Fertility rate, total in Malta
Malta: Fertility rate, total was 1.01 births per woman in 2024. ▼ Falling
Fertility rate, total in Malta, 1960–2024
Source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division. Measured in births per woman.
Analysis
Malta recorded 1.01 births per woman for fertility rate, total in 2024. That is the lowest value across all 65 years on record.
That represents a change of down 4.7% on the previous year and down 26.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, fertility rate, total in Malta peaked at 3.62 births per woman in 1960 and was at its lowest, 1.01 births per woman, in 2024.
That places Malta 209th out of 215 countries with data for 2024, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently falling across the 65 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 2.71 births per woman | 2.02 births per woman | 3.62 births per woman | 10 |
| 1970s | 2.02 births per woman | 1.64 births per woman | 2.27 births per woman | 10 |
| 1980s | 1.96 births per woman | 1.87 births per woman | 2.1 births per woman | 10 |
| 1990s | 1.91 births per woman | 1.73 births per woman | 2.07 births per woman | 10 |
| 2000s | 1.44 births per woman | 1.35 births per woman | 1.68 births per woman | 10 |
| 2010s | 1.33 births per woman | 1.14 births per woman | 1.45 births per woman | 10 |
| 2020s | 1.08 births per woman | 1.01 births per woman | 1.14 births per woman | 5 |
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- Age population, age 16, female, interpolated 2,314 (2025)
- Age population, age 18, female, interpolated 2,200 (2025)
- Age population, age 17, male, interpolated 2,458 (2025)
- Population ages 15-64, female 64.1% (2025)
- Age population, age 17, female, interpolated 2,233 (2025)
- Age population, age 16, male, interpolated 2,466 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, total 74,777 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 38,781 (2025)
- Population ages 0-14, male 12.9% (2025)
- Age population, age 18, male, interpolated 2,441 (2025)
Frequently asked questions
- What is fertility rate, total in Malta?
- Fertility rate, total in Malta was 1.01 births per woman in 2024, according to World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division.
- What is the highest fertility rate, total recorded in Malta?
- The highest recorded value was 3.62 births per woman in 1960.
- What is the lowest fertility rate, total recorded in Malta?
- The lowest recorded value was 1.01 births per woman in 2024.
- How does Malta rank for fertility rate, total?
- Malta ranks 209th out of 215 countries with data for 2024.
- Is fertility rate, total rising or falling in Malta?
- Over the last ten years it is down 26.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Malta data come from?
- The figures come from World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as part of Fertility rate, total (births per woman). Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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About this data
Total fertility rate represents the number of children that would be born to a woman if she were to live to the end of her childbearing years and bear children in accordance with age-specific fertility rates of the specified year.