Population of Malta

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	21 Apr 2025

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The current population of Malta is 545,661 as of July 20, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Malta is projected at 545,405, or 545k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Malta is projected at 539,607, or 540k people for the year 2024.

Malta ranks 173rd in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Malta is ranked 39th among 50 countries and territories in Europe.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Malta population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	291,123	294,680	7,113	2.414	0.01182
1951	298,236	300,455	4,438	1.477	0.01184
1952	302,674	304,908	4,467	1.465	0.01180
1953	307,141	309,344	4,405	1.424	0.01174
1954	311,546	313,745	4,397	1.401	0.01168
1955	315,943	318,139	4,392	1.381	0.01161
1956	320,335	322,456	4,242	1.316	0.01154
1957	324,577	326,694	4,234	1.296	0.01145
1958	328,811	329,408	1,194	0.362	0.01132
1959	330,005	330,353	696	0.211	0.01114
1960	330,701	330,820	238	0.072	0.01097
1961	330,939	330,849	-181	-0.055	0.01079
1962	330,758	330,488	-539	-0.163	0.01058
1963	330,219	329,805	-827	-0.251	0.01033
1964	329,392	328,788	-1,207	-0.367	0.01007
1965	328,185	327,398	-1,574	-0.481	0.00982
1966	326,611	325,675	-1,873	-0.575	0.00957
1967	324,738	323,813	-1,850	-0.571	0.00932
1968	322,888	323,512	1,248	0.386	0.00913
1969	324,136	324,753	1,234	0.380	0.00897
1970	325,370	326,011	1,282	0.393	0.00882
1971	326,652	327,293	1,281	0.391	0.00868
1972	327,933	328,609	1,352	0.411	0.00855
1973	329,285	330,053	1,535	0.465	0.00842
1974	330,820	331,679	1,718	0.518	0.00830
1975	332,538	333,450	1,825	0.547	0.00819
1976	334,363	335,286	1,846	0.551	0.00809
1977	336,209	337,161	1,903	0.564	0.00799
1978	338,112	339,061	1,898	0.560	0.00790
1979	340,010	340,971	1,922	0.564	0.00781
1980	341,932	342,877	1,890	0.551	0.00771
1981	343,822	344,752	1,860	0.540	0.00761
1982	345,682	346,644	1,925	0.555	0.00752
1983	347,607	348,591	1,968	0.565	0.00742
1984	349,575	350,551	1,952	0.557	0.00733
1985	351,527	352,566	2,078	0.589	0.00724
1986	353,605	355,077	2,943	0.829	0.00716
1987	356,548	358,080	3,065	0.856	0.00709
1988	359,613	361,224	3,222	0.892	0.00702
1989	362,835	364,522	3,373	0.925	0.00696
1990	366,208	367,908	3,400	0.924	0.00691
1991	369,608	371,332	3,447	0.928	0.00685
1992	373,055	374,795	3,479	0.928	0.00681
1993	376,534	378,217	3,366	0.890	0.00676
1994	379,900	381,454	3,108	0.815	0.00672
1995	383,008	384,550	3,083	0.802	0.00668
1996	386,091	387,624	3,066	0.791	0.00664
1997	389,157	390,679	3,044	0.779	0.00659
1998	392,201	393,774	3,147	0.799	0.00656
1999	395,348	396,889	3,081	0.776	0.00652
2000	398,429	399,895	2,932	0.733	0.00648
2001	401,361	402,784	2,847	0.707	0.00644
2002	404,208	405,565	2,713	0.669	0.00640
2003	406,921	408,226	2,611	0.640	0.00636
2004	409,532	410,798	2,531	0.616	0.00632
2005	412,063	413,320	2,513	0.608	0.00627
2006	414,576	415,454	1,757	0.423	0.00623
2007	416,333	417,197	1,727	0.414	0.00617
2008	418,060	418,969	1,818	0.434	0.00612
2009	419,878	420,795	1,833	0.436	0.00607
2010	421,711	422,651	1,879	0.445	0.00602
2011	423,590	424,628	2,077	0.489	0.00597
2012	425,667	426,611	1,887	0.442	0.00592
2013	427,554	428,452	1,797	0.419	0.00588
2014	429,351	434,485	10,267	2.363	0.00589
2015	439,618	444,981	10,725	2.410	0.00596
2016	450,343	455,269	9,852	2.164	0.00602
2017	460,195	467,902	15,415	3.295	0.00612
2018	475,610	484,558	17,895	3.693	0.00627
2019	493,505	504,015	21,021	4.171	0.00645
2020	514,526	518,207	7,361	1.421	0.00657
2021	521,887	524,376	4,979	0.950	0.00659
2022	526,866	528,192	2,652	0.502	0.00658
2023	529,518	532,956	6,876	1.290	0.00659

