Japan vs Malta statistics compared

Japan has a population of 124M (ranked 12/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Japan's land area is 140,761 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 61st vs. 187th).

By GDP, Japan ranks 4/197 ($4.03T) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Japan ranks 37/197 ($32,476), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Japan and Malta: Comparison Charts

Japan and Malta economies compared

GDP

Japan

Malta

Table

Year	GDP
	Japan	Malta
1960	$47,419,238,274	-
1961	$57,266,758,180	-
1962	$64,987,857,542	-
1963	$74,379,284,603	-
1964	$87,490,590,818	-
1965	$97,338,107,606	-
1966	$113,046,784,179	-
1967	$132,475,614,227	-
1968	$156,897,496,759	-
1969	$184,298,841,305	-
1970	$217,223,652,719	$250,728,796
1971	$245,364,056,622	$264,578,485
1972	$324,933,841,269	$295,106,628
1973	$441,460,582,536	$345,616,106
1974	$490,035,789,970	$376,081,124
1975	$532,861,438,885	$474,618,321
1976	$598,883,902,156	$527,936,989
1977	$737,069,290,928	$625,563,171
1978	$1,035,611,588,217	$793,673,402
1979	$1,077,910,077,676	$1,001,288,847
1980	$1,129,377,244,854	$1,250,198,601
1981	$1,245,221,410,764	$1,243,509,394
1982	$1,158,731,426,906	$1,234,474,404
1983	$1,270,859,919,743	$1,165,729,707
1984	$1,345,824,500,837	$1,101,807,023
1985	$1,427,019,759,717	$1,117,797,439
1986	$2,120,083,812,110	$1,435,038,441
1987	$2,580,748,422,781	$1,751,293,461
1988	$3,125,724,434,401	$2,019,503,068
1989	$3,109,455,047,824	$2,118,655,677
1990	$3,185,904,656,664	$2,547,328,748
1991	$3,648,065,760,649	$2,750,216,747
1992	$3,980,702,922,118	$3,021,942,759
1993	$4,536,940,479,038	$2,709,193,538
1994	$4,998,797,547,741	$2,998,505,428
1995	$5,545,563,663,890	$3,709,360,097
1996	$4,923,391,533,852	$3,822,489,746
1997	$4,492,448,605,639	$3,787,070,704
1998	$4,098,362,709,531	$4,010,092,091
1999	$4,635,982,224,064	$4,111,891,845
2000	$4,968,359,075,957	$4,036,809,865
2001	$4,374,711,694,091	$4,070,867,153
2002	$4,182,846,045,874	$4,455,127,398
2003	$4,519,561,645,254	$5,418,315,225
2004	$4,893,116,005,657	$6,104,141,501
2005	$4,831,467,035,390	$6,393,234,965
2006	$4,601,663,122,650	$6,749,838,862
2007	$4,579,750,920,355	$7,908,412,374
2008	$5,106,679,115,127	$9,135,419,490
2009	$5,289,493,117,994	$8,734,745,632
2010	$5,759,071,769,013	$9,097,044,182
2011	$6,233,147,172,341	$9,789,361,705
2012	$6,272,362,996,105	$9,609,532,106
2013	$5,212,328,181,166	$10,796,782,634
2014	$4,896,994,405,353	$11,888,032,862
2015	$4,444,930,651,964	$11,340,795,033
2016	$5,003,677,627,544	$12,025,782,885
2017	$4,930,837,369,151	$14,161,366,733
2018	$5,040,880,939,325	$16,153,779,511
2019	$5,117,993,853,017	$16,337,793,531
2020	$5,054,068,005,376	$16,409,900,599
2021	$5,039,148,168,861	$19,723,563,355
2022	$4,262,463,317,797	$19,239,187,084
2023	$4,213,167,237,906	$22,210,718,401
2024	$4,026,210,821,147	$24,322,006,608

