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Belgium vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Belgium has a population of 11.9M (ranked 82/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Belgium's land area is 11,774 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 136th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Belgium ranks 23/197 ($665B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Belgium ranks 17/197 ($55,955), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

Belgium Malta
Population
11909960
583596
Population rank 83/197 167/197
GDP
$665B
2024
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 23/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$55,955
2024
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 17/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$72,126
2024
$67,364
2024
Government debt
$694B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
106.4%
2025
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$58,455
2024
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank 5/185 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$34,348
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
11,774 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,009 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.47
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
42.7 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Belgium and Malta: Comparison Charts

Belgium and Malta economies compared

GDP
Belgium

Malta
Year GDP
Belgium Malta
1960 $11,810,619,368 -
1961 $12,561,701,694 -
1962 $13,436,827,167 -
1963 $14,445,805,381 -
1964 $16,168,044,450 -
1965 $17,597,783,297 -
1966 $18,894,891,312 -
1967 $20,252,508,995 -
1968 $21,654,856,965 -
1969 $24,019,653,475 -
1970 $26,706,196,047 $250,728,796
1971 $29,821,661,870 $264,578,485
1972 $37,209,418,019 $295,106,628
1973 $47,743,801,490 $345,616,106
1974 $56,033,077,879 $376,081,124
1975 $65,678,189,097 $474,618,321
1976 $71,113,882,968 $527,936,989
1977 $82,839,905,459 $625,563,171
1978 $101,246,526,194 $793,673,402
1979 $116,315,456,797 $1,001,288,847
1980 $126,829,314,388 $1,250,198,601
1981 $104,730,018,470 $1,243,509,394
1982 $92,095,926,188 $1,234,474,404
1983 $87,184,239,053 $1,165,729,707
1984 $83,349,530,159 $1,101,807,023
1985 $86,268,264,148 $1,117,797,439
1986 $120,018,787,249 $1,435,038,441
1987 $149,394,404,106 $1,751,293,461
1988 $162,299,103,675 $2,019,503,068
1989 $164,221,056,511 $2,118,655,677
1990 $205,331,747,948 $2,547,328,748
1991 $210,510,999,409 $2,750,216,747
1992 $234,781,652,447 $3,021,942,759
1993 $224,721,795,709 $2,709,193,538
1994 $244,884,129,491 $2,998,505,428
1995 $288,025,588,396 $3,709,360,097
1996 $279,201,433,225 $3,822,489,746
1997 $252,708,051,421 $3,787,070,704
1998 $258,528,339,631 $4,010,092,091
1999 $258,245,733,221 $4,111,891,845
2000 $236,792,460,312 $4,036,809,865
2001 $236,746,141,604 $4,070,867,153
2002 $258,383,599,375 $4,455,127,398
2003 $318,082,528,507 $5,418,315,225
2004 $369,214,712,443 $6,104,141,501
2005 $385,714,762,230 $6,393,234,965
2006 $408,259,840,869 $6,749,838,862
2007 $470,922,156,309 $7,908,412,374
2008 $517,328,087,920 $9,135,419,490
2009 $485,014,525,992 $8,734,745,632
2010 $481,556,503,720 $9,097,044,182
2011 $527,196,649,049 $9,789,361,705
2012 $498,414,364,945 $9,609,532,106
2013 $524,097,026,599 $10,796,782,634
2014 $537,987,419,164 $11,888,032,862
2015 $461,044,767,545 $11,340,795,033
2016 $474,271,566,740 $12,025,782,885
2017 $500,908,767,352 $14,161,366,733
2018 $542,638,913,428 $16,153,779,511
2019 $536,726,344,405 $16,337,793,531
2020 $529,694,473,502 $16,409,900,599
2021 $598,522,422,242 $19,723,563,355
2022 $593,614,574,326 $19,239,187,084
2023 $644,655,275,112 $22,210,718,401
2024 $664,564,181,487 $24,322,006,608

