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Congo vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Congo has a population of 6.33M (ranked 112/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). The Congo's land area is 131,854 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 64th vs. 187th).

By GDP, The Congo ranks 141/197 ($15.7B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, The Congo ranks 148/197 ($2,482), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

Congo Malta
Population
6607609
583596
Population rank 109/197 167/197
GDP
$15.7B
2024
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 141/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$2,482
2024
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 148/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$7,026
2024
$67,364
2024
Government debt
$15B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
91.4%
2025
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$2,369
2024
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank 113/185 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$2,263
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
131,854 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
48 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
4.16
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
19.5 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
66.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Congo and Malta: Comparison Charts

Congo and Malta economies compared

GDP
Congo

Malta
Year GDP
Congo Malta
1960 $131,731,863 -
1961 $151,675,739 -
1962 $166,521,240 -
1963 $172,233,431 -
1964 $185,693,725 -
1965 $198,318,064 -
1966 $220,613,582 -
1967 $237,397,428 -
1968 $251,247,458 -
1969 $265,040,036 -
1970 $274,960,700 $250,728,796
1971 $322,128,019 $264,578,485
1972 $410,669,264 $295,106,628
1973 $541,973,363 $345,616,106
1974 $585,364,634 $376,081,124
1975 $767,102,680 $474,618,321
1976 $754,549,601 $527,936,989
1977 $765,224,029 $625,563,171
1978 $878,771,772 $793,673,402
1979 $1,198,749,667 $1,001,288,847
1980 $1,705,796,853 $1,250,198,601
1981 $1,993,512,323 $1,243,509,394
1982 $2,160,640,565 $1,234,474,404
1983 $2,097,274,290 $1,165,729,707
1984 $2,193,581,365 $1,101,807,023
1985 $2,160,872,540 $1,117,797,439
1986 $1,849,268,212 $1,435,038,441
1987 $2,297,753,652 $1,751,293,461
1988 $2,212,536,312 $2,019,503,068
1989 $2,389,593,026 $2,118,655,677
1990 $2,798,746,050 $2,547,328,748
1991 $2,724,853,506 $2,750,216,747
1992 $2,933,222,703 $3,021,942,759
1993 $2,684,323,623 $2,709,193,538
1994 $1,769,365,438 $2,998,505,428
1995 $2,116,003,868 $3,709,360,097
1996 $2,540,697,539 $3,822,489,746
1997 $2,322,719,103 $3,787,070,704
1998 $1,949,481,379 $4,010,092,091
1999 $2,354,772,960 $4,111,891,845
2000 $3,227,927,698 $4,036,809,865
2001 $2,796,704,604 $4,070,867,153
2002 $3,034,250,924 $4,455,127,398
2003 $3,503,723,088 $5,418,315,225
2004 $4,656,974,940 $6,104,141,501
2005 $6,650,001,680 $6,393,234,965
2006 $8,072,305,029 $6,749,838,862
2007 $8,782,703,437 $7,908,412,374
2008 $11,649,857,673 $9,135,419,490
2009 $9,723,299,915 $8,734,745,632
2010 $13,148,396,212 $9,097,044,182
2011 $15,655,383,577 $9,789,361,705
2012 $17,692,911,296 $9,609,532,106
2013 $17,958,720,699 $10,796,782,634
2014 $17,919,321,078 $11,888,032,862
2015 $12,434,793,867 $11,340,795,033
2016 $10,931,328,151 $12,025,782,885
2017 $11,834,473,039 $14,161,366,733
2018 $14,773,900,289 $16,153,779,511
2019 $13,976,637,780 $16,337,793,531
2020 $11,468,687,464 $16,409,900,599
2021 $14,825,690,211 $19,723,563,355
2022 $15,817,030,157 $19,239,187,084
2023 $15,321,055,818 $22,210,718,401
2024 $15,719,985,776 $24,322,006,608

Congo and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
Congo

Malta
Year GDP per capita
Congo Malta
1960 $124.7 -
1961 $139.9 -
1962 $149.6 -
1963 $150.7 -
1964 $158.1 -
1965 $164.2 -
1966 $177.6 -
1967 $185.7 -
1968 $190.8 -
1969 $195.4 -
1970 $196.7 $828
1971 $223.5 $874
1972 $276.3 $976
1973 $353 $1,144
1974 $370 $1,245
1975 $471 $1,560
1976 $453 $1,727
1977 $448 $2,038
1978 $503 $2,559
1979 $670 $3,196
1980 $933 $3,948
1981 $1,066 $3,898
1982 $1,131 $3,788
1983 $1,075 $3,527
1984 $1,097 $3,333
1985 $1,049 $3,322
1986 $872 $4,195
1987 $1,052 $5,084
1988 $984 $5,814
1989 $1,033 $6,041
1990 $1,176 $7,192
1991 $1,113 $7,559
1992 $1,164 $8,220
1993 $1,034 $7,296
1994 $662 $8,000
1995 $770 $9,828
1996 $899 $10,062
1997 $804 $9,893
1998 $660 $10,408
1999 $776 $10,609
2000 $1,024 $10,348
2001 $855 $10,358
2002 $906 $11,251
2003 $1,017 $13,594
2004 $1,306 $15,212
2005 $1,799 $15,831
2006 $2,104 $16,654
2007 $2,206 $19,444
2008 $2,832 $22,315
2009 $2,271 $21,176
2010 $2,947 $21,947
2011 $3,396 $23,517
2012 $3,732 $22,878
2013 $3,697 $25,416
2014 $3,601 $27,425
2015 $2,439 $25,530
2016 $2,093 $26,459
2017 $2,212 $30,317
2018 $2,694 $33,382
2019 $2,488 $32,422
2020 $1,994 $31,834
2021 $2,516 $38,065
2022 $2,621 $36,224
2023 $2,478 $40,182
2024 $2,482 $42,347

