Malta

Facts

What the numbers say about Malta

• Russia, the largest place listed, is 52,134× the size of Malta.
• Malta ranks 172nd of 237 by population but only 206th of 239 by area: it holds more people than its size suggests.
• On a standard web map (Web Mercator), a place at 36°N is drawn about 1.5× too large in area, so Malta looks bigger there than it is.
• Laid out flat, Malta's main territory stretches about 31 km north to south and 35 km east to west.
• Our measured 326 km² is 3.1% above Wikidata's official figure of 316 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently.

How Malta measures up

Malta holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.1% of the people of the 50 countries listed for Europe. In Southern Europe it is the 14th largest of 17.

Where Malta sits

• Malta's centre lies at 35.9°N, 14.4°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 3,990 km from the equator.
• Its main territory spans 36°N to 36°N, about 30 km from its southern edge to its northern.