Japan and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita

Japan

Malta

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Japan	Malta
1960	$509	-
1961	$609	-
1962	$685	-
1963	$776	-
1964	$903	-
1965	$994	-
1966	$1,144	-
1967	$1,326	-
1968	$1,553	-
1969	$1,803	-
1970	$2,101	$828
1971	$2,321	$874
1972	$3,031	$976
1973	$4,061	$1,144
1974	$4,448	$1,245
1975	$4,776	$1,560
1976	$5,310	$1,727
1977	$6,473	$2,038
1978	$9,012	$2,559
1979	$9,301	$3,196
1980	$9,669	$3,948
1981	$10,583	$3,898
1982	$9,780	$3,788
1983	$10,652	$3,527
1984	$11,207	$3,333
1985	$11,809	$3,322
1986	$17,452	$4,195
1987	$21,142	$5,084
1988	$25,500	$5,814
1989	$25,266	$6,041
1990	$25,801	$7,192
1991	$29,428	$7,559
1992	$31,993	$8,220
1993	$36,345	$7,296
1994	$39,934	$8,000
1995	$44,198	$9,828
1996	$39,150	$10,062
1997	$35,638	$9,893
1998	$32,424	$10,408
1999	$36,610	$10,609
2000	$39,169	$10,348
2001	$34,406	$10,358
2002	$32,821	$11,251
2003	$35,387	$13,594
2004	$38,299	$15,212
2005	$37,813	$15,831
2006	$35,992	$16,654
2007	$35,779	$19,444
2008	$39,876	$22,315
2009	$41,309	$21,176
2010	$44,968	$21,947
2011	$48,760	$23,517
2012	$49,145	$22,878
2013	$40,899	$25,416
2014	$38,475	$27,425
2015	$34,961	$25,530
2016	$39,375	$26,459
2017	$38,834	$30,317
2018	$39,751	$33,382
2019	$40,416	$32,422
2020	$40,029	$31,834
2021	$40,095	$38,065
2022	$34,066	$36,224
2023	$33,836	$40,182
2024	$32,476	$42,347

Japan vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Japan

Malta

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Japan	Malta
1950	59.3	63.5
1951	61	63.9
1952	63	64.1
1953	63.3	64.3
1954	64.5	65.1
1955	65.7	66.3
1956	65.6	66.8
1957	65.4	67.5
1958	67	67.8
1959	67.5	68.4
1960	67.7	68.4
1961	68.4	68.4
1962	68.7	69.2
1963	69.7	69.2
1964	70.2	69.3
1965	70.3	69.5
1966	71.1	69.7
1967	71.4	69.8
1968	71.7	69.9
1969	71.9	70.1
1970	72	70.4
1971	72.8	70.1
1972	73.3	70.7
1973	73.4	71.3
1974	73.8	71.9
1975	74.4	72.1
1976	74.8	72.2
1977	75.3	72.3
1978	75.7	72.3
1979	76.2	72.5
1980	76.1	72.3
1981	76.6	72.4
1982	77.1	72.8
1983	77.1	73.1
1984	77.5	73.3
1985	77.8	73.9
1986	78.2	74.5
1987	78.6	75.3
1988	78.5	75.9
1989	79	76.2
1990	79	76.2
1991	79.3	76.5
1992	79.3	76.7
1993	79.4	76.8
1994	79.8	76.9
1995	79.7	77
1996	80.4	76.3
1997	80.6	77.3
1998	80.6	77.8
1999	80.6	77.8
2000	81.2	77.9
2001	81.5	78.9
2002	81.8	78.5
2003	81.9	78.7
2004	82.1	79.2
2005	82	79.5
2006	82.4	79.6
2007	82.5	79.7
2008	82.6	79.7
2009	83	80.4
2010	82.9	81.4
2011	82.7	80.8
2012	83.2	81.1
2013	83.4	81.8
2014	83.6	82.3
2015	83.9	82.6
2016	84.1	82.7
2017	84.2	83.1
2018	84.3	82.9
2019	84.4	82.8
2020	84.7	82.3
2021	84.6	82.3
2022	84.1	82.2
2023	84.7	83.3
2024	84.9	83.5
2025	85	83.6

Japan and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population

Japan

Malta

Table

Year	Population
	Japan	Malta
1960	93,216,000	326,550
1961	94,055,000	325,250
1962	94,933,000	323,900
1963	95,900,000	322,550
1964	96,903,000	321,250
1965	97,952,000	318,800
1966	98,851,000	315,200
1967	99,879,000	311,550
1968	101,011,000	307,900
1969	102,219,000	304,300
1970	103,403,000	302,650
1971	105,697,000	302,700
1972	107,188,000	302,450
1973	108,707,000	302,200
1974	110,162,000	301,996
1975	111,573,000	304,222
1976	112,775,000	305,774
1977	113,872,000	306,970
1978	114,913,000	310,182
1979	115,890,000	313,342
1980	116,807,000	316,645
1981	117,661,000	318,982
1982	118,480,000	325,898
1983	119,307,000	330,524
1984	120,083,000	330,593
1985	120,837,000	336,452
1986	121,482,000	342,121
1987	122,069,000	344,485
1988	122,578,000	347,325
1989	123,069,000	350,722
1990	123,478,000	354,170
1991	123,964,000	363,845
1992	124,425,000	367,618
1993	124,829,000	371,308
1994	125,178,000	374,797
1995	125,472,000	377,419
1996	125,757,000	379,905
1997	126,057,000	382,791
1998	126,400,000	385,287
1999	126,631,000	387,578
2000	126,843,000	390,087
2001	127,149,000	393,028
2002	127,445,000	395,969
2003	127,718,000	398,582
2004	127,761,000	401,268
2005	127,773,000	403,834
2006	127,854,000	405,308
2007	128,001,000	406,724
2008	128,063,000	409,379
2009	128,047,000	412,477
2010	128,070,000	414,508
2011	127,833,000	416,268
2012	127,629,000	420,028
2013	127,445,000	424,810
2014	127,276,000	433,481
2015	127,141,000	444,220
2016	127,076,000	454,505
2017	126,972,000	467,106
2018	126,811,000	483,903
2019	126,633,000	503,912
2020	126,261,000	515,490
2021	125,681,593	518,150
2022	125,124,989	531,113
2023	124,516,650	552,747
2024	123,975,371	574,346

