Population on 1 January in Malta
Malta had 574,250 people on 1 January 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960. The source marks a break in the series within this span, so values before and after it may not be fully comparable.
Malta, 2025
574,250
Change from 2024
+1.9%
European Union, 2025
450,646,971 peopleep (Source flag ep)
Position in 2025
37th of 40
Population on 1 January 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 574,250 people | 450,646,971 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2024 | 563,443 people | 449,306,184 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2023 | 542,051 people | 447,695,350 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2022 | 520,174 people | 445,972,024 peopleep (estimated, provisional) |
| 2021 | 516,125 people | 445,891,011 peoplebep (break in time series, estimated, provisional) |
| 2020 | 514,855 people | 447,030,024 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2019 | 492,968 people | 446,149,924 people |
| 2018 | 474,837 people | 445,301,376 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2017 | 459,375 people | 444,670,605 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2016 | 449,635 people | 444,003,268 peoplee (estimated) |
| 2015 | 438,805 people | 442,924,865 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2014 | 428,156 people | 442,268,078 peoplebe (break in time series, estimated) |
| 2013 | 421,464 people | 441,739,930 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2012 | 417,546 people | 440,552,661 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2011 | 414,989 people | 439,942,305 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2010 | 414,027 people | 440,660,421 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2009 | 410,926 people | 440,047,892 people |
| 2008 | 407,832 people | 438,725,386 peopleb (break in time series) |
| 2007 | 405,616 people | 437,227,496 people |
| 2006 | 404,999 people | 435,816,236 people |
| 2005 | 402,668 people | 434,416,272 people |
| 2004 | 399,867 people | 432,762,039 people |
| 2003 | 397,296 people | 431,190,184 people |
| 2002 | 394,641 people | 429,723,142 people |
| 2001 | 391,415 people | 429,240,746 peopleb (break in time series) |
Flags: b break in time series; be break in time series, estimated; e estimated; bep break in time series, estimated, provisional; ep estimated, provisional . A dash means no value was published.
In short
- That is a change of +1.9% from 563,443 people in 2024.
- Since 2015, when it was 438,805 people, the figure has changed by +30.9%.
- Among the 40 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 37th highest value.
- The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 450,646,971 people.
More for Malta
All statistics for Malta
Population
579,704 people
2025 · World Bank
Median age of the population
40.0 years
2025 · Eurostat
Immigration
34,033 immigrants
2024 · Eurostat
Population by age and sex
574,250 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude birth rate
7.5 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat
Crude death rate
7.3 per 1,000 people
2025 · Eurostat