!!!Malta: People & Society ||Population|415,196 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Maltese (singular and plural) \\ ''adjective'': Maltese \\ ||Ethnic groups|Maltese (descendants of ancient Carthaginians and Phoenicians with strong elements of Italian and other Mediterranean stock) ||Languages|Maltese (official) 90.1%, English (official) 6%, multilingual 3%, other 0.9% (2005 est.) ||Religions|Roman Catholic (official) more than 90% (2011 est.) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 15.01% (male 31,978/female 30,361) \\ ''15-24 years'': 11.84% (male 25,276/female 23,890) \\ ''25-54 years'': 40.1% (male 85,151/female 81,346) \\ ''55-64 years'': 13.98% (male 28,797/female 29,251) \\ ''65 years and over'': 19.06% (male 35,614/female 43,532) (2016 est.) \\ ||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 50.8% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 21.8% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 29% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 3.4% (2015 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 41.5 years \\ ''male'': 40.4 years \\ ''female'': 42.7 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|0.29% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|10.1 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|9.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|2 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Population distribution|most of the population lives on the eastern half of Malta, the largest of the three inhabited islands ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 95.4% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.46% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|VALLETTA (capital) 197,000 (2014) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.06 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 0.98 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.81 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 0.99 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|26.9 \\ ''__note__'': data refer to the average of the different childbearing ages of first-order births (2010 est.) \\ ||Maternal mortality rate|9 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 3.5 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 3.9 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 3.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 80.4 years \\ ''male'': 78 years \\ ''female'': 82.8 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|1.55 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Health expenditures|9.7% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|3.49 physicians/1,000 population (2013) ||Hospital bed density|4.8 beds/1,000 population (2012) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 100% of population \\ rural: 100% of population \\ total: 100% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 0% of population \\ rural: 0% of population \\ total: 0% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|28.7% (2014) ||Education expenditures|8.3% of GDP (2013) ||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 94.4% \\ ''male'': 93.1% \\ ''female'': 95.8% (2015 est.) \\ ||School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education)|''total'': 15 years \\ ''male'': 15 years \\ ''female'': 14 years (2014) \\ ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 11.8% \\ ''male'': 13.8% \\ ''female'': 9.6% (2014 est.) \\