Ireland vs Malta statistics compared

Ireland has a population of 5.38M (ranked 120/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Ireland's land area is 26,599 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 119th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Ireland ranks 26/197 ($577B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Ireland ranks 4/197 ($107,316), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Ireland and Malta: Comparison Charts

Ireland and Malta economies compared

GDP

Ireland

Malta

Table

Year	GDP
	Ireland	Malta
1960	$1,998,550,222	-
1961	$2,151,772,980	-
1962	$2,329,372,972	-
1963	$2,505,073,358	-
1964	$2,851,091,646	-
1965	$3,035,655,794	-
1966	$3,198,820,904	-
1967	$3,445,739,915	-
1968	$3,378,701,147	-
1969	$3,902,721,632	-
1970	$4,395,995,086	$250,728,796
1971	$5,098,250,287	$264,578,485
1972	$6,318,060,582	$295,106,628
1973	$7,481,173,066	$345,616,106
1974	$7,896,860,615	$376,081,124
1975	$9,483,808,362	$474,618,321
1976	$9,453,756,015	$527,936,989
1977	$11,248,340,431	$625,563,171
1978	$14,647,996,074	$793,673,402
1979	$18,319,334,300	$1,001,288,847
1980	$21,747,855,640	$1,250,198,601
1981	$20,670,190,138	$1,243,509,394
1982	$21,474,754,080	$1,234,474,404
1983	$20,766,047,764	$1,165,729,707
1984	$20,106,648,455	$1,101,807,023
1985	$21,270,013,326	$1,117,797,439
1986	$28,714,571,852	$1,435,038,441
1987	$33,920,518,493	$1,751,293,461
1988	$37,772,897,421	$2,019,503,068
1989	$39,238,392,678	$2,118,655,677
1990	$49,305,632,408	$2,547,328,748
1991	$49,787,502,852	$2,750,216,747
1992	$55,918,538,121	$3,021,942,759
1993	$52,417,477,614	$2,709,193,538
1994	$57,097,656,066	$2,998,505,428
1995	$69,139,823,232	$3,709,360,097
1996	$75,790,785,030	$3,822,489,746
1997	$82,856,648,758	$3,787,070,704
1998	$90,199,410,116	$4,010,092,091
1999	$98,893,958,263	$4,111,891,845
2000	$100,207,610,430	$4,036,809,865
2001	$109,346,669,230	$4,070,867,153
2002	$128,596,035,288	$4,455,127,398
2003	$164,670,771,260	$5,418,315,225
2004	$194,372,115,041	$6,104,141,501
2005	$211,876,989,656	$6,393,234,965
2006	$232,180,617,162	$6,749,838,862
2007	$270,079,279,420	$7,908,412,374
2008	$275,447,471,451	$9,135,419,490
2009	$236,443,117,248	$8,734,745,632
2010	$221,985,621,538	$9,097,044,182
2011	$241,337,364,610	$9,789,361,705
2012	$227,270,922,957	$9,609,532,106
2013	$243,301,556,085	$10,796,782,634
2014	$266,787,238,499	$11,888,032,862
2015	$302,391,428,540	$11,340,795,033
2016	$305,733,136,181	$12,025,782,885
2017	$348,532,394,024	$14,161,366,733
2018	$395,461,216,460	$16,153,779,511
2019	$407,124,824,065	$16,337,793,531
2020	$436,555,518,400	$16,409,900,599
2021	$531,306,516,908	$19,723,563,355
2022	$548,570,250,342	$19,239,187,084
2023	$551,394,889,340	$22,210,718,401
2024	$577,389,475,010	$24,322,006,608

