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Gozo or the Main Island: What the Official Numbers Show
They like the idea of Malta, and someone told them Gozo is where quiet lasts.
Picture a couple named Dan and Mary. Both are 66. They like the idea of Malta, and someone told them Gozo is where quiet lasts. They wonder what a statistics office could tell them about that.
Malta's National Statistics Office (NSO) does not measure quiet. It does count people and homes, and those counts say something.
How many people live where
| Gozo and Comino | Malta region | |
|---|---|---|
| Population, 2022 | 40,191 | 501,860 |
| Share of the two regions' people, 2022 (my arithmetic) | 7.4% | 92.6% |
| Population, 2024 | 41,253 | 532,997 |
| Share of the two regions' people, 2024 (my arithmetic) | 7.2% | 92.8% |
| Full-time jobs, by where people live, 2022 | 17,702 | 245,059 |
| Full-time jobs, by place of work, 2022 | 13,661 | 249,100 |
Sources
- NSO, Regional Statistics Malta 2024 Edition, released 23 July 2024 (2022 rows)
- NSO, Demography – Population page (2024 rows
- the page is dated by year only, no day shown)
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