Babies on Map births by country, 0 CE – 2026

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How many babies are born in Malta?

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

Plus or minus about 6%. These years have not happened yet or have not been counted yet. They are the medium variant of the UN's projection, not a record of births that took place.

Births in Malta through history

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Estimated annual births in Malta, 0 CE to 2026, on a logarithmic scale. The shaded band on the left marks the years where births are modelled rather than recorded. The marker sits on 2026.
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
2024 4.21K 540K 7.8 UN projection
2026 4.22K 549K 7.7 UN projection

What the numbers show

Annual births in Malta are at their highest in the whole run of estimates in 1947, at about ~10.7K. That is roughly 93 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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Where these numbers come from

2026 figures are the UN World Population Prospects 2024 medium variant. Earlier years come from the UN's estimates (1950 onward), 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.