Malta

    Religious Affiliation
    Chart source: Pew-Templeton Global Religious Futures Project, 2010
    Total Population
    432,089 1
    Urban
    94.60% 1
    Rural
    5.40% 1
    Immigrants as % of Population
    9.9% 2
    Homicides
    0.96 per 100,000 people (global median 6.9) 3
    Level of Public Corruption
    47 (1=lowest, 176=highest corruption) 4
    Gender Equality in the Economy, Health, Education and Politics
    108 (1=most equal, 144=least equal) 7
    Fertility Rate
    1.46 births per adult woman 5
    Children Who Do Not Live to Age 5
    0.60% 5
    Life Expectancy at Birth
    81 years 5
    Adult Literacy Rate
    93.31% 5
    Internet Users
    73% 5
    Gross National Income per Capita
    US$21,000 5

    These statistics are derived from the Vatican's official publication, Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022). The numbers may differ from data reported by other sources on this site.

    Baptized Catholics
    408,000
    Baptized Catholics as % of Total Population
    85.19
    Baptisms per Year (Under age 7)
    2,513
    Baptisms per Year (Over age 7)
    20
    First Communions per Year
    2,228
    Confirmations per Year
    2,872
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Primary Schools
    7,617
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Secondary Schools
    8,258
    Students Enrolled in Catholic Higher Education
    184
    Church Marriages per Year
    379
    Church Marriages in Which Both Spouses are Catholics
    376
    Priests
    716
    Women Religious (Nuns & Sisters)
    797
    Catholics per Priest
    569
    Parishes
    85
    Homes for Aged, Handicapped, Invalids
    19

    Articles

    • 1 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2018). World Urbanization Prospects: The 2018 Revision, Online Edition.
    • 2 United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs. Trends in International Migrant Stock: The 2015 revision.
    • 3 United Nations Office of Drugs and Crime, Homicide Statistics 2015.
    • 4 Transparency International, Corruption Perceptions Index 2016.
    • 5 UNICEF, State of the World's Children, 2016.
    • 6 Statistical Yearbook of the Church 2020 (Vatican City: Librera Editrice Vaticana, 2022).
    • 7 World Economic Forum, The Global Gender Gap Report, 2016.