Belgium and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
Belgium

Malta
Year GDP per capita
Belgium Malta
1960 $1,290 -
1961 $1,368 -
1962 $1,457 -
1963 $1,555 -
1964 $1,724 -
1965 $1,860 -
1966 $1,983 -
1967 $2,114 -
1968 $2,251 -
1969 $2,490 -
1970 $2,766 $828
1971 $3,083 $874
1972 $3,832 $976
1973 $4,901 $1,144
1974 $5,734 $1,245
1975 $6,701 $1,560
1976 $7,243 $1,727
1977 $8,427 $2,038
1978 $10,290 $2,559
1979 $11,811 $3,196
1980 $12,864 $3,948
1981 $10,623 $3,898
1982 $9,344 $3,788
1983 $8,846 $3,527
1984 $8,457 $3,333
1985 $8,751 $3,322
1986 $12,170 $4,195
1987 $15,136 $5,084
1988 $16,391 $5,814
1989 $16,525 $6,041
1990 $20,600 $7,192
1991 $21,042 $7,559
1992 $23,373 $8,220
1993 $22,284 $7,296
1994 $24,209 $8,000
1995 $28,414 $9,828
1996 $27,490 $10,062
1997 $24,821 $9,893
1998 $25,338 $10,408
1999 $25,253 $10,609
2000 $23,099 $10,348
2001 $23,015 $10,358
2002 $25,006 $11,251
2003 $30,655 $13,594
2004 $35,429 $15,212
2005 $36,810 $15,831
2006 $38,705 $16,654
2007 $44,319 $19,444
2008 $48,303 $22,315
2009 $44,923 $21,176
2010 $44,197 $21,947
2011 $47,761 $23,517
2012 $44,874 $22,878
2013 $46,965 $25,416
2014 $47,996 $27,425
2015 $40,894 $25,530
2016 $41,855 $26,459
2017 $44,035 $30,317
2018 $47,487 $33,382
2019 $46,717 $32,422
2020 $45,906 $31,834
2021 $51,658 $38,065
2022 $50,822 $36,224
2023 $54,690 $40,182
2024 $55,955 $42,347

Belgium vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Belgium

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
Belgium Malta
1950 66.3 63.5
1951 66.7 63.9
1952 68 64.1
1953 68.4 64.3
1954 68.6 65.1
1955 68.5 66.3
1956 68.8 66.8
1957 69.2 67.5
1958 69.9 67.8
1959 70.3 68.4
1960 69.6 68.4
1961 70.5 68.4
1962 70.2 69.2
1963 70 69.2
1964 70.7 69.3
1965 70.6 69.5
1966 70.6 69.7
1967 70.9 69.8
1968 70.6 69.9
1969 70.7 70.1
1970 70.9 70.4
1971 71.1 70.1
1972 71.4 70.7
1973 71.6 71.3
1974 72 71.9
1975 72 72.1
1976 72.1 72.2
1977 72.8 72.3
1978 72.7 72.3
1979 73.2 72.5
1980 73.2 72.3
1981 73.7 72.4
1982 73.9 72.8
1983 73.9 73.1
1984 74.4 73.3
1985 74.5 73.9
1986 74.7 74.5
1987 75.3 75.3
1988 75.6 75.9
1989 75.6 76.2
1990 76.1 76.2
1991 76.2 76.5
1992 76.4 76.7
1993 76.4 76.8
1994 76.7 76.9
1995 76.8 77
1996 77.2 76.3
1997 77.4 77.3
1998 77.5 77.8
1999 77.6 77.8
2000 77.8 77.9
2001 78.1 78.9
2002 78.2 78.5
2003 78.3 78.7
2004 79 79.2
2005 79.1 79.5
2006 79.4 79.6
2007 79.5 79.7
2008 79.6 79.7
2009 79.8 80.4
2010 80 81.4
2011 80.4 80.8
2012 80.3 81.1
2013 80.5 81.8
2014 81.1 82.3
2015 80.9 82.6
2016 81.3 82.7
2017 81.4 83.1
2018 81.5 82.9
2019 81.8 82.8
2020 80.8 82.3
2021 81.7 82.3
2022 81.2 82.2
2023 82.1 83.3
2024 82.3 83.5
2025 82.4 83.6

