Population in Malta

The population of Malta was 579,704 people in 2025. The value for 2025 is the highest in the series, which starts in 1960.

Measure: Population (UN estimates) Unit: People Data: 1960 to 2025 Source: World Bank
Malta, 2025 579,704 People
Change from 2024 +1.9% 2024: 568,847 people
European Union, 2025 451,127,411 people Official aggregate
Position in 2025 170th of 217 See the full ranking

Population in Malta over time

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People. Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Gaps mean no published value; points are not joined across missing years.

Population (UN estimates) (people), 2001 to 2025
Period MaltaEuropean Union
2025 579,704 people 451,127,411 people
2024 568,847 people 450,228,188 people
2023 552,747 people 448,897,545 people
2022 531,113 people 447,203,596 people
2021 518,150 people 446,228,281 people
2020 515,490 people 446,870,959 people
2019 503,912 people 446,910,453 people
2018 483,903 people 446,058,453 people
2017 467,106 people 445,321,060 people
2016 454,505 people 444,676,652 people
2015 444,220 people 443,793,218 people
2014 433,481 people 442,920,819 people
2013 424,810 people 442,425,741 people
2012 420,028 people 442,069,839 people
2011 416,268 people 441,414,078 people
2010 414,508 people 442,088,310 people
2009 412,477 people 441,388,573 people
2008 409,379 people 440,270,719 people
2007 406,724 people 438,796,003 people
2006 405,308 people 437,263,803 people
2005 403,834 people 435,789,139 people
2004 401,268 people 434,193,248 people
2003 398,582 people 432,512,916 people
2002 395,969 people 430,924,112 people
2001 393,028 people 429,909,307 people

A dash means no value was published for that period.

In short

  • That is a change of +1.9% from 568,847 people in 2024.
  • Since 2015, when it was 444,220 people, the figure has changed by +30.5%.
  • Among the 217 countries with data for 2025, Malta has the 170th highest value.
  • The figure for the European Union in 2025 was 451,127,411 people.

Source and dates

Original producer
United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects
Distributed by
World Bank, World Development Indicators
Dataset or series code
SP.POP.TOTL · dataset details · view at source
Observation period
1960 to 2025 for Malta
Provider update
8 October 2026
Retrieved
9 November 2026
Published here
9 November 2026
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (per series metadata)
Attribution
Source: World Bank, World Development Indicators, original data: United Nations Population Division, World Population Prospects