467,138 (2023 est.)
noun: Maltese (singular and plural)
adjective: Maltese
Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock)
Maltese (official) 90.1%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.9% (2005 est.)
Roman Catholic (official) more than 90% (2006 est.)
0-14 years: 14.53% (male 34,870/female 32,989)
15-64 years: 62.83% (male 151,927/female 141,561)
65 years and over: 22.65% (2023 est.) (male 48,830/female 56,961)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 47.1
youth dependency ratio: 19.3
elderly dependency ratio: 27.7
potential support ratio: 3.6 (2021 est.)
total: 43.2 years (2023 est.)
male: 42.1 years
female: 44.4 years
0.59% (2023 est.)
9.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
8.6 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
most of the population lives on the eastern half of Malta, the largest of the three inhabited islands
urban population: 94.9% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
29.3 years (2020 est.)
note: data refers to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births
3 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 4.4 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 83.4 years (2023 est.)
male: 81.3 years
female: 85.6 years
1.51 children born/woman (2023 est.)
0.74 (2023 est.)
N/A
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
10.8% of GDP (2020)
2.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015)
4.5 beds/1,000 population (2017)
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 100% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
28.9% (2016)
total: 8.07 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 2.8 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 2.34 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 2.51 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0.42 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 24% (2020 est.)
male: 26.4% (2020 est.)
female: 21.6% (2020 est.)
N/A
63.2% (2023 est.)
5.9% of GDP (2020 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 94.9%
male: 93.4%
female: 96.4% (2021)
total: 17 years
male: 17 years
female: 18 years (2020)
NOTE: The information regarding Malta on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Malta 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Malta 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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