Belgium and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
Belgium

Malta
Year Population
Belgium Malta
1960 9,153,489 326,550
1961 9,183,948 325,250
1962 9,220,578 323,900
1963 9,289,770 322,550
1964 9,378,113 321,250
1965 9,463,667 318,800
1966 9,527,807 315,200
1967 9,580,991 311,550
1968 9,618,756 307,900
1969 9,646,032 304,300
1970 9,655,549 302,650
1971 9,673,162 302,700
1972 9,711,115 302,450
1973 9,741,720 302,200
1974 9,772,419 301,996
1975 9,800,700 304,222
1976 9,818,227 305,774
1977 9,830,358 306,970
1978 9,839,534 310,182
1979 9,848,382 313,342
1980 9,859,242 316,645
1981 9,858,982 318,982
1982 9,856,303 325,898
1983 9,855,520 330,524
1984 9,855,372 330,593
1985 9,858,308 336,452
1986 9,861,823 342,121
1987 9,870,234 344,485
1988 9,901,664 347,325
1989 9,937,697 350,722
1990 9,967,379 354,170
1991 10,004,486 363,845
1992 10,045,158 367,618
1993 10,084,475 371,308
1994 10,115,603 374,797
1995 10,136,811 377,419
1996 10,156,637 379,905
1997 10,181,245 382,791
1998 10,203,008 385,287
1999 10,226,419 387,578
2000 10,251,250 390,087
2001 10,286,570 393,028
2002 10,332,785 395,969
2003 10,376,133 398,582
2004 10,421,137 401,268
2005 10,478,617 403,834
2006 10,547,958 405,308
2007 10,625,700 406,724
2008 10,709,973 409,379
2009 10,796,493 412,477
2010 10,895,586 414,508
2011 11,038,264 416,268
2012 11,106,932 420,028
2013 11,159,407 424,810
2014 11,209,057 433,481
2015 11,274,196 444,220
2016 11,331,422 454,505
2017 11,375,158 467,106
2018 11,427,054 483,903
2019 11,488,980 503,912
2020 11,538,604 515,490
2021 11,586,195 518,150
2022 11,680,210 531,113
2023 11,787,423 552,747
2024 11,876,844 574,346

Fertility rates in Belgium and Malta

Fertility rate
Belgium

Malta
Year Fertility rate
Belgium Malta
1960 2.54 3.62
1961 2.63 3.27
1962 2.59 3.24
1963 2.68 2.9
1964 2.71 2.79
1965 2.61 2.52
1966 2.52 2.33
1967 2.41 2.24
1968 2.31 2.12
1969 2.27 2.02
1970 2.25 2.03
1971 2.21 2.06
1972 2.09 2.01
1973 1.95 1.65
1974 1.83 1.64
1975 1.74 2.27
1976 1.73 2.21
1977 1.71 2.14
1978 1.69 2.05
1979 1.69 2.1
1980 1.68 1.99
1981 1.66 1.87
1982 1.61 1.9
1983 1.57 1.92
1984 1.54 1.95
1985 1.51 1.95
1986 1.54 1.93
1987 1.54 1.97
1988 1.57 2.06
1989 1.58 2.1
1990 1.62 2.02
1991 1.66 1.99
1992 1.65 2.07
1993 1.61 1.96
1994 1.56 1.84
1995 1.56 1.77
1996 1.59 1.99
1997 1.6 1.93
1998 1.6 1.84
1999 1.62 1.73
2000 1.67 1.68
2001 1.67 1.48
2002 1.65 1.45
2003 1.67 1.48
2004 1.72 1.4
2005 1.76 1.38
2006 1.8 1.36
2007 1.82 1.35
2008 1.85 1.43
2009 1.84 1.42
2010 1.86 1.36
2011 1.81 1.45
2012 1.8 1.42
2013 1.76 1.36
2014 1.74 1.38
2015 1.7 1.37
2016 1.68 1.37
2017 1.65 1.26
2018 1.62 1.23
2019 1.6 1.14
2020 1.55 1.13
2021 1.6 1.13
2022 1.53 1.08
2023 1.47 1.06

