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Malta
Community
Area 316 square kilometres (Malta, 246 square kilometres; Gozo 67 square kilometres; Comino, 3 square kilometres)
Population,
21,200 (1150)
22,000 (1514)
31,000 (1551)
30,500 (1590)
33,000 (1601)
41,084 (1614)
50,113 (1632)
55,155 (1667)
100,000 (1798)
80,000? (1800)
114,236 (1814)
119,878 (1836)
139,842 (1860)
145,605 (1873)
149,782 (1881)
170,265 (1891)
184,742 (1901)
206,690 (1907)
241,621 (1930)
305,991 (1948)
327,000 (1960)
303,000 (1970) -7.3%
317,000 (1980) +4.6%
354,000 (1990) +11.7%
391,000 (2000) +10.5%
415,000 (2010) +6.1%
525,300 (2020) +26.6%
Famine and poverty afflicted Malta ca. 1580-90. In 1667, 11,000 Maltese died of the Plague. Between 1798 and 1800, when Malta was occupied by Napoleonic France and under attack by Britain, famine and emigration reduced the population to an estimated 80,000. Population figures 1091 and before taken from Encyclopaedia Britannica 1910 Vol.17 p. 529.
Religion,
|
|
Christian Anglican |
Christian J W |
Christian R C |
Muslim |
No Religion |
|
1900 |
7.0 |
|
89.0 |
0.0 |
0.0 |
|
1970 |
1.2 |
|
97.0 |
0.0 |
0.3 |
|
1990 |
|
|
98.0 |
|
|
|
2003 |
|
|
95.4 |
|
|
|
2016 |
|
0.4 |
88.6 |
2.6 |
4.5 |
Birth and death rates Below replacement rate = 2.1
|
|
Fertility Rate |
Birth Rate |
Infant Mortality |
Death Rate |
% Aged Under 15 |
% Aged Over 65 |
% Urban |
|
1906 |
|
40.7 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1952 |
|
29.0 (+19.0) |
75.0 |
10.0 |
34.9 |
6.5 |
|
|
1962 |
3.2 |
23.0 (+14.2) |
34.0 |
8.8 |
37.1 |
7.4 |
90.0 |
|
1972 |
2.0 |
17.8 (+9.2) |
25.0 |
9.6 |
26.2 |
9.7 |
89.7 |
|
1980 |
2.0 |
15.0 (+4.8) |
15.0 |
10.2 |
23.8 |
9.8 |
89.8 |
|
1990 |
2.0 |
14.6 (+6.8) |
10.0 |
7.8 |
23.4 |
10.6 |
90.4 |
|
2000 |
1.7 |
11.0 (+3.5) |
7.0 |
7.5 |
19.9 |
12.2 |
92.4 |
|
2010 |
1.4 |
9.4 (+2.1) |
5.9 |
7.3 |
15.2 |
15.6 |
94.1 |
|
2015 |
1.4 |
10.0 (+2.0) |
6.1 |
8.0 |
14.4 |
18.4 |
94.4 |
|
2017 |
1.4 |
9.2 (+1.6) |
6.1 |
7.6 |
|
|
|
|
2018 |
|
|
6.1 |
|
14.3 |
20.3 |
94.6 |
Life expectancy,
65.9 (1952); 64.0 (M), 68.0 (F)
68.6 (1960); 66.8 (M), 70.5 (F)
71.3 (1970); 69.6 (M), 73.1 (F)
73.8 (1980); 72.1 (M), 75.5 (F)
75.9 (1990); 74.2 (M), 77.7 (F)
78.2 (2000); 76.2 (M), 80.3 (F)
81.4 (2010); 79.3 (M), 83.6 (F)
82.6 (2020); 80.0 (M), 84.3 (F)
Population of principal cities
|
|
VALLETTA1 |
Greater Valletta (MA) |
|
1901 |
24,685 |
62,000 |
|
1948 |
18,666 |
|
|
1965 |
17,679 |
|
|
1976 |
14,071 |
|
|
1980 |
14,073 |
|
|
1987 |
9,000 |
101,000 |
|
1995 |
|
102,600 |
|
2002 |
7,173 |
85,562 |
|
2005 |
6,300 |
81,047 |
|
2009 |
6,166 |
199,000 |
|
2014 |
6,444 |
393,938 |
1Valetta is named after Jean de la Valette, Grand Master of the Knights of Malta, who successfully defended the city against a much larger ottoman Turkish force in 1565. Before this date the peninsula upon which Valetta stands was known as Xaghret Mewwija or Sheb er-ras.
