Total population | |
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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 Roman Catholicism[11][12] | |
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.
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