The estimated total population of Malta and Gozo at the end of 2016 stood at
440,433, up by 1.4 per cent when compared to 2015, the National Statistics Office said today. Most of the increase was due to migration. 

In 2005 the population was 404,000.

Persons under 18 made up 17.2 per cent of the total population, while a further 19.4 per cent were aged 65 and over. Of these, 2,642 persons - 1,836 women and 806 men - were over 89.

Live births registered during 2016 increased by 2.3 per cent over the previous year. During 2016, 150 babies, or 3.3 per cent, were born to teenage mothers. 64.2 per cent of babies were born to mothers aged between 25 and 34. 

Of the 3,342 deaths registered during 2016, 62.8 per cent were persons aged over 74 years.
 
There were 3,034 marriages occurring in 2016 which were registered in Malta and Gozo. Civil marriages (including foreigners) accounted for 53.7 per cent of the total marriages in 2016, an increase of 9.9 per cent over the previous year .

From the total marriages registered, 19.9 per cent were between spouses
aged 25-29. 30.5 per cent of grooms were between the ages of 25 and 29 while a further 29.9 per cent were aged between 30 and 34. On the other hand, 38.8 per cent of brides were between 25 and 29 years old and a further 23.9 per cent were between the ages of 30 and 34.

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