Malta Least Populated But With Largest Increase
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Over the 20 year period between January 1st 2003 and January 1st 2023, the total population of the EU increased from 431.2 million to 448.8 million – with Malta seeing a 36% increase.
18 EU countries showed increases in their population and 8 recorded decreases.
Malta followed Luxembourg (47%) in largest relative increases, with Ireland and Cyprus following at 33% and 29%.
However, Malta also was one of the least populous EU countries – 542,000 people which corresponds to 0.1% of the EU total.
The largest relative decreases were observed in Latvia (−18%), Bulgaria and Lithuania (both −17%), and Romania (−12%).
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