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Malta

MT / MLT   35.9°, 14.4°

Malta, officially the Republic of Malta, is an island country located in the central Mediterranean Sea. It consists of an archipelago which is 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. The two official languages are Maltese and English; Maltese is recognised as the national language. The country's capital is Valletta, which is the smallest capital city in the European Union by both area and population.

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People are called
Maltese
Driving side
Left
Calling code
+356
Capital
Valletta
Population
553,214
Area
316 km2
Climate
Mediterranean
Government
Parliamentary republic
Currency
Euro
Languages
Maltese 90.1%, English 6%
Sells
refined petroleum, integrated circuits, packaged medicine, ships
Sells to
Nigeria 28%, Germany 10%, China 6%
Land borders
None
Drives on the
left
Calling code
+356
Founded
1964
Hemisphere
Northern

WHAT PEOPLE ARE CALLED

Maltese

These are English demonyms for people from Malta. A demonym describes a connection to a place; it does not mean everyone shares an ethnicity, language or religion.

Demonym source: mledoze/countries · Download the attributed dataset (ODbL)

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SAME LAND, DIFFERENT WORLDS

Civilizations, flags & standards

Modern borders are a starting point for exploring the past. These cultures and states occupied some of the same land; they were not the same country. Dates describe each civilization or state as a whole, not continuous rule over every place listed.

A sourced civilization and flag trail has not been added for Malta yet. No ancient flag is inferred from the modern one.

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Turning points

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Religion: state & society

An official religion is a legal status. The largest religious group is a population measure. Neither describes every person's beliefs.

Official status and a dated affiliation breakdown have not been checked for this country. The atlas's religion tags are not a population ranking.

BEYOND THE MAP

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Where it is

Languages

Share of the population that speaks each. Click one to see every country that speaks it.

Malteseofficial
90.1%
Englishofficial
6.0%

Largest cities

San Pawl il-Baħar 32,042
Birkirkara 24,356
Mosta 23,482
Sliema 22,591
Qormi 16,801

Wars and conflicts

Conflicts this country is attached to. Click one to see the others. Each says what kind of claim it is: a principal belligerent is hand-checked against the modern state that succeeded the power that fought, while a recorded participant comes from the bulk import, which does not separate combat from funding, basing, occupation or reconstruction. Neither list is complete, so a country missing from a war may still have taken part — which is why the quiz no longer asks who fought in what.

Form of government

Parliamentary republic.

Climate and geography

Mediterranean; mild, rainy winters; hot, dry summers

Climate zone

Highest point

Northern hemisphere.

Figures from its history

Dom Mintoff
Dom Mintoff Prime minister who ended the British base Dominic Mintoff was a Maltese socialist politician, architect, and civil engineer who was leader of the Labour Party from 1949 to 1984, and was Prime Minister of Malta from 1955 to 1958, when Malta was still a British colony, and again, following...
Jean Parisot de Valette
Jean Parisot de Valette Grand Master who held the 1565 siege Fra' Jean "Parisot" de (la) Valette was a French nobleman and 49th Grand Master of the Order of Malta, from 21 August 1557 to his death in 1568.

Checked facts

Most of this page is imported in bulk and carries no source of its own. These entries were checked by hand against the source named, and are reapplied after every dataset rebuild so a refetch cannot quietly put the old value back.

  • Member of european union — Full member states only, as the organisation itself lists them.
    The imported member_of list is out of date for this organisation and is not asked about.
    Source · true as of 2026-09-11 · checked 2026-09-11

Corrected in an AI-assisted review of the imported data (2026-09-22), not yet checked against a named source: currencies, languages, past leaders.