Malta Population

Population now

519,844

World: 168th
Europe: 40th

Male:	261,000	(50.23 %)
Female:	258,844	(49.77 %)

Births in 2024:	4,087
Deaths in 2024:	3,978

Life expectancy & Rates (2024)

Male:	81.65 years
Female:	84.90 years
Total:	83.23 years
Median Age:	42.95 years

Birth Rate:	9.31
Death Rate:	9.06
Growth Rate:	0.03 %
Fertility Rate:	1.45

Population Data Graphs

Total population
Birth & Death rate
Life expectancy
Median Age
Population structure (mid 2024)
Urbanization

Malta Population History

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
1960	327k	158k	168k	0.94	2.05%	26.20	8.60	3.62	69.43	67.62	71.33	21.96	90.13%	1033.39
1961	325k	158k	168k	0.94	1.62%	23.60	9.00	3.27	69.61	67.79	71.53	22.13	90.07%	1029.27
1962	324k	157k	167k	0.94	1.64%	23.20	8.80	3.24	69.77	67.94	71.70	22.35	90.01%	1025.00
1963	323k	156k	166k	0.94	1.25%	20.70	9.20	2.90	69.92	68.08	71.85	22.65	89.95%	1020.73
1964	321k	155k	166k	0.94	1.31%	19.90	8.60	2.79	70.08	68.23	72.02	22.98	89.89%	1016.61
1965	319k	154k	165k	0.94	0.88%	17.70	9.40	2.52	70.25	68.39	72.20	23.30	89.83%	1008.86
1966	315k	152k	163k	0.94	0.86%	16.90	9.10	2.33	70.44	68.56	72.41	23.67	89.76%	997.47
1967	312k	151k	161k	0.94	0.77%	17.00	9.60	2.24	70.65	68.75	72.64	24.10	89.70%	985.92
1968	308k	149k	159k	0.94	0.78%	16.70	9.40	2.12	70.86	68.95	72.88	24.68	89.68%	974.37
1969	304k	147k	157k	0.94	0.69%	16.70	9.90	2.02	71.08	69.14	73.12	25.28	89.69%	962.97
1970	303k	147k	156k	0.94	0.74%	17.60	10.10	2.03	71.31	69.34	73.37	25.86	89.70%	957.75
1971	303k	147k	156k	0.94	0.80%	18.40	10.20	2.06	71.52	69.52	73.62	26.48	89.71%	957.91
1972	302k	147k	156k	0.94	0.85%	17.80	9.60	2.01	71.73	69.70	73.86	26.94	89.72%	957.12
1973	302k	147k	156k	0.94	0.79%	17.40	9.70	1.65	71.93	69.87	74.09	27.31	89.73%	956.33
1974	302k	147k	155k	0.94	0.98%	18.00	9.10	1.64	72.11	70.02	74.31	27.67	89.73%	955.68
1975	304k	148k	157k	0.94	0.98%	18.80	9.50	2.27	72.28	70.17	74.50	28.07	89.74%	962.73
1976	306k	148k	157k	0.94	0.92%	18.60	9.70	2.21	72.44	70.31	74.67	28.32	89.75%	967.64
1977	307k	149k	158k	0.94	1.01%	18.90	9.40	2.14	72.58	70.46	74.82	28.69	89.76%	971.42
1978	310k	150k	160k	0.94	0.73%	18.20	10.50	2.05	72.73	70.62	74.95	29.17	89.77%	981.59
1979	313k	152k	161k	0.94	0.96%	18.60	9.50	2.10	72.89	70.80	75.09	29.61	89.78%	991.59
1980	317k	154k	163k	0.95	0.74%	17.70	10.20	1.99	73.08	71.01	75.25	29.96	89.79%	1002.04
1981	319k	155k	164k	0.95	0.73%	16.60	9.60	1.87	73.31	71.27	75.46	30.05	89.79%	1009.44
1982	326k	159k	167k	0.95	0.93%	18.10	9.40	1.90	73.60	71.56	75.73	30.15	89.80%	1031.32
1983	331k	162k	169k	0.96	0.80%	17.10	9.50	1.92	73.94	71.90	76.08	30.26	89.81%	1045.96
1984	331k	162k	169k	0.96	0.92%	16.90	8.80	1.95	74.33	72.27	76.50	30.41	89.82%	1046.18
1985	336k	165k	171k	0.96	0.92%	16.10	8.40	1.95	74.76	72.66	76.96	30.61	89.83%	1064.72
1986	342k	168k	174k	0.97	0.84%	15.30	8.30	1.93	75.20	73.07	77.44	30.92	89.91%	1082.66
1987	344k	169k	175k	0.97	0.83%	15.40	8.40	1.97	75.64	73.48	77.92	31.22	90.03%	1090.14
1988	347k	171k	176k	0.97	1.04%	15.90	7.80	2.06	76.06	73.87	78.37	31.52	90.15%	1099.13