Belgium and Malta demographics compared

Median age
Belgium

Malta
Year Median age, years
Belgium Malta
1960 34.9 23.6
1961 34.9 23.8
1962 34.9 24
1963 34.9 24.2
1964 34.8 24.4
1965 34.8 24.5
1966 34.7 24.6
1967 34.7 24.8
1968 34.7 25
1969 34.6 25.5
1970 34.5 25.9
1971 34.4 26.3
1972 34.3 26.8
1973 34.3 27.2
1974 34.3 27.6
1975 34.2 28
1976 34.1 28.4
1977 34.1 28.7
1978 34.1 29.2
1979 34.1 29.6
1980 34.2 30
1981 34.3 30.3
1982 34.5 30.6
1983 34.8 30.9
1984 35 31.2
1985 35.2 31.4
1986 35.4 31.7
1987 35.6 32
1988 35.9 32.4
1989 36.1 32.7
1990 36.3 33
1991 36.5 33.3
1992 36.7 33.7
1993 37 34
1994 37.2 34.3
1995 37.5 34.7
1996 37.8 35.1
1997 38.1 35.5
1998 38.3 35.8
1999 38.6 36.1
2000 38.9 36.4
2001 39.2 36.7
2002 39.4 37
2003 39.7 37.4
2004 40 37.7
2005 40.2 38.1
2006 40.4 38.4
2007 40.6 38.7
2008 40.7 39
2009 40.8 39.3
2010 40.8 39.6
2011 40.9 39.9
2012 41.1 40.2
2013 41.2 40.4
2014 41.3 40.6
2015 41.4 40.6
2016 41.4 40.6
2017 41.6 40.5
2018 41.7 40.2
2019 41.8 39.9
2020 41.9 39.9
2021 42 40.2
2022 42.2 40.8
2023 42.4 41.4
2024 42.7 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Belgium Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$651B
2024
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
54.6%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
6.28%
2022
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
1.21%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
24,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.03%
2025
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
5.7%
2024
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
72.1%
2024
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.6%
2024
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
69
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
22.2%
2023
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
3.7%
2023
2.7%
2022
Number of millionaires
564,666
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
6.08%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
11
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0001%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
117
2015
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$321B
2018
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$41.4B
2024
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$15.2B
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
2,584,000
2020
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
1.77%
2020
11.5%
2007
Banked people share
98.2%
2024
96.6%
2024

Energy

Belgium Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
4,049 kg
2023
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$17.1
2023
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
84.3 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
7.15 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
69.3%
2023
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
11.7%
2021
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
22.3%
2023
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share
89.2%
2023
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
6,927 kWh
2023
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
23.5%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
1.98%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
39.4%
2023
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Belgium Malta
% of world population
0.15%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
+36,243
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
98.2%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.88 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.36 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
87.9
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
69
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
96
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.08
2021
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.8
2019
4.1
2019
Visa free countries
175
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
99%
2003
94.9%
2021
English speaking
59%
2023
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
95.8%
2024
92.1%
2023

Health

Belgium Malta
Government health expenditure per capita
$5,405
2022
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,083
2022
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
82.4 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.01%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.24
2021
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.5 years
2023
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
4
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
3.6
2023
5.5
2023
Obesity rate
20.5%
2022
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
5.9%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
74
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.7%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
9.43 liters
2020
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

Belgium Malta
% of world land
0.02%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
991 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
5,225 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
2,661 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
73,579 mi
2015
1,401 mi
2001

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