Official name
Republic of Malta
Name in local language
Repubblika ta' Malta (mt) ; Republic of Malta (en)
Continent
Europe
Subcontinent
European Union
Population (ranking: 180e )
446,555 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
1.39 % / year
Area
320 km²
Density
1,395.48 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 131e )14.542 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
30,075 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
6.60 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
82.40 years (2018)
Birth rate
10.10 ‰ (2016)
Fertility rate
1.40 children / woman (2015)
Death rate (ranking )
7.20 ‰ (2016)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
3.50 ‰ (2016)
Literacy rate
94.44 % (2015)
Official languages
Maltese, English (Italian often spoken)
Currency
Euro (€ EUR)
HDI (ranking: 44e )0.885 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )80.90 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional republic
Head of State
President George Vella
National Day
21 September (independence of 1964)
ISO Codes MT, MLT
Demonym
Maltese
Tourists (ranking )
2,274,000 people (2017)
Malta is an island state in Europe, the smallest in the European Union. It consists of an archipelago of 8 islands of which 4 are inhabited. Located in the middle of the Mediterranean Sea, between southern Sicily in Italy and the Tunisian and Libyan coasts, it is one of the forced passages to the Union of a large number of migrants from all over Africa.
Anchor Bay, Malta Valletta, capitale of Malta Valletta, capitale of Malta Urban areas (2017)
Urban areas
Population
La Valette
408,750 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Islands and Regions (Reġjuni)
Population
Area
Centre (Ċentrali)
111,994 inhabitants
24 km²
Gozo (ta' Għawdex)
37,342 inhabitants
69 km²
Gozo et Comino (Île)
31,683 inhabitants
70 km²
Malte (Île)
408,750 inhabitants
246 km²
Nord - Tramontane (Tramuntana)
102,892 inhabitants
113 km²
Sud (Nofsinhar)
93,897 inhabitants
79 km²
Sud-Est (Xlokk)
99,301 inhabitants
36 km²
See also
