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Israel vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Israel has a population of 9.97M (ranked 96/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Israel's land area is 8,355 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 149th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Israel ranks 28/197 ($540B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Israel ranks 21/197 ($54,177), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

Israel Malta
Population
10224104
583596
Population rank 96/197 167/197
GDP
$540B
2024
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 28/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$54,177
2024
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 21/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$55,691
2024
$67,364
2024
Government debt
$367B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
69.1%
2025
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$36,774
2024
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank 18/185 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$39,091
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
8,355 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
1,194 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.85
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
30.2 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
82.8 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Israel and Malta: Comparison Charts

Israel and Malta economies compared

GDP
Israel

Malta
Year GDP
Israel Malta
1960 $3,070,585,807 -
1961 $3,708,586,471 -
1962 $2,966,154,031 -
1963 $3,535,949,089 -
1964 $4,024,344,853 -
1965 $4,329,084,429 -
1966 $4,703,300,098 -
1967 $4,762,386,783 -
1968 $5,458,427,928 -
1969 $6,297,852,761 -
1970 $7,406,712,876 $250,728,796
1971 $7,052,544,000 $264,578,485
1972 $9,222,557,539 $295,106,628
1973 $11,902,574,259 $345,616,106
1974 $17,172,607,138 $376,081,124
1975 $16,141,767,373 $474,618,321
1976 $15,956,349,550 $527,936,989
1977 $18,257,113,904 $625,563,171
1978 $17,701,286,907 $793,673,402
1979 $22,609,741,060 $1,001,288,847
1980 $25,395,256,478 $1,250,198,601
1981 $26,882,009,819 $1,243,509,394
1982 $29,255,285,401 $1,234,474,404
1983 $32,675,755,462 $1,165,729,707
1984 $30,645,607,293 $1,101,807,023
1985 $28,905,736,367 $1,117,797,439
1986 $35,834,154,874 $1,435,038,441
1987 $43,049,543,635 $1,751,293,461
1988 $52,650,948,910 $2,019,503,068
1989 $52,443,479,454 $2,118,655,677
1990 $62,016,729,541 $2,547,328,748
1991 $70,998,755,007 $2,750,216,747
1992 $79,457,685,757 $3,021,942,759
1993 $79,855,877,174 $2,709,193,538
1994 $90,740,103,829 $2,998,505,428
1995 $105,497,418,059 $3,709,360,097
1996 $115,116,595,545 $3,822,489,746
1997 $119,459,826,347 $3,787,070,704
1998 $120,547,409,279 $4,010,092,091
1999 $121,417,185,062 $4,111,891,845
2000 $136,512,300,542 $4,036,809,865
2001 $135,002,039,613 $4,070,867,153
2002 $125,332,331,884 $4,455,127,398
2003 $131,408,914,824 $5,418,315,225
2004 $140,047,984,605 $6,104,141,501
2005 $147,519,922,009 $6,393,234,965
2006 $158,900,547,825 $6,749,838,862
2007 $184,681,214,673 $7,908,412,374
2008 $221,231,658,863 $9,135,419,490
2009 $213,403,181,853 $8,734,745,632
2010 $239,679,036,634 $9,097,044,182
2011 $268,094,998,225 $9,789,361,705
2012 $263,589,172,712 $9,609,532,106
2013 $298,478,070,673 $10,796,782,634
2014 $315,017,088,117 $11,888,032,862
2015 $303,469,434,072 $11,340,795,033
2016 $321,940,971,558 $12,025,782,885
2017 $358,451,839,053 $14,161,366,733
2018 $376,299,083,108 $16,153,779,511
2019 $400,645,216,359 $16,337,793,531
2020 $410,768,352,658 $16,409,900,599
2021 $489,851,549,972 $19,723,563,355
2022 $525,181,008,026 $19,239,187,084
2023 $512,184,638,999 $22,210,718,401
2024 $540,379,921,262 $24,322,006,608

