Editing Malta (section)

===Urbanisation===
[[File:Valletta, Malta.JPG|thumb|The main urban area of Malta. Valletta is the central peninsula.]]
According to [[Eurostat]], Malta is composed of two [[larger urban zones]] nominally referred to as "Valletta" (the main island of Malta) and "Gozo". The main urban area covers the entire main island, with a population of around 400,000.<ref>[http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903213351/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en |date=3 September 2015 }} Eurostat, 2015.</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and metropolitan regions |url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822103143/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en |archive-date=22 August 2016 |access-date=25 February 2019 |publisher=Eurostat}}</ref> The core of the urban area, the ''greater city'' of Valletta, has a population of 205,768.<ref name="Eurostat-city">[http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_cpop1&lang=en "Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – cities and greater cities"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150927224958/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_cpop1&lang=en |date=27 September 2015 }} Eurostat, 2015.</ref> According to the data from 2020 by [[Eurostat]], the Functional Urban Area and metropolitan region covered the whole island and has a population of 480,134.<ref name="Eurostat_FUA">{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Population on 1 January by age groups and sex – functional urban areas |url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150903213351/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=urb_lpop1&lang=en |archive-date=3 September 2015 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=[[Eurostat]]}}</ref><ref name="Eurostat-metro">{{cite web |date=2020 |title=Population on 1 January by broad age group, sex and metropolitan regions 2020 |url=http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160822103143/http://appsso.eurostat.ec.europa.eu/nui/show.do?dataset=met_pjanaggr3&lang=en |archive-date=22 August 2016 |access-date=5 March 2022 |website=[[Eurostat]]}}</ref> According to the United Nations, about 95 percent of the area of Malta is urban and the number grows every year.<ref name="WUP">[https://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wup2007/2007WUP_Highlights_web.pdf "World Urbanization Prospects"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170525185336/http://www.un.org/esa/population/publications/wup2007/2007WUP_Highlights_web.pdf |date=25 May 2017 }} – Department of Economic and Social Affairs/Population Division, United Nations (Table A.2; page 79)</ref> According to ESPON and EU Commission studies, "the whole territory of Malta constitutes a single urban region".<ref name="ESPON-EUC">[http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/coheter/coheter_en.pdf "Interim Territorial Cohesion Report"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130423165806/http://ec.europa.eu/regional_policy/sources/docoffic/official/reports/coheter/coheter_en.pdf |date=23 April 2013 }} – Preliminary results of ESPON and EU Commission studies</ref>

Malta, with area of {{convert|316|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}} and population of over 0.5&nbsp;million, is one of the [[List of sovereign states and dependent territories by population density|most densely populated]] countries worldwide. It is in some sources<ref name="GMB_Publishing">{{Cite book |last1=Terterov |first1=Marat |url=https://archive.org/details/doingbusinesswit00tert_454 |title=Doing Business with Malta |last2=Reuvid |first2=Jonathan |date=2005 |publisher=[[GMB Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-905050-63-5 |page=[https://archive.org/details/doingbusinesswit00tert_454/page/n194 167] |url-access=limited}}</ref><ref name="creativemalta">{{Citation |last=Creativemalta.gov.mt |title=Draft National Strategy for the Cultural and Creative Industries – Creative Malta |url=http://www.creativemalta.gov.mt/internationalisation/introduction  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728080308/http://www.creativemalta.gov.mt/internationalisation/introduction |access-date=17 August 2013 |archive-date=28 July 2013 }}</ref><ref name="doi">{{Citation |title=Flags, Symbols and their uses |url=https://www.gov.mt/en/About%20Malta/Pages/Flags-Symbols-and-their-use.aspx  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150629143728/https://www.gov.mt/en/About%20Malta/Pages/Flags-Symbols-and-their-use.aspx |publisher=Department of Information of Malta |access-date=25 February 2019 |archive-date=29 June 2015 }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |year=2012 |title=Creativity Works – A report on Malta's Creative Economy strategy for the Cultural and Creative Industries – Part 3 |url=http://www.maltaculture.com/files/uploads/misc/PART%203%20Education-%20Route%20to%20Market%20-%20Internationalisation%20(8).pdf  |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170211080057/http://www.maltaculture.com/files/uploads/misc/PART%203%20Education-%20Route%20to%20Market%20-%20Internationalisation%20(8).pdf |archive-date=11 February 2017 |access-date=9 February 2017 |publisher=Malta Ministry of Finance, Ministry of Tourism |page=121}}</ref><ref>[https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/coins/html/mt.en.html Malta] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140407084112/https://www.ecb.europa.eu/euro/coins/html/mt.en.html |date=7 April 2014 }} – European Central Bank.</ref> referred to as a [[city-state]]. Sometimes Malta is listed in rankings concerning cities<ref name="GFC">{{cite web|url=http://www.longfinance.net/images/GFCI18_23Sep2015.pdf |title=The Global Financial Centres|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170227131528/http://www.longfinance.net/images/GFCI18_23Sep2015.pdf |archive-date=27 February 2017 |publisher=Qatar Financial Centre|year= 2015}}</ref> or metropolitan areas.<ref name="inta-aivn.org">[https://www.inta-aivn.org/images/cc/Metropolisation/background%20documents/Metropolitan_Europe_BBSR_Study.pdf Metropolitan areas in Europe] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161020042128/https://www.inta-aivn.org/images/cc/Metropolisation/background%20documents/Metropolitan_Europe_BBSR_Study.pdf |date=20 October 2016 }} – Federal Institute for Research on Building, Urban Affairs and Spatial Development, 2011.</ref>