Malta: Quick Facts

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Also Known As	Repubblikka ta’ Malta • Republic of Malta
Head Of Government	Prime Minister: Robert Abela
Capital	Valletta
Population	(2026 est.) 602,600
Currency Exchange Rate	1 USD equals 0.902 euro
Head Of State	President: Myriam Spiteri Debono
Form Of Government	unitary multiparty republic with one legislative house (Il-Kamra tad-Deputati, or House of Representatives [79¹])
Official Languages	Maltese; English
Official Religion	Roman Catholicism
Official Name	Repubblika ta’ Malta (Maltese); Republic of Malta (English)
Total Area (Sq Km)	315
Total Area (Sq Mi)	122
Monetary Unit	euro (€)
Population Rank	(2026) 174
Population Projection 2030	511,000
Density: Persons Per Sq Mi	(2026) 4,939.3
Density: Persons Per Sq Km	(2026) 1,913
Urban-Rural Population	Urban: (2024) 95% • Rural: (2024) 5%
Life Expectancy At Birth	Male: (2021) 80 years • Female: (2021) 83.7 years
Gni (U.S.$ ’000,000)	(2024) 20,893
Gni Per Capita (U.S.$)	(2024) 36,730
¹Current number as of March 2022 elections; statutory number equals 65. In accordance with Article 52 of the constitution, an additional 12 members were added according to a gender quota mechanism and another 2 members were added according to a majority-corrective mechanism to ensure that the party with the majority of votes has the majority of seats in parliament.