| Names
|
| ISO3-Code |
MLT
|
| Continent |
Europe
|
| Country Name |
Malta
|
| Administrative Classifications |
| Level Used |
2
|
| Leve1 Type |
District
|
Level2 Type
|
Locality
|
| Number of Units |
67
|
| Population Per Unit ('000) (2000, estimate) |
6
|
| National Population Estimates |
| Last Year of Reference |
2001
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1990 ('000) |
365
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 1995 ('000) |
378
|
| NSO-Based Estimated Population, 2000 ('000) |
392
|
| UN Population, 1990 ('000) |
360
|
| UN Population, 1995 ('000) |
378
|
| UN Population, 2000 ('000) |
390
|
| National
Spatial Estimates |
| Area (km2) |
315
|
| Average Input Resolution (km) |
2
|
| Settlement Points |
| Number of Settlement Points |
60
|
| Largest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
22,348
|
| Smallest Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
1,273
|
| Mean Settlement, by Population (2000, estimate) |
6,529
|
| Urban Areal Extents |
| Number of Urban Extents |
2
|
| Largest Urban Extent (km2) |
225
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (km2) |
61
|
| Mean Urban Extent (km2) |
143
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (km2) |
286
|
| Largest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
341,173
|
| Smallest Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
29,024
|
| Mean Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
185,099
|
| Total for All Urban Extent (population, 2000) |
370,197
|
| % Total Land Area in Urban Extents (km2) |
91%
|
| % Total Population in Urban Extents (2000, estimate) |
95%
|
| % Total Population that is Urban (2001, UN World Urbanization Prospects) |
91%
|
| Urban Areal Extents, by Source |
| Nighttime Lights Data |
2
|
| Regression-estimated Extents |
0
|
| Digital Chart of the World |
0
|
| Other |
0
|
| Notes |
| Administrative
Population Source Data: "1995 data from: http://www.nso.gov.mt/publications/census'95/volume1/chapter5.htm .2001 data from: Demographic Review, 2001 published by the National Statistics Office, Malta 2002 (PDF-- see Website: http://www.nso.gov.mt)" |
| Administrative
Boundary Source Data: Seamless Administrative Boundaries of Europe (SABE) distributed by Eurographics: http://www.eurogeographics.org/eng/03_projects_sabe.asps (SABE 2001 date of release : February 2003). |
| Settlement
Point Population Source Data: 1995 Malta Census, National Statistical Office, www.nso.gov.mt |
| Settlement
Point Coordinate Source Data: Times Atlas of the World, 1999, NIMA, World Gazetteer |
| Urban
Criteria for Settlements (UN): Towns with 1,500 inhabitants or more and district centres. |
| Administrative
Population Edits and Notes: In the Western District, population of Mtarfa added to Rabat. |
| Administrative
Spatial Edits and Notes: -- |
