Demographics of Malta

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	04 Nov 2021

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As of 2021, the population of Malta is projected at 442.79 thousand, up by 0.28% compared with 441.54 thousand in 2020. Malta is ranked 174th in terms of population and 179th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 4.34 thousand births in Malta in 2021. That is 12 per day, which is ranked 183rd. The crude birth rate is 9.79 per 1000 people. There are 3.86 thousand deaths in Malta in 2021. That is 11 per day, which is ranked 169th. The crude death rate is 8.72 per 1000 people.

0.41 million people are living in urban areas, which is 94.81% of Malta population. Malta is ranked 21st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Malta in 2021 is 100.66 males per 100 females. There are 222.12 thousand males and 220.67 thousand females in Malta. The percentage of female population is 49.84% compare to 50.16% male population. Malta has 1.46 thousand more males than females. Malta is at 137th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

Malta population
Year	Population	Growth (%)
1950	311,998	-
1955	313,523	-0.01
1960	312,973	0.21
1965	322,238	0.41
1970	320,548	-0.15
1975	322,358	0.29
1980	331,494	0.72
1985	346,254	0.92
1990	362,017	0.86
1995	376,893	0.84
2000	393,649	0.77
2005	404,659	0.46
2010	414,257	0.66
2015	433,559	0.78
2016	436,099	0.59
2017	437,935	0.42
2018	439,255	0.3
2019	440,377	0.26
2020	441,539	0.26
2021	442,790	0.28

Population
Growth

Malta death and birth rate
Year	Total		Crude(per 1000)
Year	Death	Birth	Crude death	Crude birth
1950	3,073	9,419	9.80	30.06
1955	2,773	8,632	8.88	27.62
1960	2,731	7,644	8.67	24.25
1965	2,856	5,941	8.93	18.59
1970	2,980	5,032	9.28	15.66
1975	3,046	5,621	9.42	17.38
1980	3,065	5,686	9.22	17.13
1985	2,818	5,495	8.15	15.86
1990	2,557	5,422	7.06	14.99
1995	2,633	5,051	6.97	13.38
2000	2,813	4,369	7.16	11.13
2005	3,011	3,863	7.45	9.55
2010	3,197	3,943	7.68	9.47
2015	3,440	4,195	7.97	9.72
2020	3,788	4,341	8.57	9.83
2021	3,864	4,338	8.72	9.79

Total
Crude

Urban and rural population of Malta
Year	Population		Urbanization
Year	Urban	Rural	growth rate (%)	Urban (%)
1950	277,239	34,764	-	88.858
1955	281,301	31,823	0.13	89.837
1960	280,781	30,753	0.10	90.129
1965	288,356	32,663	0.38	89.825
1970	287,114	32,972	-0.09	89.699
1975	289,707	33,114	0.36	89.742
1980	299,232	34,042	0.82	89.785
1985	313,678	35,518	0.95	89.828
1990	329,377	35,054	0.97	90.381
1995	345,871	34,434	1.00	90.946
2000	366,394	30,274	1.04	92.368
2005	380,936	25,851	0.70	93.645
2010	391,441	24,669	0.57	94.072
2015	403,728	23,888	0.55	94.414
2020	411,533	22,830	0.33	94.744
2021	412,867	22,602	0.32	94.810

Population
Urbanization

Malta population by Age Group (2011)
Age group	Male	Female	Total		M per 100 F
Age group	Male	Female	Persons	Share (%)	M per 100 F
00-04	11,080	10,518	21,598	4.88	105.343
05-09	11,207	10,415	21,622	4.88	107.604
10-14	10,694	9,942	20,636	4.66	107.564
15-19	10,406	9,942	20,348	4.60	104.667
20-24	12,406	11,736	24,142	5.45	105.709
25-29	15,314	14,068	29,382	6.64	108.857
30-34	17,019	15,711	32,730	7.39	108.325
35-39	16,983	15,697	32,680	7.38	108.193
40-44	16,269	15,283	31,552	7.13	106.452
45-49	14,903	14,104	29,007	6.55	105.665
50-54	12,833	12,349	25,182	5.69	103.919
55-59	13,778	13,570	27,348	6.18	101.533
60-64	14,882	15,096	29,978	6.77	98.582
65-69	13,644	13,904	27,548	6.22	98.130
70-74	13,578	14,577	28,155	6.36	93.147
75-79	8,586	10,022	18,608	4.20	85.672
80-84	5,053	6,810	11,863	2.68	74.200
85-89	2,471	4,340	6,811	1.54	56.935
90-94	828	1,972	2,800	0.63	41.988
95-99	173	542	715	0.16	31.919
100+	16	69	85	0.02	23.188
Total	222,123	220,667	442,790		100.660

Population pyramid
Gender ratio