| Population | 460,891 (July 2021 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) |
| Languages | Maltese (official) 90.1%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.9% (2005 est.) |
| Religions | Roman Catholic (official) more than 90% (2006 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 14.38% (male 33,934/female 31,823) 15-24 years: 10.33% (male 24,445/female 22,811) 25-54 years: 41.1% (male 97,685/female 90,264) 55-64 years: 12.88% (male 29,533/female 29,353) 65 years and over: 21.3% (male 44,644/female 52,775) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 55.5 youth dependency ratio: 22.4 elderly dependency ratio: 33.2 potential support ratio: 3 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 42.3 years male: 41.2 years female: 43.5 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.75% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 9.84 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.37 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 6.04 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the population lives on the eastern half of Malta, the largest of the three inhabited islands |
| Urbanization | urban population: 94.8% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.04 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.08 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.85 male(s)/female total population: 1.01 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 29 years (2019 est.) note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births |
| Maternal mortality rate | 6 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 4.62 deaths/1,000 live births male: 4.51 deaths/1,000 live births female: 4.73 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 83 years male: 80.91 years female: 85.19 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.5 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | 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 (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 9% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 2.86 physicians/1,000 population (2015) |
| Hospital bed density | 4.5 beds/1,000 population (2017) |
| Sanitation facility access | 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 (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.1% (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | <500 (2016 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <100 (2016 est.) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 28.9% (2016) |
| Education expenditures | 4.8% of GDP (2017) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.5% male: 93% female: 96% (2018) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 17 years male: 16 years female: 17 years (2018) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