Ireland and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita

Ireland

Malta

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Ireland	Malta
1960	$707	-
1961	$762	-
1962	$821	-
1963	$878	-
1964	$995	-
1965	$1,055	-
1966	$1,107	-
1967	$1,187	-
1968	$1,159	-
1969	$1,331	-
1970	$1,487	$828
1971	$1,704	$874
1972	$2,080	$976
1973	$2,424	$1,144
1974	$2,517	$1,245
1975	$2,973	$1,560
1976	$2,920	$1,727
1977	$3,427	$2,038
1978	$4,400	$2,559
1979	$5,430	$3,196
1980	$6,372	$3,948
1981	$5,986	$3,898
1982	$6,161	$3,788
1983	$5,915	$3,527
1984	$5,692	$3,333
1985	$6,012	$3,322
1986	$8,112	$4,195
1987	$9,582	$5,084
1988	$10,716	$5,814
1989	$11,176	$6,041
1990	$14,031	$7,192
1991	$14,087	$7,559
1992	$15,714	$8,220
1993	$14,657	$7,296
1994	$15,903	$8,000
1995	$19,158	$9,828
1996	$20,836	$10,062
1997	$22,551	$9,893
1998	$24,295	$10,408
1999	$26,338	$10,609
2000	$26,335	$10,348
2001	$28,282	$10,358
2002	$32,705	$11,251
2003	$41,204	$13,594
2004	$47,754	$15,212
2005	$50,933	$15,831
2006	$54,329	$16,654
2007	$61,396	$19,444
2008	$61,353	$22,315
2009	$52,133	$21,176
2010	$48,679	$21,947
2011	$52,693	$23,517
2012	$49,412	$22,878
2013	$52,619	$25,416
2014	$57,278	$27,425
2015	$64,312	$25,530
2016	$64,193	$26,459
2017	$72,198	$30,317
2018	$80,739	$33,382
2019	$81,810	$32,422
2020	$86,623	$31,834
2021	$103,962	$38,065
2022	$105,235	$36,224
2023	$103,888	$40,182
2024	$107,316	$42,347

Ireland vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Ireland

Malta

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Ireland	Malta
1950	65.6	63.5
1951	64.8	63.9
1952	67.2	64.1
1953	67.9	64.3
1954	68	65.1
1955	68	66.3
1956	69	66.8
1957	69	67.5
1958	69.3	67.8
1959	69.4	68.4
1960	70.2	68.4
1961	69.6	68.4
1962	69.9	69.2
1963	70.2	69.2
1964	70.4	69.3
1965	70.6	69.5
1966	70.2	69.7
1967	71.2	69.8
1968	70.9	69.9
1969	70.8	70.1
1970	70.8	70.4
1971	71.6	70.1
1972	71	70.7
1973	71.2	71.3
1974	71.1	71.9
1975	71.7	72.1
1976	71.8	72.2
1977	71.9	72.3
1978	71.9	72.3
1979	72.2	72.5
1980	72.5	72.3
1981	72.9	72.4
1982	73.2	72.8
1983	73.2	73.1
1984	73.6	73.3
1985	73.6	73.9
1986	73.6	74.5
1987	74.4	75.3
1988	74.4	75.9
1989	74.5	76.2
1990	74.8	76.2
1991	75	76.5
1992	75.4	76.7
1993	75.3	76.8
1994	75.8	76.9
1995	75.5	77
1996	75.8	76.3
1997	76	77.3
1998	76.2	77.8
1999	76.1	77.8
2000	76.5	77.9
2001	77.1	78.9
2002	77.6	78.5
2003	78.1	78.7
2004	78.5	79.2
2005	78.9	79.5
2006	79.2	79.6
2007	79.6	79.7
2008	79.8	79.7
2009	80.1	80.4
2010	80.6	81.4
2011	80.7	80.8
2012	80.9	81.1
2013	81.1	81.8
2014	81.4	82.3
2015	81.5	82.6
2016	81.7	82.7
2017	82.1	83.1
2018	82.1	82.9
2019	82.4	82.8
2020	82.4	82.3
2021	81.9	82.3
2022	82.1	82.2
2023	82.4	83.3
2024	82.6	83.5
2025	82.7	83.6

Ireland and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population

Ireland

Malta

Table

Year	Population
	Ireland	Malta
1960	2,828,600	326,550
1961	2,824,400	325,250
1962	2,836,050	323,900
1963	2,852,650	322,550
1964	2,866,550	321,250
1965	2,877,300	318,800
1966	2,888,800	315,200
1967	2,902,450	311,550
1968	2,915,550	307,900
1969	2,932,650	304,300
1970	2,957,250	302,650
1971	2,992,050	302,700
1972	3,036,850	302,450
1973	3,085,950	302,200
1974	3,137,500	301,996
1975	3,189,550	304,222
1976	3,238,050	305,774
1977	3,282,200	306,970
1978	3,329,100	310,182
1979	3,373,750	313,342
1980	3,412,800	316,645
1981	3,453,000	318,982
1982	3,485,800	325,898
1983	3,510,600	330,524
1984	3,532,423	330,593
1985	3,538,082	336,452
1986	3,539,690	342,121
1987	3,540,057	344,485
1988	3,524,949	347,325
1989	3,511,009	350,722
1990	3,513,974	354,170
1991	3,534,235	363,845
1992	3,558,430	367,618
1993	3,576,261	371,308
1994	3,590,386	374,797
1995	3,608,841	377,419
1996	3,637,510	379,905
1997	3,674,171	382,791
1998	3,712,696	385,287
1999	3,754,786	387,578
2000	3,805,174	390,087
2001	3,866,243	393,028
2002	3,931,947	395,969
2003	3,996,521	398,582
2004	4,070,262	401,268
2005	4,159,914	403,834
2006	4,273,591	405,308
2007	4,398,942	406,724
2008	4,489,544	409,379
2009	4,535,375	412,477
2010	4,560,155	414,508
2011	4,580,084	416,268
2012	4,599,533	420,028
2013	4,623,816	424,810
2014	4,657,740	433,481
2015	4,701,957	444,220
2016	4,762,722	454,505
2017	4,827,445	467,106
2018	4,898,022	483,903
2019	4,976,456	503,912
2020	5,039,747	515,490
2021	5,110,585	518,150
2022	5,212,836	531,113
2023	5,307,600	552,747
2024	5,380,257	574,346

