Acquisitions of citizenship in Malta
1,145 people acquired the citizenship of Malta in 2024.
Malta, 2024
1,145
Change from 2023
+38.8%
European Union, 2024
1,177,232 people
Position in 2024
24th of 33
Acquisitions of citizenship 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 | 1,145 people | 1,177,232 people |
| 2023 | 825 people | 1,054,451 people |
| 2022 | 842 people | 990,857 people |
| 2021 | 1,156 people | 827,708 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 1,181 people | 730,668 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2019 | 770 people | 712,266 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2018 | 1,044 people | 676,593 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2017 | 1,973 people | 703,724 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2016 | 1,495 people | 843,894 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 646 people | 721,740 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2014 | 314 people | 762,138 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2013 | 418 people | 771,684 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2012 | 661 people | 626,942 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2011 | 236 people | 607,113 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2010 | 322 peopleb (break in time series) | 619,801 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2009 | 817 people | 566,079 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2008 | 644 people | 575,354 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2007 | 553 people | – |
| 2006 | 474 peoplee (estimated) | – |
| 2005 | 562 people | – |
| 2004 | 584 people | – |
| 2003 | 589 people | – |
| 2002 | 783 people | – |
| 2001 | 1,190 people | – |
| 2000 | 587 people | – |
Flags: be break in time series, estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; e estimated; ep estimated, provisional; b break in time series . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +38.8% from 825 people in 2023.
- Since 2014, when it was 314 people, the figure has changed by +264.6%.
- Among the 33 countries with data for 2024, Malta has the 24th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2024 was 1,177,232 people.
More for Malta
All statistics for Malta
Immigration
34,033 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Emigration
23,419 emigrants
2024 · Eurostat
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
Net migration
5,161 people
2025 · World Bank