Malta population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	536,394	539,607	6,426	1.191	0.00661
2025	542,820	545,405	5,170	0.948	0.00663
2026	547,990	549,011	2,042	0.372	0.00661
2027	550,032	550,975	1,886	0.342	0.00658
2028	551,918	552,705	1,573	0.285	0.00655
2029	553,491	554,106	1,229	0.222	0.00652
2030	554,720	555,231	1,023	0.184	0.00648
2031	555,743	556,120	754	0.136	0.00644
2032	556,497	556,777	559	0.100	0.00640
2033	557,056	557,107	103	0.018	0.00636
2034	557,159	556,971	-376	-0.068	0.00631
2035	556,783	556,508	-550	-0.099	0.00626
2036	556,233	555,881	-703	-0.126	0.00621
2037	555,530	555,097	-865	-0.156	0.00616
2038	554,665	554,105	-1,120	-0.202	0.00611
2039	553,545	552,938	-1,215	-0.220	0.00606
2040	552,330	551,735	-1,190	-0.216	0.00601
2041	551,140	550,460	-1,360	-0.247	0.00596
2042	549,780	549,119	-1,323	-0.241	0.00591
2043	548,457	547,706	-1,502	-0.274	0.00586
2044	546,955	546,198	-1,513	-0.277	0.00582
2045	545,442	544,634	-1,616	-0.297	0.00577
2046	543,826	543,000	-1,651	-0.304	0.00572
2047	542,175	541,207	-1,937	-0.358	0.00568
2048	540,238	539,339	-1,798	-0.333	0.00563
2049	538,440	537,578	-1,723	-0.321	0.00559
2050	536,717	535,721	-1,991	-0.372	0.00554
2051	534,726	533,639	-2,174	-0.407	0.00550
2052	532,552	531,486	-2,132	-0.401	0.00546
2053	530,420	529,382	-2,076	-0.392	0.00541
2054	528,344	527,345	-1,999	-0.379	0.00537
2055	526,345	525,221	-2,249	-0.428	0.00533
2056	524,096	522,957	-2,278	-0.436	0.00529
2057	521,818	520,715	-2,207	-0.424	0.00526
2058	519,611	518,439	-2,344	-0.452	0.00522
2059	517,267	515,978	-2,578	-0.500	0.00518
2060	514,689	513,364	-2,650	-0.516	0.00514
2061	512,039	510,685	-2,709	-0.530	0.00510
2062	509,330	507,861	-2,938	-0.579	0.00506
2063	506,392	504,928	-2,929	-0.580	0.00502
2064	503,463	501,906	-3,115	-0.621	0.00498
2065	500,348	498,707	-3,281	-0.658	0.00494
2066	497,067	495,360	-3,414	-0.689	0.00489
2067	493,653	491,870	-3,567	-0.725	0.00485
2068	490,086	488,205	-3,761	-0.770	0.00481
2069	486,325	484,409	-3,833	-0.791	0.00476
2070	482,492	480,568	-3,847	-0.801	0.00472
2071	478,645	476,649	-3,992	-0.838	0.00467
2072	474,653	472,615	-4,077	-0.863	0.00463
2073	470,576	468,506	-4,140	-0.884	0.00458
2074	466,436	464,339	-4,194	-0.903	0.00453
2075	462,242	460,096	-4,293	-0.933	0.00449
2076	457,949	455,646	-4,606	-1.011	0.00444
2077	453,343	451,058	-4,570	-1.013	0.00439
2078	448,773	446,498	-4,549	-1.019	0.00435
2079	444,224	441,928	-4,593	-1.039	0.00430
2080	439,631	437,324	-4,615	-1.055	0.00425
2081	435,016	432,663	-4,706	-1.088	0.00421
2082	430,310	428,050	-4,520	-1.056	0.00416
2083	425,790	423,479	-4,622	-1.091	0.00412
2084	421,168	418,921	-4,495	-1.073	0.00407
2085	416,673	414,485	-4,377	-1.056	0.00403
2086	412,296	410,087	-4,417	-1.077	0.00399
2087	407,879	405,755	-4,247	-1.047	0.00395
2088	403,632	401,639	-3,985	-0.992	0.00391
2089	399,647	397,651	-3,992	-1.004	0.00387
2090	395,655	393,682	-3,947	-1.003	0.00383
2091	391,708	389,791	-3,835	-0.984	0.00380
2092	387,873	386,057	-3,633	-0.941	0.00376
2093	384,240	382,459	-3,561	-0.931	0.00373
2094	380,679	378,909	-3,540	-0.934	0.00370
2095	377,139	375,413	-3,452	-0.920	0.00367
2096	373,687	372,094	-3,186	-0.856	0.00364
2097	370,501	368,943	-3,115	-0.844	0.00361
2098	367,386	365,881	-3,010	-0.823	0.00359
2099	364,376	362,878	-2,996	-0.826	0.00356
2100	361,380	359,932	-2,897	-0.805	0.00354