrants | – |
| 2009 | 6,161 immigrants | – |
| 2008 | 6,043 immigrants | – |
| 2007 | 5,292 immigrants | – |
| 2006 | 3,889 immigrants | – |
| 2005 | 2,075 immigrants | – |
Flags: bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional; ip value imputed by Eurostat or other receiving agencies, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of −19.4% from 42,239 immigrants in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 15,928 immigrants, the figure has changed by +113.7%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 24th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 5,684,984 immigrants.
More for Malta
All statistics for Malta
Emigration
23,419 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Acquisitions of citizenship
1,145 people
2024 · Eurostat
Net migration
5,161 people
2025 · World Bank
First-time asylum applicants
405 applicants
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration rate
23.9 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Net migration estimates and projections
12.4 per 1,000 people
2023 · UN Population Division