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Urban population share — Malta

Urban population share in Malta in 2025 — 95.7%. Ranked 16 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 5.6 pp.

2025 95.7% +0 pp vs 2024
World rank 16of 217
Period maximum 95.7%2025
Period minimum 89.4%1968

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Malta, 1960–2025889092949619601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 90.1%1962: 89.9%1964: 89.6%1966: 89.4%1968: 89.4%1970: 89.4%1972: 89.4%1974: 89.4%1976: 89.5%1978: 89.5%1980: 89.6%1982: 89.7%1984: 89.8%1986: 89.9%1988: 90.3%1990: 91%1992: 91.8%1994: 92.5%1996: 92.9%1998: 93.1%2000: 93.3%2002: 93.4%2004: 93.6%2006: 93.8%2008: 94%2010: 94.2%2012: 94.4%2014: 94.4%2016: 94.5%2018: 94.7%2020: 95.2%2022: 95.6%2024: 95.7%2025: 95.7%
Change over the period: +5.6 pp Annual average: 0.09 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Malta

Malta 95.7%
World 57.8%
Europe & Central Asia 74.1%
Southern Europe computed 71.8%
High-income countries computed 80.3%
Urban population share — Malta, by year Malta All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 95.7 +0 pp
2024 95.7 +0 pp
2023 95.6 +0 pp
2022 95.6 +0.1 pp
2021 95.5 +0.3 pp
2020 95.2 +0.3 pp
2019 94.9 +0.2 pp
2018 94.7 +0.2 pp
2017 94.6 +0.1 pp
2016 94.5 +0 pp
2015 94.4 +0 pp
2014 94.4 +0 pp
2013 94.4 +0 pp
2012 94.4 +0 pp
2011 94.3 +0.1 pp
2010 94.2 +0.1 pp
2009 94.1 +0.1 pp
2008 94 +0.1 pp
2007 93.9 +0.1 pp
2006 93.8 +0.1 pp
2005 93.7 +0.1 pp
2004 93.6 +0.1 pp
2003 93.5 +0.1 pp
2002 93.4 +0.1 pp
2001 93.4 +0.1 pp
2000 93.3 +0.1 pp
1999 93.2 +0.1 pp
1998 93.1 +0.1 pp
1997 93 +0.1 pp
1996 92.9 +0.2 pp
1995 92.7 +0.2 pp
1994 92.5 +0.3 pp
1993 92.2 +0.4 pp
1992 91.8 +0.4 pp
1991 91.4 +0.4 pp
1990 91 +0.4 pp
1989 90.7 +0.3 pp
1988 90.3 +0.3 pp
1987 90.1 +0.2 pp
1986 89.9 +0.1 pp
1985 89.8 +0 pp
1984 89.8 +0 pp
1983 89.7 +0 pp
1982 89.7 +0 pp
1981 89.6 +0 pp
1980 89.6 +0 pp
1979 89.6 +0 pp
1978 89.5 +0 pp
1977 89.5 +0 pp
1976 89.5 +0 pp
1975 89.4 +0 pp
1974 89.4 +0 pp
1973 89.4 +0 pp
1972 89.4 +0 pp
1971 89.4 +0 pp
1970 89.4 +0 pp
1969 89.4 +0 pp
1968 89.4 −0 pp
1967 89.4 −0 pp
1966 89.4 −0.1 pp
1965 89.5 −0.1 pp
1964 89.6 −0.1 pp
1963 89.7 −0.1 pp
1962 89.9 −0.1 pp
1961 90 −0.1 pp
1960 90.1 —

Southern Europe, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

GI Gibraltar 100 MC Monaco 100 SM San Marino 97.2 MT Malta 95.7 AD Andorra 88.9 ES Spain 80.5 GR Greece 79.2 IT Italy 69.7 ME Montenegro 65.6 MK North Macedonia 62.9 RS Serbia 62.6 PT Portugal 61.5 AL Albania 58.9 HR Croatia 57.8 SI Slovenia 56 BA Bosnia and Herzegovina 52.7 XK Kosovo 50.9
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About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.

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