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Australia vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Australia has a population of 27.2M (ranked 54/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Australia's land area is 2,969,906 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 6th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Australia ranks 13/197 ($1.75T) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Australia ranks 14/197 ($64,407), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

Australia Malta
Population
27677455
583596
Population rank 55/197 167/197
GDP
$1.75T
2024
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 13/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$64,407
2024
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 14/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$71,193
2024
$67,364
2024
Government debt
$873B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
50.9%
2025
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$32,093
2024
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank 22/185 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$45,914
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
2,969,906 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
9.16 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.5
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
39 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Australia and Malta: Comparison Charts

Australia and Malta economies compared

GDP
Australia

Malta
Year GDP
Australia Malta
1960 $18,607,682,977 -
1961 $19,684,003,149 -
1962 $19,923,683,188 -
1963 $21,540,963,447 -
1964 $23,801,123,808 -
1965 $25,977,284,156 -
1966 $27,308,964,369 -
1967 $30,442,724,871 -
1968 $32,714,085,234 -
1969 $36,684,485,870 -
1970 $41,334,726,614 $250,728,796
1971 $45,217,767,235 $264,578,485
1972 $52,042,056,075 $295,106,628
1973 $63,833,440,102 $345,616,106
1974 $88,965,364,775 $376,081,124
1975 $97,304,383,449 $474,618,321
1976 $105,060,616,985 $527,936,989
1977 $110,352,144,987 $625,563,171
1978 $118,492,761,338 $793,673,402
1979 $134,900,602,067 $1,001,288,847
1980 $149,987,743,733 $1,250,198,601
1981 $176,895,390,688 $1,243,509,394
1982 $194,041,708,044 $1,234,474,404
1983 $177,267,290,706 $1,165,729,707
1984 $193,525,337,526 $1,101,807,023
1985 $180,643,265,927 $1,117,797,439
1986 $182,481,113,598 $1,435,038,441
1987 $189,495,764,955 $1,751,293,461
1988 $236,161,314,544 $2,019,503,068
1989 $299,875,906,679 $2,118,655,677
1990 $311,426,665,220 $2,547,328,748
1991 $325,975,319,456 $2,750,216,747
1992 $325,525,379,567 $3,021,942,759
1993 $312,133,923,553 $2,709,193,538
1994 $322,806,641,301 $2,998,505,428
1995 $368,166,023,166 $3,709,360,097
1996 $401,341,880,621 $3,822,489,746
1997 $435,642,611,297 $3,787,070,704
1998 $399,674,421,759 $4,010,092,091
1999 $389,652,212,057 $4,111,891,845
2000 $416,167,815,093 $4,036,809,865
2001 $379,629,301,675 $4,070,867,153
2002 $395,788,696,012 $4,455,127,398
2003 $467,739,079,790 $5,418,315,225
2004 $614,659,980,083 $6,104,141,501
2005 $695,692,898,677 $6,393,234,965
2006 $748,417,562,770 $6,749,838,862
2007 $855,007,458,585 $7,908,412,374
2008 $1,056,112,427,190 $9,135,419,490
2009 $928,762,122,698 $8,734,745,632
2010 $1,148,838,233,481 $9,097,044,182
2011 $1,398,610,616,773 $9,789,361,705
2012 $1,547,532,281,116 $9,609,532,106
2013 $1,577,123,329,411 $10,796,782,634
2014 $1,468,265,356,428 $11,888,032,862
2015 $1,351,296,372,254 $11,340,795,033
2016 $1,206,836,962,282 $12,025,782,885
2017 $1,325,582,658,157 $14,161,366,733
2018 $1,427,809,041,019 $16,153,779,511
2019 $1,392,723,834,563 $16,337,793,531
2020 $1,328,414,058,378 $16,409,900,599
2021 $1,556,735,770,437 $19,723,563,355
2022 $1,690,858,246,994 $19,239,187,084
2023 $1,728,057,316,696 $22,210,718,401
2024 $1,752,193,307,380 $24,322,006,608

