Malta

Facts

Population:  394,583 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  19.98% (male 40,791; female 38,062) 15-64 years:  67.49% (male 133,914; female 132,402) 65 years and over:  12.53% (male 20,643; female 28,771) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  0.74% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  12.75 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  7.74 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  2.37 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.09 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.07 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.01 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.72 male(s)/female total population:  0.98 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  5.83 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  78.1 years male:  75.64 years female:  80.79 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  1.92 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.52% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  less than 100 (1999 est.)
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)
Religions:  Roman Catholic 91%
Languages:  Maltese (official), English (official)
Literacy:  definition:  age 10 and over can read and write total population:  88.76% male:  86.91% female:  89.55% (1995 census)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $5.6 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  3.4% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $14,300 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  2.8% industry:  25.5% services:  71.7% (1999)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  2.5% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  145,901 (1999)
Labor force - by occupation:  industry 24%, services 71%, agriculture 5% (1999 est.)
Unemployment rate:  4.5% (3rd Quarter 2000)
Budget:  revenues:  $1.6 billion expenditures:  $1.73 billion, including capital expenditures of $265.4 million (1999)
Industries:  tourism; electronics, ship building and repair, construction; food and beverages, textiles, footwear, clothing, tobacco
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  1.65 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  1.534 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  potatoes, cauliflower, grapes, wheat, barley, tomatoes, citrus, cut flowers, green peppers; pork, milk, poultry, eggs
Exports:  $2 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Exports - commodities:  machinery and transport equipment, manufactures
Exports - partners:  US 21.4%, France 15.2%, Germany 12.6%, UK 9.3%, Italy 4.9% (1999)
Imports:  $2.6 billion (f.o.b., 1999)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured and semi-manufactured goods; food, drink, and tobacco
Imports - partners:  France 19.1%, Italy 16.7%, UK 10.9%, Germany 10.0%, US 8.5% (1999)
Debt - external:  $130 million (1997)
Economic aid - recipient:  $NA
Currency:  Maltese lira (MTL)
Currency code:  MTL
Exchange rates:  Maltese liri per US dollar - 0.4370 (January 2001), 0.4376 (2000), 0.3994 (1999), 0.3885 (1998), 0.3857 (1997), 0.3604 (1996)
Fiscal year:  1 April - 31 March

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

Press