1989	351k	173k	178k	0.97	1.15%	15.90	7.40	2.10	76.45	74.24	78.77	31.83	90.27%	1109.88
1990	354k	174k	180k	0.97	0.95%	15.20	7.80	2.02	76.79	74.57	79.11	32.14	90.38%	1120.79
1991	364k	179k	185k	0.97	0.85%	14.60	7.90	1.99	77.08	74.86	79.42	32.48	90.50%	1151.41
1992	368k	181k	186k	0.97	0.89%	14.90	7.90	2.07	77.35	75.12	79.69	32.84	90.61%	1163.35
1993	371k	183k	188k	0.97	0.90%	13.90	7.30	1.96	77.59	75.35	79.95	33.21	90.72%	1175.03
1994	375k	185k	190k	0.97	0.79%	12.90	7.20	1.84	77.82	75.56	80.19	33.61	90.84%	1186.07
1995	377k	186k	191k	0.98	0.69%	12.20	7.20	1.77	77.29	74.90	79.80	34.01	90.95%	1194.36
1996	380k	188k	192k	0.98	0.82%	13.30	7.30	1.99	77.34	75.00	79.80	34.30	91.18%	1202.23
1997	383k	189k	193k	0.98	0.69%	12.70	7.50	1.93	77.74	75.30	80.30	34.59	91.49%	1211.36
1998	385k	191k	194k	0.98	0.55%	12.10	7.80	1.84	77.59	75.10	80.20	34.87	91.79%	1219.26
1999	388k	192k	195k	0.98	0.44%	11.40	7.90	1.73	77.50	75.50	79.60	35.16	92.09%	1226.51
2000	390k	193k	197k	0.98	0.51%	11.30	7.50	1.68	78.35	76.30	80.50	35.47	92.37%	1234.45
2001	393k	195k	198k	0.98	0.36%	10.10	7.40	1.48	78.84	76.60	81.20	35.80	92.64%	1243.76
2002	396k	196k	199k	0.98	0.30%	9.90	7.60	1.45	78.74	76.30	81.30	36.16	92.91%	1253.07
2003	399k	198k	201k	0.98	0.29%	10.20	7.90	1.48	78.55	76.40	80.80	36.56	93.16%	1261.34
2004	401k	199k	202k	0.98	0.29%	9.70	7.50	1.40	79.25	77.40	81.20	36.98	93.41%	1269.84
2005	404k	200k	204k	0.98	0.23%	9.60	7.80	1.38	79.30	77.30	81.40	37.42	93.65%	1277.96
2006	405k	201k	204k	0.98	0.18%	9.30	7.90	1.36	79.44	77.00	82.00	37.82	93.78%	1282.62
2007	407k	202k	205k	0.98	0.22%	9.30	7.60	1.35	79.79	77.50	82.20	38.18	93.86%	1287.10
2008	409k	203k	206k	0.98	0.24%	9.80	7.90	1.43	79.64	77.10	82.30	38.50	93.93%	1295.50
2009	412k	205k	208k	0.98	0.26%	9.80	7.80	1.42	80.24	77.90	82.70	38.84	94.00%	1305.31
2010	415k	206k	209k	0.99	0.29%	9.40	7.30	1.36	81.40	79.30	83.60	39.21	94.07%	1311.73
2011	416k	207k	209k	0.99	0.28%	10.00	7.80	1.45	80.75	78.60	83.00	39.34	94.14%	1317.30
2012	420k	209k	211k	0.99	0.21%	9.80	8.10	1.42	80.75	78.60	83.00	39.50	94.21%	1329.20
2013	426k	213k	213k	1	0.25%	9.50	7.60	1.36	81.75	79.60	84.00	39.69	94.28%	1348.00
2014	435k	217k	217k	1	0.28%	9.60	7.50	1.38	82.05	79.90	84.30	39.87	94.35%	1375.18
2015	445k	223k	222k	1	0.26%	9.70	7.70	1.37	81.90	79.80	84.10	40.06	94.41%	1408.40
2016	455k	228k	227k	1	0.34%	9.80	7.30	1.37	82.45	80.60	84.40	40.36	94.48%	1441.00
2017	468k	235k	233k	1	0.21%	9.20	7.60	1.26	82.35	80.20	84.60	40.66	94.55%	1481.01
2018	485k	243k	242k	1.01	0.21%	9.20	7.60	1.23	82.45	80.40	84.60	40.96	94.61%	1533.64
2019	504k	253k	251k	1.01	0.18%	8.60	7.30	1.14	82.86	81.20	84.60	41.28	94.68%	1595.13
2020	515k	258k	257k	1.01	0.09%	8.60	7.90	1.13	82.65	80.80	84.60	41.60	94.74%	1630.80
2021	517k	259k	258k	1.01	0.09%	8.60	7.90	1.13	82.65	80.80	84.60	41.89	94.81%	1635.66
2022	518k	260k	258k	1.01	0.09%	8.60	7.90	1.13	82.65	80.80	84.60	42.24	94.88%	1639.24
2023	519k	261k	258k	1.01	0.04%	9.13	8.77	1.37	83.09	81.44	84.83	42.45	94.94%	1642.41
2024	520k	261k	259k	1.01	0.03%	9.31	9.06	1.45	83.23	81.65	84.90	42.95	95.01%	1645.57