Fertility rates in Japan and Malta

Fertility rate

Japan

Malta

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Japan	Malta
1960	2	3.62
1961	1.96	3.27
1962	1.98	3.24
1963	2	2.9
1964	2.05	2.79
1965	2.14	2.52
1966	1.58	2.33
1967	2.23	2.24
1968	2.13	2.12
1969	2.13	2.02
1970	2.13	2.03
1971	2.16	2.06
1972	2.14	2.01
1973	2.14	1.65
1974	2.05	1.64
1975	1.91	2.27
1976	1.85	2.21
1977	1.8	2.14
1978	1.79	2.05
1979	1.77	2.1
1980	1.75	1.99
1981	1.74	1.87
1982	1.77	1.9
1983	1.8	1.92
1984	1.81	1.95
1985	1.76	1.95
1986	1.72	1.93
1987	1.69	1.97
1988	1.66	2.06
1989	1.57	2.1
1990	1.54	2.02
1991	1.53	1.99
1992	1.5	2.07
1993	1.46	1.96
1994	1.5	1.84
1995	1.42	1.77
1996	1.43	1.99
1997	1.39	1.93
1998	1.38	1.84
1999	1.34	1.73
2000	1.36	1.68
2001	1.33	1.48
2002	1.32	1.45
2003	1.29	1.48
2004	1.29	1.4
2005	1.26	1.38
2006	1.32	1.36
2007	1.34	1.35
2008	1.37	1.43
2009	1.37	1.42
2010	1.39	1.36
2011	1.39	1.45
2012	1.41	1.42
2013	1.43	1.36
2014	1.42	1.38
2015	1.45	1.37
2016	1.44	1.37
2017	1.43	1.26
2018	1.42	1.23
2019	1.36	1.14
2020	1.33	1.13
2021	1.3	1.13
2022	1.26	1.08
2023	1.2	1.06

Japan and Malta demographics compared

Median age

Japan

Malta

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Japan	Malta
1960	25.8	23.6
1961	26.2	23.8
1962	26.5	24
1963	26.9	24.2
1964	27.2	24.4
1965	27.6	24.5
1966	28	24.6
1967	28.4	24.8
1968	28.6	25
1969	28.9	25.5
1970	29.2	25.9
1971	29.6	26.3
1972	29.9	26.8
1973	30.2	27.2
1974	30.4	27.6
1975	30.6	28
1976	30.9	28.4
1977	31.5	28.7
1978	32	29.2
1979	32.4	29.6
1980	32.8	30
1981	33.1	30.3
1982	33.7	30.6
1983	34.3	30.9
1984	34.9	31.2
1985	35.4	31.4
1986	35.9	31.7
1987	36.3	32
1988	36.8	32.4
1989	37.2	32.7
1990	37.7	33
1991	38.2	33.3
1992	38.7	33.7
1993	39.2	34
1994	39.6	34.3
1995	40	34.7
1996	40.3	35.1
1997	40.7	35.5
1998	41	35.8
1999	41.4	36.1
2000	41.8	36.4
2001	42.1	36.7
2002	42.5	37
2003	42.8	37.4
2004	43.2	37.7
2005	43.6	38.1
2006	43.9	38.4
2007	44.2	38.7
2008	44.6	39
2009	44.9	39.3
2010	45.2	39.6
2011	45.5	39.9
2012	45.8	40.2
2013	46.2	40.4
2014	46.6	40.6
2015	47	40.6
2016	47.3	40.6
2017	47.6	40.5
2018	48	40.2
2019	48.3	39.9
2020	48.7	39.9
2021	49.1	40.2
2022	49.5	40.8
2023	50	41.4
2024	50.4	41.8

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