Malta Demographics Profile 2009

Population

405,165 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 16.1% (male 33,526/female 31,780)
15-64 years: 69.4% (male 142,491/female 138,769)
65 years and over: 14.5% (male 25,406/female 33,193) (2009 est.)

Median age

total: 39.5 years
male: 38.1 years
female: 40.9 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate

0.4% (2009 est.)

Birth rate

10.36 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Death rate

8.38 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)

Net migration rate

2.02 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2009 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 94% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 0.6% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.76 male(s)/female
total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 3.75 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 4.2 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 3.27 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 79.44 years
male: 77.21 years
female: 81.8 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate

1.51 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

0.1% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

fewer than 500 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths

fewer than 100 (2003 est.)

Nationality

noun: Maltese (singular and plural)
adjective: Maltese

Ethnic groups

Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock)

Religions

Roman Catholic 98%

Languages

Maltese (official) 90.2%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.8% (2005 census)

Literacy

definition: age 10 and over can read and write
total population: 92.8%
male: 92%
female: 93.6% (2003 est.)

School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)

total: 15 years
male: 15 years
female: 15 years (2005)

Education expenditures

5.1% of GDP (2004)