One of the main responsibilities that fall under the remit of
the Population and Migration Statistics Unit is the compilation of total
population counts based on updates from the latest Population and Housing
Census. Thus each year the Unit produces estimates of total and Maltese
population counts by gender, age and locality for the previous year.
The Unit also coordinates with various government departments to obtain information on
important demographic events, including data on births, deaths, adoptions and
regular and irregular migration, used for updating the total population
distribution. In addition, data is collected on marriages, seperations and
divorces.
Detailed information on population and demographic events is
published on an annual basis in the Demographic Review publication.