Wealth; Gross Domestic Product (nominal values)
|
|
GDP, US$ million |
Total GDP, % of USA |
GDP per capita, US$ |
GDP per capita % of USA |
|
1965 |
137 |
0.02 |
490 |
12.80 |
|
1970 |
250 |
0.02 |
828 |
15.78 |
|
1975 |
430 |
0.03 |
1,560 |
19.95 |
|
1980 |
1,140 |
0.04 |
3,950 |
31.35 |
|
1985 |
1,020 |
0.02 |
2,989 |
16.36 |
|
1990 |
2,320 |
0.04 |
7,200 |
30.06 |
|
1995 |
3,250 |
0.04 |
9,100 |
30.26 |
|
2000 |
4,290 |
0.04 |
11,040 |
30.29 |
|
2005 |
5,600 |
0.04 |
15,830 |
35.73 |
|
2010 |
8,806 |
0.06 |
21,100 |
43.62 |
|
2015 |
10,290 |
0.06 |
23,800 |
42.34 |
|
2016 |
10,850 |
0.06 |
25,050 |
43.59 |
GDP by primary sector
|
|
Agriculture % GDP |
Agriculture % employed |
Industry % GDP |
Industry % employed |
Services % GDP |
Services % employed |
|
1970 |
|
7.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1980 |
|
5.0 |
|
|
|
|
|
1987 |
|
|
|
|
|
58.2% |
|
1991 |
|
3.0 |
|
|
|
69.0% |
|
1995 |
|
|
|
17.0 |
|
|
|
2000 |
2.8 |
5.0 |
26.2 |
24.0 |
71.0 |
71.0 |
|
2010 |
1.9 |
1.3 |
17.2 |
24.8 |
80.9 |
73.9 |
|
2016 |
1.3 |
1.6 |
10.6 |
20.7 |
88.1 |
77.7 |
Communications
Language Official,
English, Maltese
|
|
English |
French |
Italian |
Maltese |
|
1900 |
|
|
13.2* |
|
|
2005 |
6.0 |
|
|
90.2 |
|
2015 |
89.0* |
17.0* |
66.0* |
95.0 |
*As a second language
Literacy
58.0% (1948)
66.0% (1963)
84.1% (1988); 86.0% (M), 82.3% (F)
92.3% (2000); 91.5%, (M) 93.0% (F)
92.8% (2010); 91.7% (M), 93.9% (F)
94.4% (2015); 93.1% (M), 95.1% (F)
Physical communications � roads and railways
|
|
Roads (km) |
Motor vehicles |
Cars |
Commercial Vehicles |
Railways (km) |
|
1900 |
|
|
|
|
11* |
|
1940 |
839 |
|
|
|
|
|
1956 |
|
14,400 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
|
|
14,500 |
3,960 |
|
|
1964 |
|
27,500 |
|
|
|
|
1977 |
1,273 |
|
60,700 |
12,500 |
|
|
1980 |
|
89,678 |
63,197 |
14,196 |
0 |
|
1985 |
|
112,210 |
81,700 |
17,524 |
|
|
1992 |
1,600 |
160,146 |
125,000 |
27,978 |
|
|
2002 |
2,254 |
261,329 |
195,000 |
44,000 |
|
|
2004 |
3,096 |
|
|
|
|
|
2007 |
|
266,000 |
203,900 |
|
|
|
2010 |
|
281,000 |
|
|
|
|
2013 |
|
323,000 |
|
|
|
|
2016 |
|
352,671 |
278,963 |
|
|
*From Valetta to Citta Vecchia. Operated 1881-1931.Closed due to competition from buses.
Electronic communications, �TV
broadcasting began 1962 (From 1959, TVs were sold in Malta, where broadcasts
from Sicily could be received).
|
|
Telephones (landlines) |
Mobile Telephones |
Radios |
Televisions |
PCs |
Internet Users |
|
1938 |
|
|
9,000 |
|
|
|
|
1941 |
3,761 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1950 |
|
|
36,000 |
|
|
|
|
1960 |
9,463 |
|
70,000 |
|
|
|
|
1968 |
20,383 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1977 |
|
|
|
66,200 |
|
|
|
1980 |
51,100 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
1990 |
128,250 |
|
186,000 |
|
5,000 |
|
|
1991 |
|
2,280 |
|
146,107 |
|
|
|
1995 |
|
10,800 |
200,000 |
160,000 |
30,000 |
|
|
1997 |
|
|
255,000 |
|
|
|
|
2000 |
204,200 |
114,560 |
|
210,000 |
80,000 |
|
|
2002 |
|
|
|
|
|
82,900 |
|
2005 |
|
324,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2008 |
|
|
|
|
|
95,000 |
|
2009 |
252,700 |
418,000 |
|
|
|
|
|
2010 |
245,000 |
455,400 |
|
|
|
250,000 |
|
2016 |
234,383 |
539,600 |
|
|
|
321,000 |
|
2017 |
|
|
|
|
|
334,050 |
Tourism: Visitors to Malta,
48,000 (1965)
136,995 (1968)
186,000 (1969)
273,516 (1974)
728,732 (1980)
517,864 (1985)
872,000 (1990)
1,116,000 (1995)
1,216,000 (2000)
1,171,000 (2005)
1,339,000 (2010)
1,783,000 (2015)