Total population | |
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c. 680,000[a] | |
Regions with significant populations | |
Malta 395,969 (Maltese descent only)[1] | |
Australia | 163,990[2] |
United States | 40,820 (2016)[3] |
United Kingdom | 40,230[4] (Maltese-born) |
Canada | 38,780[5] |
Italy | 31,000 |
Egypt | 20,000 |
Libya | 7,000 |
Tunisia | 3,700 |
South Africa | 1,000 |
Germany | 1,000 |
Turkey | 1,000 |
Gibraltar | 1,000 |
UAE | 800 |
Greece | 278 |
Belgium | 250 |
New Zealand | 222 |
Spain | 152 |
Finland | 84 |
Colombia | 30 |
Russia | 10 |
Morocco | 10 |
Languages | |
Religion | |
Roman Catholicism[6] | |
a The total figure is merely an estimation; sum of all the referenced populations. |
The Maltese people, or Maltese, are a nation and ethnic group native to Malta, an island country made of a group of seven islands in the Mediterranean Sea.
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