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Madagascar vs Malta statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Madagascar has a population of 32M (ranked 49/197), compared with 574K in Malta (ranked 167/197). Madagascar's land area is 224,634 sq mi versus 123.6 sq mi for Malta (ranked 44th vs. 187th).

By GDP, Madagascar ranks 136/197 ($17.4B) and Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B). By GDP per capita, Madagascar ranks 193/197 ($545), while Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347).

Main facts and rankings

Madagascar Malta
Population
33368335
583596
Population rank 49/197 167/197
GDP
$17.4B
2024
$24.3B
2024
GDP rank 136/197 120/197
GDP per capita
$545
2024
$42,347
2024
GDP per capita rank 193/197 28/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$1,884
2024
$67,364
2024
Government debt
$8.78B
2024
$11.8B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
51.3%
2025
49.3%
2025
Government debt per person
$274.7
2024
$20,574
2024
Government debt per person rank 180/185 30/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$1,489
2025
$21,451
2025
Land area
224,634 sq mi
2025
123.6 sq mi
2025
Population density
142.3 ppl/mi²
2024
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
3.97
2023
1.06
2023
Median age
20 years
2024
41.8 years
2024
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
83.6 years
2025

Madagascar and Malta: Comparison Charts

Madagascar and Malta economies compared

GDP
Madagascar

Malta
Year GDP
Madagascar Malta
1960 $673,081,725 -
1961 $699,161,945 -
1962 $739,286,908 -
1963 $759,345,864 -
1964 $802,482,184 -
1965 $833,563,473 -
1966 $900,264,585 -
1967 $956,436,932 -
1968 $1,031,669,637 -
1969 $1,056,391,056 -
1970 $1,111,859,571 $250,728,796
1971 $1,199,507,631 $264,578,485
1972 $1,341,590,690 $295,106,628
1973 $1,653,062,335 $345,616,106
1974 $1,917,508,190 $376,081,124
1975 $2,283,049,215 $474,618,321
1976 $2,181,844,179 $527,936,989
1977 $2,358,930,406 $625,563,171
1978 $2,669,755,115 $793,673,402
1979 $3,463,565,854 $1,001,288,847
1980 $5,201,818,348 $1,250,198,601
1981 $4,759,333,998 $1,243,509,394
1982 $4,784,977,326 $1,234,474,404
1983 $4,686,457,031 $1,165,729,707
1984 $3,905,938,481 $1,101,807,023
1985 $3,802,557,895 $1,117,797,439
1986 $4,347,989,788 $1,435,038,441
1987 $3,212,900,556 $1,751,293,461
1988 $3,189,456,965 $2,019,503,068
1989 $3,175,638,333 $2,118,655,677
1990 $3,931,334,875 $2,547,328,748
1991 $3,254,713,056 $2,750,216,747
1992 $3,714,966,678 $3,021,942,759
1993 $4,063,298,919 $2,709,193,538
1994 $3,522,227,092 $2,998,505,428
1995 $3,838,100,904 $3,709,360,097
1996 $4,931,861,039 $3,822,489,746
1997 $4,262,965,420 $3,787,070,704
1998 $4,401,967,633 $4,010,092,091
1999 $4,277,903,780 $4,111,891,845
2000 $4,629,247,204 $4,036,809,865
2001 $5,438,332,602 $4,070,867,153
2002 $5,351,701,663 $4,455,127,398
2003 $6,372,498,890 $5,418,315,225
2004 $5,064,732,626 $6,104,141,501
2005 $5,859,269,753 $6,393,234,965
2006 $6,395,712,491 $6,749,838,862
2007 $8,524,620,890 $7,908,412,374
2008 $10,725,137,724 $9,135,419,490
2009 $9,616,879,409 $8,734,745,632
2010 $9,982,711,338 $9,097,044,182
2011 $11,551,819,618 $9,789,361,705
2012 $11,578,975,062 $9,609,532,106
2013 $12,423,555,455 $10,796,782,634
2014 $12,522,957,399 $11,888,032,862
2015 $11,323,020,701 $11,340,795,033
2016 $11,848,613,858 $12,025,782,885
2017 $13,176,313,594 $14,161,366,733
2018 $13,760,033,282 $16,153,779,511
2019 $14,104,664,679 $16,337,793,531
2020 $13,051,441,204 $16,409,900,599
2021 $14,354,731,964 $19,723,563,355
2022 $15,325,603,273 $19,239,187,084
2023 $15,869,945,478 $22,210,718,401
2024 $17,420,814,801 $24,322,006,608