Congo vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Congo

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
Congo Malta
1950 39.6 63.5
1951 40.3 63.9
1952 41.1 64.1
1953 41.9 64.3
1954 42.6 65.1
1955 43.4 66.3
1956 44.3 66.8
1957 45.1 67.5
1958 46 67.8
1959 46.8 68.4
1960 47.6 68.4
1961 48.4 68.4
1962 49 69.2
1963 49.7 69.2
1964 50.4 69.3
1965 51 69.5
1966 51.6 69.7
1967 51.9 69.8
1968 52.6 69.9
1969 53.1 70.1
1970 53.6 70.4
1971 54 70.1
1972 54.4 70.7
1973 54.7 71.3
1974 55.1 71.9
1975 55.4 72.1
1976 55.7 72.2
1977 56 72.3
1978 56.2 72.3
1979 56.5 72.5
1980 56.8 72.3
1981 57.1 72.4
1982 57.2 72.8
1983 57.4 73.1
1984 57.5 73.3
1985 57.6 73.9
1986 57.6 74.5
1987 57.6 75.3
1988 57.5 75.9
1989 57.3 76.2
1990 57.1 76.2
1991 56.8 76.5
1992 56.5 76.7
1993 56 76.8
1994 55.6 76.9
1995 55.5 77
1996 55.2 76.3
1997 48.6 77.3
1998 52.6 77.8
1999 54.4 77.8
2000 55.4 77.9
2001 55.9 78.9
2002 56.4 78.5
2003 57.1 78.7
2004 58 79.2
2005 58.7 79.5
2006 59.5 79.6
2007 60.1 79.7
2008 60.8 79.7
2009 61.2 80.4
2010 61.7 81.4
2011 62.3 80.8
2012 62.7 81.1
2013 63 81.8
2014 63.3 82.3
2015 63.7 82.6
2016 63.9 82.7
2017 64.2 83.1
2018 64.5 82.9
2019 63.2 82.8
2020 64.4 82.3
2021 64.2 82.3
2022 65 82.2
2023 65.8 83.3
2024 66 83.5
2025 66.2 83.6

Congo and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
Congo

Malta
Year Population
Congo Malta
1960 1,056,732 326,550
1961 1,084,389 325,250
1962 1,113,175 323,900
1963 1,143,263 322,550
1964 1,174,816 321,250
1965 1,207,880 318,800
1966 1,242,534 315,200
1967 1,278,691 311,550
1968 1,316,519 307,900
1969 1,356,182 304,300
1970 1,397,638 302,650
1971 1,441,039 302,700
1972 1,486,468 302,450
1973 1,533,680 302,200
1974 1,582,301 301,996
1975 1,627,032 304,222
1976 1,667,225 305,774
1977 1,707,568 306,970
1978 1,748,089 310,182
1979 1,788,524 313,342
1980 1,828,985 316,645
1981 1,869,759 318,982
1982 1,910,430 325,898
1983 1,950,321 330,524
1984 1,999,528 330,593
1985 2,059,311 336,452
1986 2,120,602 342,121
1987 2,183,473 344,485
1988 2,247,653 347,325
1989 2,313,558 350,722
1990 2,380,560 354,170
1991 2,449,229 363,845
1992 2,519,465 367,618
1993 2,595,124 371,308
1994 2,673,144 374,797
1995 2,749,461 377,419
1996 2,826,785 379,905
1997 2,887,862 382,791
1998 2,952,061 385,287
1999 3,032,874 387,578
2000 3,151,345 390,087
2001 3,272,537 393,028
2002 3,350,771 395,969
2003 3,445,753 398,582
2004 3,565,554 401,268
2005 3,696,393 403,834
2006 3,837,409 405,308
2007 3,980,430 406,724
2008 4,113,517 409,379
2009 4,281,219 412,477
2010 4,462,290 414,508
2011 4,609,724 416,268
2012 4,740,450 420,028
2013 4,857,099 424,810
2014 4,975,880 433,481
2015 5,097,581 444,220
2016 5,222,536 454,505
2017 5,351,011 467,106
2018 5,483,118 483,903
2019 5,616,661 503,912
2020 5,752,791 515,490
2021 5,892,183 518,150
2022 6,035,104 531,113
2023 6,182,885 552,747
2024 6,332,961 574,346

