Latest digits acquired by MaltaToday from the National Statistics Office show that Msida and St. Paul’s Bay had more foreigners than Maltese residents by the end of 2019. 54.1% of people in Msida by December 2019 were foreigners, with 53.1% of people in St. Paul’s Bay being foreigners as well. This shifting demographic is the first instance that foreigners were more prevalent in a Maltese locality than Maltese nationals.
Gzira had the third highest ratio, with Sliema and St. Julian’s in fourth and fifth respectively. By 2019’s end, 20% of the population were foreigners (100,000). Localities with the smallest ratios of foreign residents were southern and western areas of Malta. These figures also predate the COVID-19 pandemic, which saw many foreigners returning to their country origin.
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