In the localities of Birżebbuġa, St Paul’s Bay and Sliema, foreigners accounted for more than 20 per cent of total population, according to a publication released today by the National Statistics Office.
The NSO's Regional Statistics 2017 also revealed that the localities of Santa Luċija, Żejtun and Żabbar had the lowest percentage of foreigners out of the total population residing in there.
During the period 2010 and 2015, the population of the Malta region increased every year, with an overall growth of 19,035 inhabitants. During that period, the population of the Gozo and Comino region increased every year except for 2013 where there was a marginal decrease, giving a net overall increase of 379 inhabitants.
In all, the number of inhabitants on the Maltese islands as at the end of 2015 was 434,403.