Fertility rates in Congo and Malta

Fertility rate
Congo

Malta
Year Fertility rate
Congo Malta
1960 6.09 3.62
1961 6.09 3.27
1962 6.1 3.24
1963 6.15 2.9
1964 6.18 2.79
1965 6.23 2.52
1966 6.27 2.33
1967 6.29 2.24
1968 6.33 2.12
1969 6.35 2.02
1970 6.38 2.03
1971 6.42 2.06
1972 6.44 2.01
1973 6.42 1.65
1974 6.39 1.64
1975 6.36 2.27
1976 6.32 2.21
1977 6.27 2.14
1978 6.21 2.05
1979 6.14 2.1
1980 6.07 1.99
1981 5.98 1.87
1982 5.85 1.9
1983 5.76 1.92
1984 5.66 1.95
1985 5.59 1.95
1986 5.51 1.93
1987 5.46 1.97
1988 5.39 2.06
1989 5.33 2.1
1990 5.27 2.02
1991 5.22 1.99
1992 5.18 2.07
1993 5.13 1.96
1994 5.1 1.84
1995 5.07 1.77
1996 5.03 1.99
1997 5 1.93
1998 4.91 1.84
1999 4.81 1.73
2000 4.72 1.68
2001 4.67 1.48
2002 4.7 1.45
2003 4.7 1.48
2004 4.69 1.4
2005 4.67 1.38
2006 4.65 1.36
2007 4.65 1.35
2008 4.73 1.43
2009 4.81 1.42
2010 4.85 1.36
2011 4.83 1.45
2012 4.79 1.42
2013 4.73 1.36
2014 4.67 1.38
2015 4.61 1.37
2016 4.55 1.37
2017 4.5 1.26
2018 4.44 1.23
2019 4.38 1.14
2020 4.33 1.13
2021 4.28 1.13
2022 4.22 1.08
2023 4.16 1.06

Congo and Malta demographics compared

Median age
Congo

Malta
Year Median age, years
Congo Malta
1960 18.8 23.6
1961 18.7 23.8
1962 18.6 24
1963 18.4 24.2
1964 18.3 24.4
1965 18.2 24.5
1966 18.1 24.6
1967 17.9 24.8
1968 17.8 25
1969 17.7 25.5
1970 17.6 25.9
1971 17.5 26.3
1972 17.4 26.8
1973 17.4 27.2
1974 17.3 27.6
1975 17.2 28
1976 17.1 28.4
1977 17 28.7
1978 17 29.2
1979 17 29.6
1980 17 30
1981 17 30.3
1982 17.1 30.6
1983 17.2 30.9
1984 17.2 31.2
1985 17.3 31.4
1986 17.4 31.7
1987 17.4 32
1988 17.5 32.4
1989 17.6 32.7
1990 17.7 33
1991 17.7 33.3
1992 17.8 33.7
1993 17.9 34
1994 18 34.3
1995 18.1 34.7
1996 18.1 35.1
1997 18.1 35.5
1998 18.1 35.8
1999 18.2 36.1
2000 18.5 36.4
2001 18.8 36.7
2002 18.8 37
2003 18.9 37.4
2004 19 37.7
2005 19.2 38.1
2006 19.3 38.4
2007 19.5 38.7
2008 19.5 39
2009 19.7 39.3
2010 19.8 39.6
2011 19.7 39.9
2012 19.6 40.2
2013 19.5 40.4
2014 19.4 40.6
2015 19.3 40.6
2016 19.2 40.6
2017 19.2 40.5
2018 19.1 40.2
2019 19.1 39.9
2020 19.2 39.9
2021 19.2 40.2
2022 19.3 40.8
2023 19.4 41.4
2024 19.5 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Congo Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$15.2B
2024
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
21.9%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.34%
2023
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
2%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
12,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+3.54%
2025
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
10%
2012
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
45%
2024
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
40.1%
2024
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
48.6
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
37.9%
2011
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
1.6%
2011
2.7%
2022
Listed domestic companies n/a
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$715M
2023
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$44M
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
158,000
2018
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
0.93%
2016
11.5%
2007
Banked people share
55.6%
2024
96.6%
2024

Energy

Congo Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
628 kg
2022
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$10.6
2022
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
7.25 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
1.17 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
51.8%
2022
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
71.4%
2021
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
2.56%
2022
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share
-347%
2022
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
459 kWh
2022
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
26.3%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
22.3%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
51.3%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Congo Malta
% of world population
0.08%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
-2,491
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
69.6%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.62 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.21 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
17.1
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
23
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
19
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
9.32
2015
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.7
2019
4.1
2019
Visa free countries
56
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
80.6%
2021
94.9%
2021
English speaking
0%
2025
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
38.4%
2023
92.1%
2023

Health

Congo Malta
Government health expenditure per capita
$50.6
2022
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$12.9
2022
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
66.2 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
15.1%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.18
2022
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.6 years
2025
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
241
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
40.5
2023
5.5
2023
Obesity rate
8.84%
2022
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
8.1%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
3
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
15.4%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
6.05 liters
2020
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

Congo Malta
% of world land
0.23%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
20,820 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
41,125 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
84,560 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
14,493 mi
2017
1,401 mi
2001

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