Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Valletta
- Region
- Europe, Southern Europe
- Population
- 579,704 (2025)
- Area
- 316 km²
- Currency
- euro (EUR)
- Languages
- Maltese, English
- Calling code
- +356
- Internet domain
- .mt
- ISO codes
- MT, MLT, 470
- Time zone
- UTC+1:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- @@@ #### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
Malta covers about 316 square kilometres. By area it ranks 215th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than Caribbean Netherlands and a little larger than Maldives. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 36° north, 15° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 579,704 people live in Malta (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 172nd most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 1,835 people to each square kilometre. About 96 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 83 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Maltese, English. A person from Malta is called Maltese.
Money and economy
The currency is the euro (code EUR, symbol €). It is also the main currency of Andorra, Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Croatia, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland and 28 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 27.8 billion (2025), which is about US$ 47,907 for each person (2025).
Time
Malta uses one time zone, UTC+1:00 (Europe/Malta). Clocks are moved for daylight saving time in part of the year.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| San Pawl il-Baħar | 32,042 |
| Birkirkara | 24,356 |
| Mosta | 23,482 |
| Sliema | 22,591 |
| Qormi | 16,801 |
| Żabbar | 15,648 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Southern Europe
Andorra, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Greece, Italy, Portugal, San Marino, Spain. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.