Australia and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
Australia

Malta
Year GDP per capita
Australia Malta
1960 $1,811 -
1961 $1,878 -
1962 $1,855 -
1963 $1,967 -
1964 $2,131 -
1965 $2,281 -
1966 $2,344 -
1967 $2,580 -
1968 $2,724 -
1969 $2,991 -
1970 $3,305 $828
1971 $3,495 $874
1972 $3,949 $976
1973 $4,771 $1,144
1974 $6,483 $1,245
1975 $7,004 $1,560
1976 $7,487 $1,727
1977 $7,776 $2,038
1978 $8,253 $2,559
1979 $9,295 $3,196
1980 $10,209 $3,948
1981 $11,854 $3,898
1982 $12,779 $3,788
1983 $11,516 $3,527
1984 $12,422 $3,333
1985 $11,442 $3,322
1986 $11,392 $4,195
1987 $11,651 $5,084
1988 $14,285 $5,814
1989 $17,834 $6,041
1990 $18,249 $7,192
1991 $18,860 $7,559
1992 $18,624 $8,220
1993 $17,700 $7,296
1994 $18,130 $8,000
1995 $20,448 $9,828
1996 $22,022 $10,062
1997 $23,647 $9,893
1998 $21,479 $10,408
1999 $20,713 $10,609
2000 $21,870 $10,348
2001 $19,696 $10,358
2002 $20,302 $11,251
2003 $23,718 $13,594
2004 $30,837 $15,212
2005 $34,480 $15,831
2006 $36,596 $16,654
2007 $41,052 $19,444
2008 $49,701 $22,315
2009 $42,817 $21,176
2010 $52,145 $21,947
2011 $62,606 $23,517
2012 $68,073 $22,878
2013 $68,191 $25,416
2014 $62,544 $27,425
2015 $56,739 $25,530
2016 $49,888 $26,459
2017 $53,902 $30,317
2018 $57,196 $33,382
2019 $54,973 $32,422
2020 $51,792 $31,834
2021 $60,608 $38,065
2022 $64,997 $36,224
2023 $64,836 $40,182
2024 $64,407 $42,347

Australia vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Australia

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
Australia Malta
1950 69 63.5
1951 68.7 63.9
1952 69.1 64.1
1953 69.7 64.3
1954 69.9 65.1
1955 70.2 66.3
1956 70 66.8
1957 70.3 67.5
1958 70.9 67.8
1959 70.4 68.4
1960 70.9 68.4
1961 71.1 68.4
1962 70.9 69.2
1963 71 69.2
1964 70.6 69.3
1965 70.8 69.5
1966 70.7 69.7
1967 71 69.8
1968 70.7 69.9
1969 71.1 70.1
1970 70.7 70.4
1971 71.5 70.1
1972 71.8 70.7
1973 72.1 71.3
1974 71.8 71.9
1975 72.8 72.1
1976 72.8 72.2
1977 73.5 72.3
1978 73.7 72.3
1979 74.3 72.5
1980 74.6 72.3
1981 74.8 72.4
1982 74.7 72.8
1983 75.4 73.1
1984 75.5 73.3
1985 75.4 73.9
1986 76.1 74.5
1987 76.1 75.3
1988 76.3 75.9
1989 76.2 76.2
1990 77 76.2
1991 77.5 76.5
1992 77.5 76.7
1993 78 76.8
1994 77.9 76.9
1995 78.3 77
1996 78.3 76.3
1997 78.6 77.3
1998 79 77.8
1999 79.3 77.8
2000 79.6 77.9
2001 80 78.9
2002 80.1 78.5
2003 80.4 78.7
2004 80.7 79.2
2005 81.1 79.5
2006 81.3 79.6
2007 81.2 79.7
2008 81.4 79.7
2009 81.7 80.4
2010 82 81.4
2011 82.1 80.8
2012 82.3 81.1
2013 82.6 81.8
2014 82.5 82.3
2015 82.6 82.6
2016 82.8 82.7
2017 82.7 83.1
2018 83.3 82.9
2019 83.2 82.8
2020 83.7 82.3
2021 83.6 82.3
2022 82.8 82.2
2023 83.9 83.3
2024 84.1 83.5
2025 84.2 83.6

