Malta had steepest population growth in the EU despite lowest fertility rate

Malta saw the steepest rise in population in the EU in a decade despite having the 27-country bloc’s lowest fertility rate, according to recently published Eurostat figures.Between 2013 and 2023, Malta’s population increased by almost a third, and nearly all of that growth is due to migration.Between January 2013 and 2023, the EU’s population rose...