Malta is about 995 times smaller than New Mexico.

New Mexico is approximately 314,310 sq km, while Malta is approximately 316 sq km, making Malta 0.1% the size of New Mexico. Meanwhile, the population of New Mexico is ~2.1 million people (1.6 million fewer people live in Malta).
Tip: This to-scale comparison of New Mexico vs. Malta uses the Mercator projection, which distorts the size of regions near the poles.