Australia and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
Australia

Malta
Year Population
Australia Malta
1960 10,276,477 326,550
1961 10,483,000 325,250
1962 10,742,000 323,900
1963 10,950,000 322,550
1964 11,167,000 321,250
1965 11,388,000 318,800
1966 11,651,000 315,200
1967 11,799,000 311,550
1968 12,009,000 307,900
1969 12,263,000 304,300
1970 12,507,000 302,650
1971 12,937,000 302,700
1972 13,177,000 302,450
1973 13,380,000 302,200
1974 13,723,000 301,996
1975 13,893,000 304,222
1976 14,033,000 305,774
1977 14,192,000 306,970
1978 14,358,000 310,182
1979 14,514,000 313,342
1980 14,692,000 316,645
1981 14,923,260 318,982
1982 15,184,247 325,898
1983 15,393,472 330,524
1984 15,579,391 330,593
1985 15,788,312 336,452
1986 16,018,350 342,121
1987 16,263,874 344,485
1988 16,532,164 347,325
1989 16,814,416 350,722
1990 17,065,128 354,170
1991 17,284,036 363,845
1992 17,478,635 367,618
1993 17,634,808 371,308
1994 17,805,468 374,797
1995 18,004,882 377,419
1996 18,224,767 379,905
1997 18,423,037 382,791
1998 18,607,584 385,287
1999 18,812,264 387,578
2000 19,028,802 390,087
2001 19,274,701 393,028
2002 19,495,210 395,969
2003 19,720,737 398,582
2004 19,932,722 401,268
2005 20,176,844 403,834
2006 20,450,966 405,308
2007 20,827,622 406,724
2008 21,249,199 409,379
2009 21,691,653 412,477
2010 22,031,750 414,508
2011 22,340,024 416,268
2012 22,733,465 420,028
2013 23,128,129 424,810
2014 23,475,686 433,481
2015 23,815,995 444,220
2016 24,190,907 454,505
2017 24,592,588 467,106
2018 24,963,258 483,903
2019 25,334,826 503,912
2020 25,649,248 515,490
2021 25,685,412 518,150
2022 26,014,399 531,113
2023 26,652,777 552,747
2024 27,204,809 574,346

Fertility rates in Australia and Malta

Fertility rate
Australia

Malta
Year Fertility rate
Australia Malta
1960 3.45 3.62
1961 3.54 3.27
1962 3.44 3.24
1963 3.33 2.9
1964 3.15 2.79
1965 2.98 2.52
1966 2.88 2.33
1967 2.85 2.24
1968 2.89 2.12
1969 2.89 2.02
1970 2.86 2.03
1971 2.96 2.06
1972 2.74 2.01
1973 2.49 1.65
1974 2.4 1.64
1975 2.15 2.27
1976 2.06 2.21
1977 2.01 2.14
1978 1.95 2.05
1979 1.91 2.1
1980 1.89 1.99
1981 1.94 1.87
1982 1.93 1.9
1983 1.92 1.92
1984 1.84 1.95
1985 1.92 1.95
1986 1.87 1.93
1987 1.85 1.97
1988 1.83 2.06
1989 1.84 2.1
1990 1.9 2.02
1991 1.85 1.99
1992 1.89 2.07
1993 1.86 1.96
1994 1.84 1.84
1995 1.82 1.77
1996 1.8 1.99
1997 1.78 1.93
1998 1.76 1.84
1999 1.76 1.73
2000 1.76 1.68
2001 1.74 1.48
2002 1.76 1.45
2003 1.75 1.48
2004 1.77 1.4
2005 1.81 1.38
2006 1.91 1.36
2007 1.96 1.35
2008 1.98 1.43
2009 1.97 1.42
2010 1.93 1.36
2011 1.93 1.45
2012 1.92 1.42
2013 1.86 1.36
2014 1.83 1.38
2015 1.81 1.37
2016 1.75 1.37
2017 1.74 1.26
2018 1.74 1.23
2019 1.66 1.14
2020 1.58 1.13
2021 1.7 1.13
2022 1.63 1.08
2023 1.5 1.06

