ns; mobile-cellular
teledensity about 90 per 100 persons
domestic: submarine cable and microwave radio relay between islands
international: country code - 356; submarine cable connects to
Italy; satellite earth station - 1 Intelsat (Atlantic Ocean) (2007)

Radio broadcast stations:

AM 1, FM 18, shortwave 6 (1999)

Radios:

255,000 (1997)

Television broadcast stations:

5 (2006)

Televisions:

280,000 (1997)

Internet country code:

.mt

Internet hosts:

26,494 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

6 (2002)

Internet users:

158,000 (2007)

Transportation
Malta

Airports:

1 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 1
over 3,047 m: 1 (2007)

Roadways:

total: 2,227 km
paved: 2,014 km
unpaved: 213 km (2005)

Merchant marine:

total: 1,438
by type: bulk carrier 459, cargo 411, carrier 2, chemical tanker
171, container 80, liquefied gas 25, passenger 29, passenger/cargo
15, petroleum tanker 159, refrigerated cargo 32, roll on/roll off
37, specialized tanker 1, vehicle carrier 17
foreign-owned: 1,343 (Austria 1, Azerbaijan 2, Bangladesh 2, Belgium
15, Bulgaria 5, Canada 1, China 12, Croatia 9, Cyprus 31, Denmark
30, Egypt 1, Estonia 11, France 5, Germany 91, Greece 452, Hong Kong
1, Iceland 5, India 2, Iran 79, Israel 18, Italy 50, Japan 8, South
Korea 2, Latvia 19, Lebanon 11, Libya 3, Lithuania 1, Norway 93,
Pakistan 2, Poland 24, Portugal 3, Romania 8, Russia 58, Slovenia 4,
Spain 3, Sweden 2, Switzerland 20, Syria 6, Turkey 176, Ukraine 30,
UAE 5, UK 19, US 23)
registered in other countries: 3 (Panama 3) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Marsaxlokk (Malta Freeport), Valletta

Military
Malta

Military branches:

Armed Forces of Malta (AFM; includes air and maritime elements)
(2007)

Military service age and obligation:

17 years 6 months of age for voluntary military service; no
conscription (2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 96,309
females age 16-49: 92,242 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 80,227
females age 16-49: 76,623 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 2,815
female: 2,657 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

0.7% of GDP (2006 est.)

Transnational Issues
Malta

Disputes - international:

none

Illicit drugs:

minor transshipment point for hashish from North Africa to Wester