Malta is 2.1 times larger than Staten Island (NYC borough).
Area: 316 km2 World Factbook
Population: 412,655 (July 2014) World Factbook
Malta is a southern European country in the Mediterranean Sea. It lies 80 km south of Sicily, 284 km east of Tunisia, and 333 km north of Libya. The country covers just over 316 km², making it one of the world's smallest and most densely populated countries. Wikipedia
Area: 151 km2 calculated
Staten Island is one of the five boroughs of New York City, in the U.S. state of New York, located in the southwest part of the city. Staten Island is the southernmost part of the both the City and State of New York, with Conference House Park at the southern tip of the island and the state. Wikipedia