Population in Malta 544 indicators covering population for Malta. IndicatorLatest Year10-yr change Rank At-risk-of-poverty rate of persons living in single-person households 34.6% 2025 up 29.1% 3rd Early leavers from education and training by country of birth 8.6% 2025 down 47.2% 18th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions included in) 32.3% 2025 down 13.6% 47th At-risk-of-poverty rate before social transfers (pensions excluded) 22.5% 2025 down 5.5% 34th In-work at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 28.8% 2025 up 602.4% 1st Overcrowding rate by household type - total population 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% 47th Overcrowding rate by age, sex and poverty status - population without 5.4% 2025 up 31.7% 43rd Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by tenure status 63.2% 2025 down 6.9% 3rd Persons living in households with very low work intensity by age and 1.1 Thousand 2025 down 31.2% 46th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by most 2.4% 2025 down 64.7% 47th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by 2.4% 2025 down 64.2% 47th Distribution of households with children by number of children 68.5% 2025 up 16.9% 1st Distribution of population by sex and age 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of population aged 18 and over by educational attainment 33.9% 2025 down 35.4% 4th Distribution of population aged 65 and over by type of household 39.9% 2025 down 8.7% 27th Distribution of population over 18 years by most frequent activity 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Average household size 2.4 Average 2025 down 7.7% 17th Distribution of households by household size 34.0% 2025 up 34.9% 22nd Share of children (aged less than 18) living with their parents by 73.0% 2025 down 7.2% 18th Distribution of households by household type from 2003 onwards 100.0% 2025 unchanged 1st Distribution of population by housing cost burden and sex 14.0% 2025 up 241.5% 37th Live births by mother's age and newborn's sex 4,374 Number 2024 up 4.4% 56th Distribution of population by housing cost burden and household type 40.8% 2025 up 300.0% 24th Overcrowding rate by degree of urbanisation - total population 5.7% 2025 up 50.0% 42nd Share of people living in under-occupied dwellings by degree of 61.6% 2025 down 8.1% 2nd Distribution of population aged 18 and over by health status, age 37.2% 2025 up 26.5% 9th Overcrowding rate by tenure status - total population 2.6% 2025 down 23.5% 40th At-risk-of poverty rate for children by country of birth of their 20.7% 2025 down 31.0% 35th Persons living in households with very low work intensity by tenure 4.4% 2025 down 52.2% 40th At-risk-of-poverty rate by poverty threshold, work intensity of the 3.3% 2025 up 371.4% 10th Live births (total) by other typologies 4,374 Number 2024 up 4.4% 35th Distribution of population by housing cost burden and degree of 12.1% 2025 up 195.1% 39th At-risk-of poverty rate for children by educational attainment level 31.5% 2025 down 27.1% 45th Distribution of population by housing cost burden and tenure status 8.4% 2025 up 10.5% 31st Children living in households with very low work intensity by 17.1% 2025 down 7.1% 38th Other types of childcare by age group and duration - % over the 63.9% 2025 down 7.8% 32nd Children cared only by their parents by age group - % over the 18.5% 2025 down 68.1% 42nd Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and other typologies 574,250 2025 up 30.9% 35th Children in formal childcare or education by age group and duration 44.1% 2025 down 45.6% 33rd At-risk-of poverty rate for children by citizenship of their parents 19.3% 2025 down 40.6% 40th Vaccination against influenza of population aged 65 and over 40.1% 2024 down 25.3% 18th Persons by household composition and educational attainment level 15.2 Thousand persons 2025 up 9.4% 43rd Adults by number of children, age of youngest child and household 37.1 Thousand persons 2025 down 8.6% 43rd Private households by household composition, number of children and 242.8 Thousand households 2025 up 42.7% 42nd Persons per private household by household composition, number of 2.4 Person 2025 down 7.7% 14th Population connected to wastewater treatment plants 568.85 Thousand 2024 up 31.2% 36th Live births by mother's age and citizenship 4,374 Number 2024 up 4.4% 51st Population by sex, age and other typologies 403.1 Thousand persons 2025 up 35.0% 31st Persistent at-risk-of-poverty rate by household type 17.2% 2025 down 18.9% 21st Distribution of population by number of years spent in poverty within 5.4% 2025 down 1.8% 30th Self-reported unmet needs for dental examination by sex, age, main 0.0% 2025 down 100.0% 42nd Self-reported unmet needs for medical examination by sex, age, main 0.1% 2025 — 43rd Population connected to public water supply 100.0% 2024 unchanged 1st Persons subject to immigration law enforcement - per thousand persons 0.56 Number 2025 down 38.5% 17th Live births by mother's age and country of birth 4,374 Number 2024 up 4.4% 49th Distribution of population by group of country of birth and tenure 44.2% 2025 down 25.7% 32nd Subjective poverty by educational attainment level 14.1% 2025 down 32.5% 25th Subjective poverty by most frequent activity status 14.1% 2025 down 32.5% 25th Share of urban population living in inadequate housing 6.0% 2025 up 445.5% 25th Short-term update of the projected population 588,711 2032 up 13.0% 37th ← Previous Page 7 of 10 Next →