Australia and Malta demographics compared

Median age
Australia

Malta
Year Median age, years
Australia Malta
1960 29.5 23.6
1961 29.3 23.8
1962 29.1 24
1963 28.8 24.2
1964 28.6 24.4
1965 28.3 24.5
1966 28.1 24.6
1967 28 24.8
1968 27.9 25
1969 27.8 25.5
1970 27.7 25.9
1971 27.7 26.3
1972 27.7 26.8
1973 27.8 27.2
1974 28 27.6
1975 28.1 28
1976 28.4 28.4
1977 28.6 28.7
1978 28.9 29.2
1979 29.1 29.6
1980 29.4 30
1981 29.6 30.3
1982 29.9 30.6
1983 30.2 30.9
1984 30.5 31.2
1985 30.8 31.4
1986 31.1 31.7
1987 31.3 32
1988 31.6 32.4
1989 31.8 32.7
1990 32.1 33
1991 32.4 33.3
1992 32.7 33.7
1993 33 34
1994 33.3 34.3
1995 33.6 34.7
1996 34 35.1
1997 34.3 35.5
1998 34.7 35.8
1999 35.1 36.1
2000 35.4 36.4
2001 35.6 36.7
2002 35.8 37
2003 36.1 37.4
2004 36.3 37.7
2005 36.5 38.1
2006 36.7 38.4
2007 36.8 38.7
2008 36.8 39
2009 36.9 39.3
2010 37 39.6
2011 37.1 39.9
2012 37.2 40.2
2013 37.2 40.4
2014 37.3 40.6
2015 37.3 40.6
2016 37.3 40.6
2017 37.4 40.5
2018 37.4 40.2
2019 37.6 39.9
2020 38 39.9
2021 38.3 40.2
2022 38.5 40.8
2023 38.8 41.4
2024 39 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Australia Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$1.7T
2024
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
38.8%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.06%
2022
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.92%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
60,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-2.58%
2025
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.94%
2024
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
65.5%
2024
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
26%
2024
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
79.3
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
25.5%
2020
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2020
2.7%
2022
Number of millionaires
1,936,114
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
9.35%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
47
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0002%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
1,853
2024
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$1.74T
2024
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$60.4B
2024
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$1.89B
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
1,828,000
2020
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
8.71%
2020
11.5%
2007
Banked people share
98%
2024
96.6%
2024

Energy

Australia Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,929 kg
2023
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$14.3
2023
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
374 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
14 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
90.2%
2023
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.3%
2021
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
6.26%
2023
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-214.5%
2023
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
9,823 kWh
2023
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
26.7%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
6.07%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Australia Malta
% of world population
0.33%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
+138,510
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
86.8%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.87 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.4 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
94.3
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
77
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
98
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.85
2023
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.9
2019
4.1
2019
Visa free countries
170
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
94.9%
2021
English speaking
92.8%
2023
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
97.1%
2023
92.1%
2023

Health

Australia Malta
Government health expenditure per capita
$6,731
2022
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,029
2022
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
84.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.98
2021
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth
28.7 years
2025
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
2
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.7
2023
5.5
2023
Obesity rate
31%
2022
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
7.4%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
94
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
13.1%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
10.3 liters
2020
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

Australia Malta
% of world land
5.16%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
109,168 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
1,402,492 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
517,397 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
607,623 mi
2017
1,401 mi
2001

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