Malta Population Projections

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Year	Total	Male	Female	Sex Ratio	Growth rate	Birth rate	Death rate	Fertility rate	Life exp., total Life expectancy	Life exp., male	Life exp., female	Median Age	Urbanization	Density, people / km2 Density, people/km2
2025	521k	262k	259k	1.01	0.01%	9.49	9.35	1.53	83.38	81.86	84.98	43.01	95.07%	1648.73
2026	521k	262k	259k	1.01	-0.02%	9.36	9.53	1.54	83.53	82.03	85.10	43.54	95.14%	1648.73
2027	521k	262k	259k	1.01	-0.05%	9.23	9.70	1.55	83.67	82.20	85.22	43.93	95.20%	1648.73
2028	521k	262k	259k	1.01	-0.08%	9.11	9.88	1.55	83.82	82.37	85.33	43.94	95.27%	1648.73
2029	521k	262k	259k	1.01	-0.11%	8.98	10.05	1.56	83.96	82.54	85.45	44.34	95.33%	1648.73
2030	520k	262k	258k	1.02	-0.13%	8.85	10.23	1.57	84.11	82.71	85.57	44.66	95.39%	1645.57
2031	520k	262k	258k	1.02	-0.16%	8.74	10.42	1.58	84.24	82.85	85.69	45.32	95.46%	1645.57
2032	519k	261k	257k	1.02	-0.19%	8.63	10.62	1.58	84.37	82.99	85.81	45.64	95.52%	1642.41
2033	518k	261k	257k	1.02	-0.21%	8.51	10.81	1.59	84.49	83.14	85.92	45.79	95.59%	1639.24
2034	516k	260k	256k	1.02	-0.24%	8.40	11.01	1.59	84.62	83.28	86.04	46.18	95.65%	1632.91
2035	515k	260k	255k	1.02	-0.26%	8.29	11.20	1.60	84.75	83.42	86.16	46.43	95.71%	1629.75
2036	514k	259k	255k	1.02	-0.27%	8.26	11.36	1.61	84.87	83.55	86.28	47.03	95.77%	1626.58
2037	512k	258k	254k	1.02	-0.29%	8.22	11.52	1.61	84.99	83.67	86.39	47.42	95.84%	1620.25
2038	511k	258k	253k	1.02	-0.30%	8.19	11.67	1.62	85.12	83.80	86.51	47.45	95.90%	1617.09
2039	509k	257k	252k	1.02	-0.31%	8.15	11.83	1.62	85.24	83.92	86.62	47.96	95.96%	1610.76
2040	507k	256k	251k	1.02	-0.32%	8.12	11.99	1.63	85.36	84.05	86.74	47.93	96.02%	1604.43
2041	506k	255k	250k	1.02	-0.32%	8.16	12.07	1.63	85.48	84.17	86.86	48.43	96.08%	1601.27
2042	504k	254k	249k	1.02	-0.33%	8.20	12.16	1.64	85.59	84.29	86.97	48.85	96.14%	1594.94
2043	502k	254k	249k	1.02	-0.33%	8.23	12.24	1.64	85.71	84.40	87.09	48.70	96.20%	1588.61
2044	500k	253k	248k	1.02	-0.33%	8.27	12.33	1.65	85.82	84.52	87.20	49.00	96.26%	1582.28
2045	499k	252k	247k	1.02	-0.33%	8.31	12.41	1.65	85.94	84.64	87.32	49.21	96.31%	1579.11
2046	497k	251k	246k	1.02	-0.33%	8.37	12.43	1.65	86.06	84.76	87.43	49.50	96.37%	1572.78
2047	496k	251k	245k	1.02	-0.32%	8.43	12.45	1.65	86.17	84.87	87.55	49.76	96.43%	1569.62
2048	494k	250k	244k	1.02	-0.32%	8.48	12.46	1.66	86.29	84.99	87.66	49.76	96.48%	1563.29
2049	493k	249k	244k	1.02	-0.32%	8.54	12.48	1.66	86.40	85.10	87.78	49.73	96.54%	1560.13
2050	491k	248k	243k	1.02	-0.31%	8.60	12.50	1.66	86.52	85.22	87.89	49.58	96.59%	1553.80

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