Fertility rates in Ireland and Malta

Fertility rate

Ireland

Malta

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Ireland	Malta
1960	3.78	3.62
1961	3.78	3.27
1962	3.92	3.24
1963	4.01	2.9
1964	4.07	2.79
1965	4.04	2.52
1966	3.94	2.33
1967	3.84	2.24
1968	3.77	2.12
1969	3.83	2.02
1970	3.85	2.03
1971	3.93	2.06
1972	3.84	2.01
1973	3.71	1.65
1974	3.59	1.64
1975	3.37	2.27
1976	3.29	2.21
1977	3.24	2.14
1978	3.21	2.05
1979	3.21	2.1
1980	3.21	1.99
1981	3.05	1.87
1982	2.94	1.9
1983	2.74	1.92
1984	2.58	1.95
1985	2.48	1.95
1986	2.44	1.93
1987	2.32	1.97
1988	2.17	2.06
1989	2.08	2.1
1990	2.11	2.02
1991	2.08	1.99
1992	1.99	2.07
1993	1.9	1.96
1994	1.85	1.84
1995	1.84	1.77
1996	1.88	1.99
1997	1.93	1.93
1998	1.94	1.84
1999	1.9	1.73
2000	1.89	1.68
2001	1.94	1.48
2002	1.97	1.45
2003	1.96	1.48
2004	1.93	1.4
2005	1.86	1.38
2006	1.91	1.36
2007	2.01	1.35
2008	2.06	1.43
2009	2.06	1.42
2010	2.05	1.36
2011	2.03	1.45
2012	1.98	1.42
2013	1.93	1.36
2014	1.89	1.38
2015	1.85	1.37
2016	1.81	1.37
2017	1.77	1.26
2018	1.75	1.23
2019	1.71	1.14
2020	1.63	1.13
2021	1.78	1.13
2022	1.54	1.08
2023	1.5	1.06

Ireland and Malta demographics compared

Median age

Ireland

Malta

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Ireland	Malta
1960	30.1	23.6
1961	29.8	23.8
1962	29.5	24
1963	29.2	24.2
1964	28.9	24.4
1965	28.6	24.5
1966	28.2	24.6
1967	28	24.8
1968	27.8	25
1969	27.6	25.5
1970	27.4	25.9
1971	27.1	26.3
1972	26.9	26.8
1973	26.7	27.2
1974	26.5	27.6
1975	26.5	28
1976	26.4	28.4
1977	26.5	28.7
1978	26.5	29.2
1979	26.5	29.6
1980	26.5	30
1981	26.6	30.3
1982	26.7	30.6
1983	26.9	30.9
1984	27.1	31.2
1985	27.3	31.4
1986	27.6	31.7
1987	27.9	32
1988	28.4	32.4
1989	28.8	32.7
1990	29.2	33
1991	29.6	33.3
1992	29.9	33.7
1993	30.2	34
1994	30.6	34.3
1995	30.9	34.7
1996	31.3	35.1
1997	31.6	35.5
1998	31.9	35.8
1999	32.2	36.1
2000	32.5	36.4
2001	32.7	36.7
2002	33	37
2003	33.2	37.4
2004	33.4	37.7
2005	33.4	38.1
2006	33.4	38.4
2007	33.4	38.7
2008	33.5	39
2009	33.9	39.3
2010	34.3	39.6
2011	34.8	39.9
2012	35.2	40.2
2013	35.6	40.4
2014	36	40.6
2015	36.4	40.6
2016	36.8	40.6
2017	37.1	40.5
2018	37.4	40.2
2019	37.8	39.9
2020	38.2	39.9
2021	38.6	40.2
2022	38.9	40.8
2023	39.4	41.4
2024	39.7	41.8

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