Maltese people

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.