Israel and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
Israel

Malta
Year GDP per capita
Israel Malta
1960 $1,452 -
1961 $1,697 -
1962 $1,294 -
1963 $1,486 -
1964 $1,626 -
1965 $1,689 -
1966 $1,789 -
1967 $1,735 -
1968 $1,947 -
1969 $2,189 -
1970 $2,490 $828
1971 $2,298 $874
1972 $2,930 $976
1973 $3,631 $1,144
1974 $5,085 $1,245
1975 $4,672 $1,560
1976 $4,516 $1,727
1977 $5,053 $2,038
1978 $4,797 $2,559
1979 $5,972 $3,196
1980 $6,549 $3,948
1981 $6,795 $3,898
1982 $7,258 $3,788
1983 $7,960 $3,527
1984 $7,369 $3,333
1985 $6,829 $3,322
1986 $8,335 $4,195
1987 $9,853 $5,084
1988 $11,853 $5,814
1989 $11,608 $6,041
1990 $13,308 $7,192
1991 $14,346 $7,559
1992 $15,510 $8,220
1993 $15,179 $7,296
1994 $16,807 $8,000
1995 $19,026 $9,828
1996 $20,224 $10,062
1997 $20,469 $9,893
1998 $20,189 $10,408
1999 $19,823 $10,609
2000 $21,707 $10,348
2001 $20,966 $10,358
2002 $19,076 $11,251
2003 $19,643 $13,594
2004 $20,568 $15,212
2005 $21,287 $15,831
2006 $22,527 $16,654
2007 $25,721 $19,444
2008 $30,269 $22,315
2009 $28,508 $21,176
2010 $31,439 $21,947
2011 $34,523 $23,517
2012 $33,321 $22,878
2013 $37,034 $25,416
2014 $38,343 $27,425
2015 $36,213 $25,530
2016 $37,672 $26,459
2017 $41,138 $30,317
2018 $42,363 $33,382
2019 $44,251 $32,422
2020 $44,576 $31,834
2021 $52,271 $38,065
2022 $54,950 $36,224
2023 $52,004 $40,182
2024 $54,177 $42,347

Israel vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Israel

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
Israel Malta
1950 69.9 63.5
1951 67.6 63.9
1952 67.2 64.1
1953 66.4 64.3
1954 66.3 65.1
1955 68 66.3
1956 66.6 66.8
1957 66.5 67.5
1958 68.4 67.8
1959 68.9 68.4
1960 69.8 68.4
1961 69.8 68.4
1962 69.3 69.2
1963 69.6 69.2
1964 69.6 69.3
1965 70.5 69.5
1966 70.9 69.7
1967 70.9 69.8
1968 70.8 69.9
1969 71 70.1
1970 71.2 70.4
1971 71.8 70.1
1972 71.6 70.7
1973 71.6 71.3
1974 71.6 71.9
1975 71.6 72.1
1976 72.7 72.2
1977 72.7 72.3
1978 73.1 72.3
1979 73.4 72.5
1980 73.7 72.3
1981 74.2 72.4
1982 74.3 72.8
1983 75.1 73.1
1984 75.5 73.3
1985 76 73.9
1986 75.9 74.5
1987 76.4 75.3
1988 76.9 75.9
1989 77.6 76.2
1990 78 76.2
1991 77.6 76.5
1992 77.3 76.7
1993 77.9 76.8
1994 78 76.9
1995 78.1 77
1996 78.6 76.3
1997 78.6 77.3
1998 78.6 77.8
1999 78.9 77.8
2000 79.2 77.9
2001 79.5 78.9
2002 79.5 78.5
2003 79.8 78.7
2004 80.3 79.2
2005 80.4 79.5
2006 80.8 79.6
2007 81 79.7
2008 81.3 79.7
2009 81.8 80.4
2010 82 81.4
2011 82 80.8
2012 82 81.1
2013 82.4 81.8
2014 82.4 82.3
2015 82.3 82.6
2016 82.6 82.7
2017 82.7 83.1
2018 82.9 82.9
2019 82.9 82.8
2020 82.7 82.3
2021 82.5 82.3
2022 82.8 82.2
2023 82.4 83.3
2024 82.7 83.5
2025 82.8 83.6