Madagascar and Malta economies compared

GDP per capita
Madagascar

Malta
Year GDP per capita
Madagascar Malta
1960 $131.7 -
1961 $133.3 -
1962 $137.3 -
1963 $137.4 -
1964 $141.5 -
1965 $143.2 -
1966 $150.7 -
1967 $155.9 -
1968 $163.6 -
1969 $162.9 -
1970 $166.6 $828
1971 $174.6 $874
1972 $189.6 $976
1973 $226.8 $1,144
1974 $255.3 $1,245
1975 $295 $1,560
1976 $273.5 $1,727
1977 $286.9 $2,038
1978 $315 $2,559
1979 $396 $3,196
1980 $578 $3,948
1981 $513 $3,898
1982 $501 $3,788
1983 $476 $3,527
1984 $385 $3,333
1985 $364 $3,322
1986 $405 $4,195
1987 $290.8 $5,084
1988 $280.5 $5,814
1989 $271.3 $6,041
1990 $326 $7,192
1991 $262 $7,559
1992 $290.2 $8,220
1993 $308 $7,296
1994 $258.7 $8,000
1995 $273.1 $9,828
1996 $340 $10,062
1997 $284.4 $9,893
1998 $284.2 $10,408
1999 $267.4 $10,609
2000 $280.3 $10,348
2001 $319 $10,358
2002 $305 $11,251
2003 $353 $13,594
2004 $272.2 $15,212
2005 $306 $15,831
2006 $324 $16,654
2007 $420 $19,444
2008 $513 $22,315
2009 $446 $21,176
2010 $450 $21,947
2011 $506 $23,517
2012 $494 $22,878
2013 $515 $25,416
2014 $506 $27,425
2015 $445 $25,530
2016 $454 $26,459
2017 $492 $30,317
2018 $500 $33,382
2019 $500 $32,422
2020 $451 $31,834
2021 $483 $38,065
2022 $504 $36,224
2023 $509 $40,182
2024 $545 $42,347

Madagascar vs. Malta life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Madagascar

Malta
Year Life expectancy, years
Madagascar Malta
1950 39.7 63.5
1951 39.9 63.9
1952 40.3 64.1
1953 40.7 64.3
1954 40.9 65.1
1955 41.3 66.3
1956 41.7 66.8
1957 42.1 67.5
1958 42.5 67.8
1959 43 68.4
1960 43.3 68.4
1961 43.8 68.4
1962 44.2 69.2
1963 44.6 69.2
1964 45 69.3
1965 45.4 69.5
1966 46 69.7
1967 46.5 69.8
1968 46.9 69.9
1969 47.3 70.1
1970 47.9 70.4
1971 48.2 70.1
1972 48.5 70.7
1973 48.9 71.3
1974 49.3 71.9
1975 49.6 72.1
1976 49.8 72.2
1977 49.9 72.3
1978 50 72.3
1979 50.1 72.5
1980 50 72.3
1981 49.8 72.4
1982 50 72.8
1983 50.1 73.1
1984 50.2 73.3
1985 50.4 73.9
1986 50.7 74.5
1987 51.1 75.3
1988 51.4 75.9
1989 51.8 76.2
1990 52.1 76.2
1991 52.6 76.5
1992 52.9 76.7
1993 53.7 76.8
1994 54.2 76.9
1995 54.8 77
1996 55.5 76.3
1997 56.1 77.3
1998 56.8 77.8
1999 57.4 77.8
2000 58 77.9
2001 58.7 78.9
2002 59.2 78.5
2003 59.7 78.7
2004 60.2 79.2
2005 60.7 79.5
2006 61.1 79.6
2007 61.5 79.7
2008 62 79.7
2009 62.3 80.4
2010 62.6 81.4
2011 62.9 80.8
2012 63 81.1
2013 63.2 81.8
2014 63.3 82.3
2015 63.4 82.6
2016 63.4 82.7
2017 63.4 83.1
2018 63.5 82.9
2019 63.5 82.8
2020 62.7 82.3
2021 62.5 82.3
2022 63.1 82.2
2023 63.6 83.3
2024 63.8 83.5
2025 64 83.6

