The total population of Malta stood at 553,000 people in 2024. Between 1980 and 2024, the total population rose by 238,000 people, though the increase followed an uneven trajectory rather than a consistent upward trend. The total population will steadily rise by 61,000 people over the period from 2024 to 2030, reflecting a clear upward trend.This indicator describes the total population in the country at hand. This total population of the country consists of all persons falling within the scope of the census.

All population components are based on definitions provided for in the European Regulation (EU) No. 1260/2013 on European demographic statistics. Total Population: includes both Maltese and foreign residents. The total population at the end of year t, is computed using the following equation: Pt = Pt-1 + Bt - Dt + It – Et, where Pt is the total resident population at the end of year t, Pt-1 is the total resident population at the end of year t-1, Bt is the total number of births born to mothers resident in Malta registered during year t, Dt is the total number of deaths of persons resident in Malta registered during year t, It is the total immigration of both Maltese and foreign nationals registered during year t who immigrated with the intention to live in Malta for a period of at least 12 months. Et is the total emigration of both Maltese and foreign nationals resident in Malta registered during year t who leave the country for a period of at least 12 months. Maltese Population: includes Maltese residents only. The Maltese population at the end of year t is computed using the following equation: P’t = P’t-1 + B’t – D’t + I’t – E’t , where: P’t is the Maltese resident population at the end of year t, P’t-1 is the Maltese resident population at the end of year t-1, B’t is the number of Maltese births born to mothers resident in Malta registered during year t, D’t is the number of deaths occurring to Maltese citizens resident in Malta during year t, I’t is the total immigration of Maltese nationals registered during year t who immigrated with the intention to live in Malta for a period of at least 12 months. E’t is the total emigration of Maltese nationals during year t who leave the country for a period of at least 12 months.

Malta - Foreign-born population was 173781.00 in December of 2024, according to the EUROSTAT. Trading Economics provides the current actual value, an historical data chart and related indicators for Malta - Foreign-born population - last updated from the EUROSTAT on July of 2025. Historically, Malta - Foreign-born population reached a record high of 173781.00 in December of 2024 and a record low of 33008.00 in December of 2010.

This statistic shows development of the foreign-born population in Malta from 2009 until 2016. Since 2009 there has been an annual increase, throughout this period there has been an overall increase of over ** thousand foreign-born residents in Malta. The peak was in 2016 at approximately **** thousand people.

Malta MT: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data was reported at 9.898 % in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 8.029 % for 2010. Malta MT: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data is updated yearly, averaging 5.872 % from Dec 1990 (Median) to 2015, with 6 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 9.898 % in 2015 and a record low of 4.239 % in 1990. Malta MT: International Migrant Stock: % of Population data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malta – Table MT.World Bank.WDI: Population and Urbanization Statistics. International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.; ; United Nations Population Division, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2008 Revision.; Weighted average;

Harmonised WFS Download service. All population components are based on definitions provided for in the European Regulation (EU) No. 1260/2013 on European demographic statistics. Total Population: includes both Maltese and foreign residents. The total population at the end of year t, is computed using the following equation: Pt = Pt-1 + Bt - Dt + It – Et, where Pt is the total resident population at the end of year t, Pt-1 is the total resident population at the end of year t-1, Bt is the total number of births born to mothers resident in Malta registered during year t, Dt is the total number of deaths of persons resident in Malta registered during year t, It is the total immigration of both Maltese and foreign nationals registered during year t who immigrated with the intention to live in Malta for a period of at least 12 months. Et is the total emigration of both Maltese and foreign nationals resident in Malta registered during year t who leave the country for a period of at least 12 months. Maltese Population: includes Maltese residents only. The Maltese population at the end of year t is computed using the following equation: P’t = P’t-1 + B’t – D’t + I’t – E’t , where: P’t is the Maltese resident population at the end of year t, P’t-1 is the Maltese resident population at the end of year t-1, B’t is the number of Maltese births born to mothers resident in Malta registered during year t, D’t is the number of deaths occurring to Maltese citizens resident in Malta during year t, I’t is the total immigration of Maltese nationals registered during year t who immigrated with the intention to live in Malta for a period of at least 12 months. E’t is the total emigration of Maltese nationals during year t who leave the country for a period of at least 12 months.

Malta MT: International Migrant Stock: Total data was reported at 41,442.000 Person in 2015. This records an increase from the previous number of 33,084.000 Person for 2010. Malta MT: International Migrant Stock: Total data is updated yearly, averaging 12,739.000 Person from Dec 1960 (Median) to 2015, with 12 observations. The data reached an all-time high of 41,442.000 Person in 2015 and a record low of 1,712.000 Person in 1960. Malta MT: International Migrant Stock: Total data remains active status in CEIC and is reported by World Bank. The data is categorized under Global Database’s Malta – Table MT.World Bank: Population and Urbanization Statistics. International migrant stock is the number of people born in a country other than that in which they live. It also includes refugees. The data used to estimate the international migrant stock at a particular time are obtained mainly from population censuses. The estimates are derived from the data on foreign-born population--people who have residence in one country but were born in another country. When data on the foreign-born population are not available, data on foreign population--that is, people who are citizens of a country other than the country in which they reside--are used as estimates. After the breakup of the Soviet Union in 1991 people living in one of the newly independent countries who were born in another were classified as international migrants. Estimates of migrant stock in the newly independent states from 1990 on are based on the 1989 census of the Soviet Union. For countries with information on the international migrant stock for at least two points in time, interpolation or extrapolation was used to estimate the international migrant stock on July 1 of the reference years. For countries with only one observation, estimates for the reference years were derived using rates of change in the migrant stock in the years preceding or following the single observation available. A model was used to estimate migrants for countries that had no data.; ; United Nations Population Division, Trends in Total Migrant Stock: 2012 Revision.; Sum;

In 2019, there were approximately 302,020 British citizens living in Spain, with a further 293,061 in Ireland and 176,672 in France. By comparison, there were only 604 British people living in Slovenia, the fewest of any European Union member state. As a member of the European Union, British citizens had the right to live and work in any EU member state. Although these rights were lost for most British citizens after the UK left the EU in 2020, Britons already living in EU states were able to largely retain their previous rights of residence. EU citizens living in the UK EU citizens living in the UK face the same dilemma that British nationals did regarding their legal status after Brexit. In the same year, there were 902,000 Polish citizens, 404,000 Romanians, and 322,000 people from the Republic of Ireland living in the UK in that year, along with almost two million EU citizens from the other 24 EU member states. To retain their rights after Brexit, EU citizens living in the UK were able to apply for the EU settlement scheme. As of 2025, there have been around 8.4 million applications to this scheme, with Romanian and Polish nationals the most common nationality at 1.87 million applications, and 1.27 million applications respectively. Is support for Brexit waning in 2024? As of 2025, the share of people in the UK who think leaving the EU was the wrong decision stood at 56 percent, compared with 31 percent who think it was the correct choice. In general, support for Brexit has declined since April 2021, when 46 percent of people supported Brexit, compared with 43 percent who regretted it. What people think Britain's relationship with the EU should be is, however, still unclear. A survey from November 2023 indicated that just 31 percent thought the UK should rejoin the EU, with a further 11 percent supporting rejoining the single market but not the EU. Only ten percent of respondents were satisfied with the current relationship, while nine percent wished to reduce ties even further.