Key facts
Capital:Valletta
Location:Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily (Italy)
Currency:euros (EUR)
Area:316 sq km
Population:460,891 (July 2021 est.)
Languages:Maltese (official) 90.1%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.9% (2005 est.)
Religion:Roman Catholic (official) more than 90% (2006 est.)
TimeZone:UTC+1
Tel Code:+356