Madagascar and Malta population clocks and comparison

Population
Madagascar

Malta
Year Population
Madagascar Malta
1960 5,111,029 326,550
1961 5,246,158 325,250
1962 5,384,150 323,900
1963 5,525,185 322,550
1964 5,669,863 321,250
1965 5,819,116 318,800
1966 5,974,279 315,200
1967 6,136,486 311,550
1968 6,306,493 307,900
1969 6,484,716 304,300
1970 6,672,003 302,650
1971 6,868,868 302,700
1972 7,074,398 302,450
1973 7,288,048 302,200
1974 7,509,726 301,996
1975 7,739,336 304,222
1976 7,976,831 305,774
1977 8,222,240 306,970
1978 8,475,864 310,182
1979 8,737,581 313,342
1980 9,006,032 316,645
1981 9,279,011 318,982
1982 9,557,671 325,898
1983 9,843,044 330,524
1984 10,134,550 330,593
1985 10,433,142 336,452
1986 10,736,857 342,121
1987 11,047,291 344,485
1988 11,369,462 347,325
1989 11,704,998 350,722
1990 12,055,639 354,170
1991 12,421,412 363,845
1992 12,800,870 367,618
1993 13,197,345 371,308
1994 13,613,850 374,797
1995 14,051,275 377,419
1996 14,510,711 379,905
1997 14,990,814 382,791
1998 15,489,364 385,287
1999 16,000,506 387,578
2000 16,516,338 390,087
2001 17,032,939 393,028
2002 17,549,913 395,969
2003 18,071,854 398,582
2004 18,606,608 401,268
2005 19,159,707 403,834
2006 19,730,909 405,308
2007 20,318,583 406,724
2008 20,923,840 409,379
2009 21,547,280 412,477
2010 22,183,340 414,508
2011 22,822,300 416,268
2012 23,462,438 420,028
2013 24,109,290 424,810
2014 24,764,348 433,481
2015 25,426,702 444,220
2016 26,099,952 454,505
2017 26,788,375 467,106
2018 27,494,926 483,903
2019 28,219,554 503,912
2020 28,953,556 515,490
2021 29,691,083 518,150
2022 30,437,261 531,113
2023 31,195,932 552,747
2024 31,964,956 574,346

Fertility rates in Madagascar and Malta

Fertility rate
Madagascar

Malta
Year Fertility rate
Madagascar Malta
1960 7.34 3.62
1961 7.3 3.27
1962 7.26 3.24
1963 7.21 2.9
1964 7.19 2.79
1965 7.17 2.52
1966 7.16 2.33
1967 7.14 2.24
1968 7.13 2.12
1969 7.12 2.02
1970 7.1 2.03
1971 7.07 2.06
1972 7.04 2.01
1973 7.01 1.65
1974 6.99 1.64
1975 6.97 2.27
1976 6.95 2.21
1977 6.93 2.14
1978 6.9 2.05
1979 6.87 2.1
1980 6.84 1.99
1981 6.77 1.87
1982 6.7 1.9
1983 6.63 1.92
1984 6.55 1.95
1985 6.46 1.95
1986 6.34 1.93
1987 6.24 1.97
1988 6.18 2.06
1989 6.15 2.1
1990 6.14 2.02
1991 6.12 1.99
1992 6.08 2.07
1993 6.06 1.96
1994 6.04 1.84
1995 6.04 1.77
1996 6.03 1.99
1997 6.02 1.93
1998 5.99 1.84
1999 5.84 1.73
2000 5.67 1.68
2001 5.53 1.48
2002 5.41 1.45
2003 5.33 1.48
2004 5.26 1.4
2005 5.2 1.38
2006 5.13 1.36
2007 5.08 1.35
2008 5.04 1.43
2009 5 1.42
2010 4.9 1.36
2011 4.74 1.45
2012 4.61 1.42
2013 4.53 1.36
2014 4.42 1.38
2015 4.34 1.37
2016 4.29 1.37
2017 4.26 1.26
2018 4.25 1.23
2019 4.22 1.14
2020 4.17 1.13
2021 4.1 1.13
2022 4.04 1.08
2023 3.97 1.06