Israel and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
Israel

Malta
Year Population
Israel Malta
1960 2,114,020 326,550
1961 2,185,000 325,250
1962 2,293,000 323,900
1963 2,379,000 322,550
1964 2,475,000 321,250
1965 2,563,000 318,800
1966 2,629,000 315,200
1967 2,745,000 311,550
1968 2,803,000 307,900
1969 2,877,000 304,300
1970 2,974,000 302,650
1971 3,069,000 302,700
1972 3,148,000 302,450
1973 3,278,000 302,200
1974 3,377,000 301,996
1975 3,455,000 304,222
1976 3,533,000 305,774
1977 3,613,000 306,970
1978 3,690,000 310,182
1979 3,786,000 313,342
1980 3,878,000 316,645
1981 3,956,000 318,982
1982 4,031,000 325,898
1983 4,105,000 330,524
1984 4,159,000 330,593
1985 4,233,000 336,452
1986 4,299,000 342,121
1987 4,369,000 344,485
1988 4,442,000 347,325
1989 4,518,000 350,722
1990 4,660,000 354,170
1991 4,949,000 363,845
1992 5,123,000 367,618
1993 5,261,000 371,308
1994 5,399,000 374,797
1995 5,545,000 377,419
1996 5,692,000 379,905
1997 5,836,000 382,791
1998 5,971,000 385,287
1999 6,125,000 387,578
2000 6,289,000 390,087
2001 6,439,000 393,028
2002 6,570,000 395,969
2003 6,689,700 398,582
2004 6,809,000 401,268
2005 6,930,100 403,834
2006 7,053,700 405,308
2007 7,180,100 406,724
2008 7,308,800 409,379
2009 7,485,600 412,477
2010 7,623,600 414,508
2011 7,765,800 416,268
2012 7,910,500 420,028
2013 8,059,500 424,810
2014 8,215,700 433,481
2015 8,380,100 444,220
2016 8,546,000 454,505
2017 8,713,300 467,106
2018 8,882,800 483,903
2019 9,054,000 503,912
2020 9,215,100 515,490
2021 9,371,400 518,150
2022 9,557,500 531,113
2023 9,849,000 552,747
2024 9,974,400 574,346

Fertility rates in Israel and Malta

Fertility rate
Israel

Malta
Year Fertility rate
Israel Malta
1960 3.87 3.62
1961 3.86 3.27
1962 3.85 3.24
1963 3.84 2.9
1964 3.83 2.79
1965 3.81 2.52
1966 3.8 2.33
1967 3.79 2.24
1968 3.79 2.12
1969 3.78 2.02
1970 3.78 2.03
1971 3.77 2.06
1972 3.77 2.01
1973 3.7 1.65
1974 3.63 1.64
1975 3.55 2.27
1976 3.48 2.21
1977 3.41 2.14
1978 3.35 2.05
1979 3.3 2.1
1980 3.24 1.99
1981 3.19 1.87
1982 3.13 1.9
1983 3.11 1.92
1984 3.08 1.95
1985 3.06 1.95
1986 3.03 1.93
1987 3.01 1.97
1988 2.95 2.06
1989 2.89 2.1
1990 2.82 2.02
1991 2.76 1.99
1992 2.7 2.07
1993 2.8 1.96
1994 2.9 1.84
1995 2.9 1.77
1996 2.9 1.99
1997 2.94 1.93
1998 2.98 1.84
1999 2.97 1.73
2000 2.95 1.68
2001 2.92 1.48
2002 2.89 1.45
2003 2.95 1.48
2004 2.9 1.4
2005 2.84 1.38
2006 2.88 1.36
2007 2.9 1.35
2008 2.96 1.43
2009 2.96 1.42
2010 3.03 1.36
2011 2.98 1.45
2012 3.05 1.42
2013 3.03 1.36
2014 3.08 1.38
2015 3.09 1.37
2016 3.11 1.37
2017 3.11 1.26
2018 3.09 1.23
2019 3.01 1.14
2020 2.9 1.13
2021 3 1.13
2022 2.89 1.08
2023 2.85 1.06

