Malta Malta, officially the Republic of Malta (Maltese: Repubblika ta’ Malta), is a Southern European island country comprising an archipelago, Gozo and Comino, in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km (50 mi) south of Italy, 284 km (176 mi) east of Tunisia, and 333 km (207 mi) north of Libya. The country covers just over 316 km2 (122 sq mi), with a population of just under 450,000 making it one of the…...