Madagascar and Malta demographics compared

Median age
Madagascar

Malta
Year Median age, years
Madagascar Malta
1960 17.9 23.6
1961 17.5 23.8
1962 17.2 24
1963 17 24.2
1964 16.8 24.4
1965 16.8 24.5
1966 16.7 24.6
1967 16.7 24.8
1968 16.7 25
1969 16.6 25.5
1970 16.7 25.9
1971 16.7 26.3
1972 16.6 26.8
1973 16.6 27.2
1974 16.6 27.6
1975 16.6 28
1976 16.6 28.4
1977 16.5 28.7
1978 16.5 29.2
1979 16.5 29.6
1980 16.4 30
1981 16.4 30.3
1982 16.4 30.6
1983 16.4 30.9
1984 16.5 31.2
1985 16.5 31.4
1986 16.6 31.7
1987 16.6 32
1988 16.7 32.4
1989 16.8 32.7
1990 16.9 33
1991 16.9 33.3
1992 17 33.7
1993 17 34
1994 17.1 34.3
1995 17.1 34.7
1996 17.1 35.1
1997 17.1 35.5
1998 17.2 35.8
1999 17.2 36.1
2000 17.2 36.4
2001 17.2 36.7
2002 17.2 37
2003 17.2 37.4
2004 17.3 37.7
2005 17.3 38.1
2006 17.4 38.4
2007 17.5 38.7
2008 17.6 39
2009 17.7 39.3
2010 17.8 39.6
2011 17.9 39.9
2012 18.1 40.2
2013 18.2 40.4
2014 18.4 40.6
2015 18.6 40.6
2016 18.7 40.6
2017 18.9 40.5
2018 19.1 40.2
2019 19.3 39.9
2020 19.4 39.9
2021 19.6 40.2
2022 19.7 40.8
2023 19.9 41.4
2024 20 41.8

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Madagascar Malta
GNI, Atlas method
$16.4B
2024
$19.9B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
15.7%
2025
36.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
3.05%
2023
4.72%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.66%
2023
0.56%
2023
Armed forces personnel
22,000
2020
2,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.88%
2025
-3.35%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.19%
2022
3.12%
2024
Services, % of GDP
46.4%
2024
80.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
22.8%
2024
11.4%
2024
Economic freedom index
57
2025
66.8
2025
Income share by richest 10%
29.6%
2021
27.7%
2022
Income share by poorest 10%
2.9%
2021
2.7%
2022
Listed domestic companies n/a
34
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies n/a
$4.29B
2024
Total reserves including gold
$2.78B
2024
$1.42B
2024
Personal remittances received
$385M
2024
$15.4M
2024
International tourist arrivals
87,099
2020
718,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
7.8%
2020
11.5%
2007
Banked people share
24.5%
2024
96.6%
2024

Energy

Madagascar Malta
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
309 kg
2022
1,398 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.56
2022
$45.1
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
4.1 megatons
2023
1.68 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0.13 tons
2023
3.05 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2022
87.2%
2022
Renewable energy use share
83.1%
2022
8.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
0.8%
2022
3.81%
2023
Net energy imports use share
13.7%
2017
404%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
81.3 kWh
2022
5,042 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
34%
2021
11.9%
2021
Hydroelectric share
31.5%
2022
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
39.4%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Madagascar Malta
% of world population
0.39%
2024
0.007%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,795
2024
+6,323
2024
Urban population
41.2%
2024
95%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.72 ft
2025
Average female height
5.02 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
23.6
2025
80.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
26
2024
46
2024
Higher education index
29
2025
72
2025
Homicides per 100K people
7.69
2015
0.56
2023
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
29.2
2019
4.1
2019
Visa free countries
70
2025
172
2025
Adult literacy rate
77.5%
2022
94.9%
2021
English speaking
18%
2023
88.3%
2023
People using the Internet
20.4%
2023
92.1%
2023

Health

Madagascar Malta
Government health expenditure per capita
$16.3
2022
$3,353
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$5.27
2022
$1,007
2022
Life expectancy
64 years
2025
83.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
32.8%
2022
0%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.2
2018
4.28
2021
Age at first childbirth
19.5 years
2025
29.8 years
2023
Maternal mortality per 100K births
445
2023
8
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
64.8
2023
5.5
2023
Obesity rate
4.45%
2022
32.8%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
4.6%
2024
10%
2024
Air quality index
38
2025
66
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
26.8%
2022
24.7%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
0.99 liters
2020
7.11 liters
2020

Territory

Madagascar Malta
% of world land
0.39%
2025
0.0002%
2025
Land area per capita
7,028 sq mi
2024
215.1 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
157,896 sq mi
2025
32 sq mi
2025
Forest area
47,839 sq mi
2025
1.78 sq mi
2025
Roads length
19,660 mi
2018
1,401 mi
2001

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