ACOG - Malta  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Europe, islands in the Mediterranean Sea, south of Sicily(Italy)

Area:
total area: 320 sq km
land area: 320 sq km
comparative area: slightly less than twice the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 140 km


People

Population: 369,609 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 22% (female 39,199; male 41,581)
15-64 years: 67% (female 123,665; male 124,167)
65 years and over: 11% (female 23,597; male 17,400)

Population growth rate: 0.75% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 13.22 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7.43 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 7.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 77.02 years
male: 74.75 years
female: 79.48 years

Total fertility rate: 1.92 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Arab, Sicilian, Norman, Spanish, Italian, English

Religions: Roman Catholic 98%

Languages: Maltese (official), English (official)

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1985)
total population: 84%
male: 86%
female: 82%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Malta
conventional short form: Malta

Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Valletta

Independence: 21 September 1964 (from UK)

Constitution: 1964 constitution substantially amended on 13 December 1974


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $3.9 billion

National product real growth rate: 4.4%

National product per capita: $10,760

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 5%

Unemployment rate: 4.5%

Electricity:
capacity: 250,000 kW
production: 1.1 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 2,749 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.