Maltese people

Maltese people
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Total population
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
Maltese English Italian
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.

1. ↑ Census of population and housing 2011. pp. 37. National Statistics Office of Malta
2. ↑ Statistics, c=AU; o=Commonwealth of Australia; ou=Australian Bureau of. "Redirect to Census data page". Archived from the original on 13 September 2019. Retrieved 12 January 2017.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
3. ↑ "2016 American Community Survey 1-year estimates". Archived from the original on 2018-07-14. Retrieved 2019-09-09.
4. ↑ "Population data". OECD. Archived from the original (xls) on 2009-06-17.
5. ↑ "Ethnic Origin (264), Single and Multiple Ethnic Origin Responses (3), Generation Status (4), Age Groups (10) and Sex (3) for the Population in Private Households of Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Metropolitan Areas and Census Agglomerations, 2011 National Household Survey". Archived from the original on 2013-12-20.
6. ↑ "Malta". State.gov. 1 January 2004. Retrieved 17 August 2012.