"Maltin" redirects here. For the American film critic, see Leonard Maltin.
Maltese people Maltin
Flag of Malta
Map of Maltese Diaspora
Total population
c.400,000–700,000[a]
Regions with significant populations
Malta 404,113[1]
Australia
198,996[2]
Canada
41,920[3]
United Kingdom
40,230[4] (Maltese-born)
United States
40,820 (2016)[5]
Italy
31,000[6]
South Africa
1,000[7]
Germany
1,000[8]
Turkey
~1,000–2,000[9][10]
Languages
Maltese English • Italian
Religion
Predominantly, near totally Roman Catholicism[11]
a The total figure is merely an estimation from all the referenced populations.
The Maltese (Maltese: Maltin) people are an ethnic group native to Malta who speak Maltese, a Semitic language and share a common culture and Maltese history. Malta, an island country in the Mediterranean Sea, is an archipelago that also includes an island of the same name together with the islands of Gozo (Maltese: Għawdex) and Comino (Maltese: Kemmuna); people of Gozo, Gozitans (Maltese: Għawdxin) are considered a subgroup of the Maltese.
^Census of population and housing 2021 Archived 2022-08-09 at the Wayback Machine. pp. 30. National Statistics Office of Malta
^"Australia General Community Profile". Australian Bureau of Statistics. Retrieved 28 June 2022.
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Malta 404,113[1]
Australia
Canada
United Kingdom
United States
Italy
South Africa
Germany
Turkey