A book extract from a book in French called ‘La Demographie Maltaise’ that was uploaded by Alain Blondy onto social media, gives us a glimpse of Malta during the year 1912.

The extract lists Malta’s villages together with their population number at the time.

It looks like Valletta was the most populated area in all of Malta with well over 22,000 residents while St Paul’s Bay had the lowest number of residents with only 185 people. This is quite a contrast to today as St Paul’s Bay is now the most populated town or village in Malta with over 32,000 residents while Mdina has the lowest number of residents with a total of 291.

The extract also lists that in 1912, Malta was home to over 184,000 inhabitants.

Some of Malta’s residents, a total of 88 to be exact lived at ‘Vapeurs maltais’. This was not a village but instead refers to any people in Malta that strictly resided on steam ships.

A different kind of Malta!