Malta
Valletta ยท Southern Europe
Malta is a country in Europe. Its capital city is Valletta, the official currency is the Euro, and the main language is Maltese.
With a population of roughly 540,000 people spread over 316 kmยฒ, Malta is the 167th most populous country in the world and the 186th largest by area. That works out at about 1,709 people per square kilometre.
Malta has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Valletta, Birkirkara and Qormi. The highest point in the country is Ta' Dmejrek, at 253 metres.
For scale, Maldives is the closest country in the world to Malta in both area and population.
- Capital
- Valletta
- Region
- Southern Europe
- Population
- 540,000
- Area
- 316 kmยฒ
- Currency
- Euro
- Main language
- Maltese
- Highest point
- Ta' Dmejrek
253 m - Land borders
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Malta: things worth knowing
- Malta is one of the most densely populated countries in the world, with the whole nation smaller than many cities.
- Maltese is the only Semitic language written in the Latin alphabet and the only one that is an official EU language.
- The ฤ gantija temples on Gozo predate both Stonehenge and the Egyptian pyramids.
Malta in context
Europe has 44 sovereign countries in total. Malta ranks 38th among them by population.
See the full list of Europe countries, or browse all 195 countries.