The population in Gozo is 39,287 according to the Population and Housing Census 2021, said Minister for Employment and Finance Clyde Caruana.
The Minister was replying to a Parliamentary Question by Opposition MP Chris Said, who had asked the Minister the population for Gozo and for each locality on the island according to either his Ministry or the National Statistics Office.
Minister Caruana also provided the population for each locality as:
Ghajnsielem and Comino – 3,523
Fontana – 1,042
Munxar – 1,707
Qala – 2,300
Nadur – 4,548
Victoria – 7,242
Xaghra – 5,161
Xewkija – 3,555
Zebbug – 3,303
Gharb – 1,549
Ghasri – 518
San Lawrenz – 772
Kercem – 1,881
Sannat – 2,186.
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