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Malta — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Malta, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
1.89%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · +574.0% since 1961
Population growth for Malta was 1.89% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.05% in 2019. The lowest was -1.18% in 1968 (about -1.6× the low point).
Malta ranks 53 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 24%. The median for Middle East, North Africa, Afghanistan & Pakistan is 1.56%, so Malta sits above it. It peaked in 2019 and has fallen 53% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 23%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
1.89%
First (1961)
-0.40%
Change
+574.0%
Highest
4.05%
in 2019
Lowest
-1.18%
in 1968
Average
0.88%
Annual growth (CAGR)
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Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 1.89% |
| 2024 | 2.87% |
| 2023 | 3.99% |
| 2022 | 2.47% |
| 2021 | 0.51% |
| 2020 | 2.27% |
| 2019 | 4.05% |
| 2018 | 3.53% |
| 2017 | 2.73% |
| 2016 | 2.29% |
| 2015 | 2.45% |
| 2014 | 2.02% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.