Malta: People & Society#
| Population | 415,196 (July 2016 est.) |
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| 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% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 15.01% (male 31,978/female 30,361) 15-24 years: 11.84% (male 25,276/female 23,890) 25-54 years: 40.1% (male 85,151/female 81,346) 55-64 years: 13.98% (male 28,797/female 29,251) 65 years and over: 19.06% (male 35,614/female 43,532) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 50.8% youth dependency ratio: 21.8% elderly dependency ratio: 29% potential support ratio: 3.4% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 41.5 years male: 40.4 years female: 42.7 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 0.29% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 10.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Population distribution | most of the population lives on the eastern half of Malta, the largest of the three inhabited islands |
| Urbanization | urban population: 95.4% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.46% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | VALLETTA (capital) 197,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.06 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.98 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 26.9 note: data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births (2010 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births male: 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births female: 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 80.4 years male: 78 years female: 82.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.55 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 9.7% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 3.49 physicians/1,000 population (2013) |
| Hospital bed density | 4.8 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| 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 (2015 est.) |
| 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 (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 28.7% (2014) |
| Education expenditures | 8.3% of GDP (2013) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 94.4% male: 93.1% female: 95.8% (2015 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 15 years male: 15 years female: 14 years (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 11.8% male: 13.8% female: 9.6% (2014 est.) |