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Malta: cities by population

Malta has a population of 483,530, with Valletta as its capital. The 50 largest of its 69 recorded towns and cities, ranked.

Figures are the latest available in GeoNames (CC BY 4.0), which draws on national censuses of varying dates — treat them as recent, not same-year. Country totals are GeoNames country data. Sources & method.

#	Place	Region	Population
1	San Pawl il-Baħar	Saint Paul’s Bay	32,042
2	Birkirkara	Birkirkara	24,356
3	Mosta	Il-Mosta	23,482
4	Sliema	Tas-Sliema	22,591
5	Qormi	Qormi	16,801
6	Żabbar	Ħaż-Żabbar	15,648
7	Naxxar	In-Naxxar	14,890
8	San Ġwann	Saint John	14,720
9	Swieqi	Is-Swieqi	14,452
10	San Ġiljan	Saint Julian	13,792
11	Imsida	L-Imsida	13,713
12	Birżebbuġa	Birżebbuġa	12,915
13	Fgura	Il-Fgura	12,877
14	Rabat	Ir-Rabat	11,936
15	Gżira	Il-Gżira	11,669
16	Żejtun	Iż-Żejtun	11,549
17	Mellieħa	Il-Mellieħa	11,389
18	Attard	Attard	11,377
19	Haz-Zebbug	Ħaż-Żebbuġ	11,079
20	Żurrieq	Iż-Żurrieq	10,962
21	Marsaskala	Marsaskala	10,024
22	Ħamrun	Il-Ħamrun	9,743
23	Siġġiewi	Is-Siġġiewi	8,721
24	Paola	Paola	8,706
25	Tarxien	Ta’ Xbiex	8,627
26	Santa Venera	Saint Venera	7,590
27	Valletta	Valletta	6,794
28	Victoria	Victoria	6,596
29	Luqa	Luqa	6,162
30	Cospicua	Bormla	6,096
31	Marsa	Il-Marsa	5,454
32	Pietà	Tal-Pietà	4,892
33	Għaxaq	Ħal Għaxaq	4,860
34	Balzan	Balzan	4,689
35	Nadur	In-Nadur	3,933
36	Pembroke	Pembroke	3,842
37	Imġarr	L-Imġarr	3,802
38	Dingli	Dingli	3,711
39	Xagħra	Ix-Xagħra	3,680
40	Marsaxlokk	Marsaxlokk	3,660
41	L-Iklin	L-Iklin	3,422
42	Mqabba	L-Imqabba	3,339
43	Xewkija	Ix-Xewkija	3,303
44	Lija	Lija	3,202
45	Gudja	Il-Gudja	3,184
46	Qrendi	Il-Qrendi	3,148
47	Kalkara	Il-Kalkara	3,059
48	Għajnsielem	Ghajnsielem	2,931
49	Mġarr	L-Imġarr	2,868
50	Hal Gharghur	Ħal Għargħur	2,857

Twenty years earlier: Malta in the 2005 World Gazetteer — population then 384,594.