In 2014:
- ... the total population at end December was 429,344 (214,735 males and 214,609 females) with 401,868 Maltese nationals.
- ... for the first time over at least the past century, total males in Malta exceeded females.
- ... the fertility rate of the total population stood at 1.42 whereas the rate for the Maltese population stood at 1.37.
- ... diseases of the circulatory system were the principle cause of death in Malta (37.6% of total deaths) followed by tumours (28.5% of total deaths).
- ... 5 boats carrying 565 irregular migrants reached Maltese shores (almost a quarter of these migrants were Syrian).
- ... a total of 2,871 marriages were registered in Malta (51.7% Religious Marriages and 48.3% Civil Marriages).
- ... the life expectancy at birth was 82.1 years (84.3 for females and 79.8 for males).
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Dissemination Unit
National
Statistics Office
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Valletta
Tel: (+356) 25 99 72 19
Email: nso@gov.mt