Malta - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Malta. The country is an archipelago, with only the three largest islands (Malta, Ghawdex or Gozo, and Kemmuna or Comino) inhabited; numerous bays provide good harbors. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
Population Distribution
Most of the population lives on the eastern half of Malta, the largest of the three inhabited islands
People and Society
In Malta, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock)
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | 0.65% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 7.67 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 8.65 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 4.4 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.18 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.57 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Maltese | Maltese (singular and plural) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 14.5% (male 35,034/female 33,181) |
| 15-64 years | 62.4% (male 151,836/female 141,248) |
| 65 years and over | 23.1% (2024 est.) (male 50,153/female 58,278) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 54.1 (2025 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 21.2 (2025 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 32.9 (2025 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 3 (2025 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 42.1 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 42.4 years |
| Female | 44.7 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 94.9% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 0.28% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 213,000 VALLETTA (capital) (2018). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| 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 (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 4.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 4.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 4.5 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 83.6 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 81.5 years |
| Female | 85.8 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| 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.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 22.1% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 23.9% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 20.2% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
Demographic profile
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