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.
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Il-Mument
(Nationalist Party-owned), Pieta
(Independent, Maltese-language weekly), Marsa
http://www.it-torca.com/
(Independent, Maltese-language weekly), Hamrun
http://www.kullhadd.com/
(Labour party),
http://www.l-orizzont.com/
(Financial), St. Julians
http://www.maltabusinessweekly.com.mt/
(Centrist), St. Julians
http://www.independent.com.mt/
(Independent, English-language), San Gwann
http://www.maltatoday.com.mt/
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