Geography Location: Oceania, 3,000 km

Comino) being inhabited *Malta, People Population: 65,117 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 1.01% (1993 est.) Nationality: noun: none adjective: none Ethnic divisions: black 52%, Arab 39%, Beja 6%, foreigners 2%, other 7% Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 71.01 years male: 66.78 years female: 58.59 years (1993 est.) Birth rate: 30.85 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 1.83 children born/woman (1993 est.) Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Birth rate: 28.48 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Defense expenditures: exchange rate conversion - $10 million, 0.7% of GDP

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