Malta
Flag, capital, map and facts, with World Bank figures ranked against the world and Europe.
- Capital
- Valletta
- Continent
- Europe
More Europe quizzes - Land neighbours
- None
- Population
- 579,704 (2025)
- Total area
- 320 km² (2023)
- Centre of main landmass
- 35.9° N, 14.4° E
Malta at a glance
Malta is a country in Europe. Its capital is Valletta. It has no land neighbours.
Flag of Malta
Malta’s flag is drawn in the proportions 2:3 (height to width), the most common shape among the 197 flags in our quizzes (87 of them).
When it is the question in Guess the Flag, the wrong answers include one or two of the flags most like it in layout and colour: Bahrain and Tonga.
Malta in numbers
| Measure | Value | World rank | Rank in Europe |
|---|---|---|---|
| Populationpeople · 2025 | 579,704 | 167thof 195 | 39thof 44 |
| Total areakm² · 2023 | 320 km² | 186thof 194 | 40thof 43 |
| GDPUS dollars · 2025 | $27.77B | 114thof 182 | 36thof 41 |
| GDP per capitaUS dollars per person · 2025 | $47,907 | 23rdof 182 | 16thof 41 |
| Life expectancyyears at birth · 2024 | 83.0 years | 18thof 195 | 11thof 44 |
| Fertility ratebirths per woman · 2024 | 1.01 | 191stof 195 | 43rdof 44 |
| Health spendingUS dollars per person · 2023 | $3,623 | 25thof 191 | 18thof 42 |
| Urban population% of people · 2025 | 95.7% | 9thof 195 | 4thof 44 |
| Internet users% of people · 2024 | 93.9% | 34thof 180 | 19thof 43 |
| Forest cover% of land area · 2023 | 1.4% | 176thof 191 | 41stof 42 |
| CO₂ per persontonnes per person · 2024 | 3.18 t | 80thof 181 | 35thof 37 |
Each measure links to its higher-or-lower game. How these figures are compiled.
Malta and its nearest countries
Malta has no land neighbours, so this compares it with the four countries closest to it.
Quizzes featuring Malta
Map quizzes
Flag, outline and capital quizzes
- Flags of the World
- Country Shapes
- World Capitals
- Guess the Flag
- Guess the Capital
- Flags of Europe
- Capitals of Europe
- Europe Country Shapes
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Sources
- World Bank Open Data: Malta · Indicators as listed in the table, each with its own data year; collected 2026-10-01.
- Flag: Wikimedia Commons · Public domain
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