Israel and Malta demographics compared

Median age
Israel

Malta
Year Median age, years
Israel Malta
1960 25.3 23.6
1961 25.3 23.8
1962 25 24
1963 24.6 24.2
1964 24.1 24.4
1965 23.8 24.5
1966 23.5 24.6
1967 23.4 24.8
1968 23.3 25
1969 23.3 25.5
1970 23.4 25.9
1971 23.5 26.3
1972 23.7 26.8
1973 23.8 27.2
1974 24 27.6
1975 24.2 28
1976 24.3 28.4
1977 24.5 28.7
1978 24.7 29.2
1979 24.8 29.6
1980 25 30
1981 25.1 30.3
1982 25.2 30.6
1983 25.3 30.9
1984 25.4 31.2
1985 25.4 31.4
1986 25.4 31.7
1987 25.5 32
1988 25.5 32.4
1989 25.6 32.7
1990 25.8 33
1991 26.2 33.3
1992 26.4 33.7
1993 26.5 34
1994 26.6 34.3
1995 26.9 34.7
1996 27.1 35.1
1997 27.3 35.5
1998 27.4 35.8
1999 27.6 36.1
2000 27.8 36.4
2001 28 36.7
2002 28.2 37
2003 28.4 37.4
2004 28.5 37.7
2005 28.7 38.1
2006 28.9 38.4
2007 29.1 38.7
2008 29.2 39
2009 29.3 39.3
2010 29.4 39.6
2011 29.5 39.9
2012 29.5 40.2
2013 29.6 40.4
2014 29.7 40.6
2015 29.8 40.6
2016 29.8 40.6
2017 29.9 40.5
2018 29.9 40.2
2019 29.9 39.9
2020 30 39.9
2021 30 40.2
2022 30.1 40.8
2023 30.2 41.4
2024 30.2 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Israel Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$528B
2024
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
41.9%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
5.93%
2022
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
5.32%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
178,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-5.71%
2025
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
2.9%
2024
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
72.5%
2024
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
17.3%
2024
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
69.9
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
26.6%
2021
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2%
2021
2.7%
2022
Number of millionaires
179,905
2024
n/a
Percentage of millionaires
2.79%
2024
n/a
Number of billionaires
41
2025
n/a
Percentage of billionaires
0.0006%
2025
n/a
Listed domestic companies
511
2024
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$331B
2024
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$215B
2024
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$952M
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
4,905,000
2019
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
2.39%
2020
11.5%
2007
Banked people share
89.3%
2024
96.6%
2024

Energy

Israel Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
2,460 kg
2023
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$21.7
2023
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
61.3 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
6.22 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
96.5%
2023
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
6.2%
2021
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
5.44%
2023
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2023
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
6,772 kWh
2023
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
7.63%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2023
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Israel Malta
% of world population
0.12%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
+10,612
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
92.9%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.77 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.32 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
84.1
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
64
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
92
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
1.63
2022
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
3.9
2019
4.1
2019
Visa free countries
154
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
97.8%
2011
94.9%
2021
English speaking
85%
2023
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
88.2%
2024
92.1%
2023

Health

Israel Malta
Government health expenditure per capita
$4,224
2022
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$855
2022
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
82.8 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0.88%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
3.71
2022
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth
27.8 years
2021
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
3.4
2023
5.5
2023
Obesity rate
23.2%
2022
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10.1%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
43
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
20.4%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
2.84 liters
2020
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

Israel Malta
% of world land
0.01%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
838 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
2,072 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
541 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
12,670 mi
2021
1,401 mi
2001

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