Malta

Net migration rate in Malta

Net migration rate in Malta: 7.5 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 12.4 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
12.4 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
+4.8 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
18 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
0.8 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)
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per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in MaltaNet migration rate in Malta: 7.5 per 1,000 people in 1950 and 12.4 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -17.5 per 1,000 people and 27.2 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.8 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -17.5 per 1,000 people and 27.2 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 40.3 per 1,000 people in 2019, the lowest -16.8 per 1,000 people in 1960.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearMalta
202312.4
20224.7
20218.8
202013.3
201940.3
201835
201730.7
201618.9
201521.6
201421.2
20132
20122.1
20112.4
20101.8
20092
20082.1
20072.2
20062.4
20053.9
20044
20034
20024.5
20014.2
20004
19993.7
19983.2
19972.6
19962.9
19953.4
19943
19932.7
19922
19912.1
19901.5
19890.7
19880.5
19870.8
19861.3
1985-1.2
1984-1.6
1983-2.1
1982-3.1
1981-1.6
1980-2.6
1979-3.8
1978-3.8
1977-4.7
1976-4.9
1975-5.2
1974-4.8
1973-4.7
1972-4
1971-4.1
1970-3.4
1969-2.5
1968-2.3
1967-12.6
1966-13.3
1965-13.2
1964-14.5
1963-14.5
1962-16.2
1961-15.4
1960-16.8
1959-15.2
1958-13.4
1957-4.4
1956-6
1955-4.9
1954-4.3
1953-3.4
1952-3
1951-2.6
19507.5
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearMalta
202411.74.5–20.5
20259.5-0.3–21.4
20263.9-8–17.4
20274-9.3–19.7
20283.7-10.2–21.2
20293.4-11.8–20.5
20303.4-12.7–21.5
20313.3-13.4–23.3
20323.3-12.8–23.3
20332.9-15.1–22.5
20342.3-15.4–22.8
20352.4-14.2–24.2
20362.4-15.5–23.3
20372.3-15.9–24.4
20382.1-15.2–24.8
20392.1-16.1–24.9
20402.3-15.7–26.4
20412.1-16.3–26.6
20422.3-16.4–28
20432.1-16.8–28.8
20442.1-17.6–27.3
20451.9-18.5–26.6
20461.9-18.6–27.4
20471.5-19–26.9
20481.8-18.9–28.2
20491.9-18–27.8
20501.5-18.7–27
20511.2-19.1–27.5
20521.4-19.1–28
20531.6-18.3–28.9
20541.9-18.5–29.1
20551.5-18.3–28.7
20561.6-17.7–29.9
20571.9-18–29
20581.8-16.8–30.4
20591.5-17.6–29.6
20601.5-16.3–28
20611.6-17.2–30.1
20621.3-17.3–29.8
20631.6-16.7–29.4
20641.4-17.2–28.5
20651.3-16.6–29.8
20661.3-17.2–30.2
20671.3-16.8–30.4
20681.1-16.7–28.9
20691.2-16.5–28.5
20701.5-16.1–31
20711.4-17.3–29.8
20721.4-17.1–29
20731.5-17.7–28.6
20741.6-17–30.9
20751.5-17.1–28.7
20761-17.1–30
20771.1-17–29.8
20781.3-16.7–30.7
20791.2-16.9–28.7
20801.1-17.4–29.5
20810.9-16.9–28.6
20821.3-15.9–27.5
20831-16.3–26.7
20841.1-16.4–27.7
20851.2-16.5–28.1
20861-16.5–30
20871.2-16.6–27.8
20881.6-16.4–29
20891.2-16.6–29.4
20901.1-17.5–27.8
20911-16.3–27.8
20921.2-16–28.2
20931-17–27.5
20940.8-17.2–25.3
20950.6-17–26.7
20961.1-16.7–26.1
20970.9-17–27
20980.9-17.3–26.5
20990.8-18.5–26.6
21000.8-17.5–27.2

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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