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How many babies are born in Malta?

4.22 thousand babies born in Malta in 2026. That is 0.00% of all births worldwide, and the 183rd largest of any country. UN projection

2024–2100 uses the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario, based on assumptions about fertility, mortality and migration. These are projections, not observed births or guaranteed outcomes. Uncertainty increases further into the future; this site does not display prediction intervals.

Births in Malta: history and projections

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Annual births, logarithmic scale. Shading marks modelled years before 1800; the dashed line marks UN projections from 2024.
Every figure refers to the area inside Malta’s present-day borders. Before 1800 the state did not exist in its current form. See how borders are handled.
Year Estimated births Population Per 1,000 Evidence
1 CE ~45 ~1.1K 42.3 Modelled estimate
1000 ~410 ~10K 41.2 Modelled estimate
1500 ~950 ~20K 47.4 Modelled estimate
1800 ~5.17K ~134K 38.6 Historical reconstruction
1900 ~8.04K ~206K 39.0 Historical reconstruction
1950 8.67K 295K 29.4 UN estimate
2000 4.49K 400K 11.2 UN estimate
2023 4.21K 533K 7.9 UN estimate
2026 4.22K 549K 7.7 UN projection
2050 3.38K 536K 6.3 UN projection
2075 2.61K 460K 5.7 UN projection
2100 2.24K 360K 6.2 UN projection

What the numbers show

The highest annual births in Malta among estimates through 2023 were in 1947, at about ~10.7K. That is roughly 236 times the estimated ~45 births a year in 1 CE.

At 1.12 children per woman, fertility in Malta is below the level of about 2.1 that would hold a population steady over the long run without migration.

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How many babies are born in Malta each year?

An estimated 4.22 thousand babies are born in Malta in 2026, according to the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium projection. That is about 12 a day and 0.00% of all births worldwide.

What is the birth rate in Malta?

Malta has an estimated 7.7 births per 1,000 people in 2026, and a total fertility rate of 1.12 children per woman.

Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium scenario. UN estimates cover 1950–2023; projections cover 2024–2100. Earlier years come from Gapminder’s reconstructions (1800–1949) and a model applied to HYDE population estimates (before 1800). The full chain is set out in the methodology, and every source is listed on the sources page.