Malta vs North Korea statistics compared

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 187th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Malta and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Malta and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Malta

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Malta	North Korea
1970	$250,728,796	-
1971	$264,578,485	-
1972	$295,106,628	-
1973	$345,616,106	-
1974	$376,081,124	-
1975	$474,618,321	-
1976	$527,936,989	-
1977	$625,563,171	-
1978	$793,673,402	-
1979	$1,001,288,847	-
1980	$1,250,198,601	-
1981	$1,243,509,394	-
1982	$1,234,474,404	-
1983	$1,165,729,707	-
1984	$1,101,807,023	-
1985	$1,117,797,439	-
1986	$1,435,038,441	-
1987	$1,751,293,461	-
1988	$2,019,503,068	-
1989	$2,118,655,677	-
1990	$2,547,328,748	-
1991	$2,750,216,747	-
1992	$3,021,942,759	-
1993	$2,709,193,538	-
1994	$2,998,505,428	-
1995	$3,709,360,097	-
1996	$3,822,489,746	-
1997	$3,787,070,704	-
1998	$4,010,092,091	-
1999	$4,111,891,845	-
2000	$4,036,809,865	-
2001	$4,070,867,153	-
2002	$4,455,127,398	-
2003	$5,418,315,225	-
2004	$6,104,141,501	-
2005	$6,393,234,965	-
2006	$6,749,838,862	-
2007	$7,908,412,374	-
2008	$9,135,419,490	-
2009	$8,734,745,632	$23,356,470,000
2010	$9,097,044,182	$25,995,513,000
2011	$9,789,361,705	$29,005,020,000
2012	$9,609,532,106	$29,890,710,000
2013	$10,796,782,634	$30,588,922,000
2014	$11,888,032,862	$30,554,460,000
2015	$11,340,795,033	$30,723,030,000
2016	$12,025,782,885	$28,882,640,000
2017	$14,161,366,733	$29,105,440,000
2018	$16,153,779,511	$28,536,400,000
2019	$16,337,793,531	$28,222,880,000
2020	$16,409,900,599	$27,728,240,000
2021	$19,723,563,355	$32,301,720,000
2022	$19,239,187,084	$28,971,360,000
2023	$22,210,718,401	$32,155,360,000
2024	$24,322,006,608	$34,943,120,000

Malta and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Malta

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malta	North Korea
1970	$828	-
1971	$874	-
1972	$976	-
1973	$1,144	-
1974	$1,245	-
1975	$1,560	-
1976	$1,727	-
1977	$2,038	-
1978	$2,559	-
1979	$3,196	-
1980	$3,948	-
1981	$3,898	-
1982	$3,788	-
1983	$3,527	-
1984	$3,333	-
1985	$3,322	-
1986	$4,195	-
1987	$5,084	-
1988	$5,814	-
1989	$6,041	-
1990	$7,192	-
1991	$7,559	-
1992	$8,220	-
1993	$7,296	-
1994	$8,000	-
1995	$9,828	-
1996	$10,062	-
1997	$9,893	-
1998	$10,408	-
1999	$10,609	-
2000	$10,348	-
2001	$10,358	-
2002	$11,251	-
2003	$13,594	-
2004	$15,212	-
2005	$15,831	-
2006	$16,654	-
2007	$19,444	-
2008	$22,315	-
2009	$21,176	$939
2010	$21,947	$1,040
2011	$23,517	$1,156
2012	$22,878	$1,186
2013	$25,416	$1,208
2014	$27,425	$1,201
2015	$25,530	$1,201
2016	$26,459	$1,124
2017	$30,317	$1,127
2018	$33,382	$1,100
2019	$32,422	$1,084
2020	$31,834	$1,061
2021	$38,065	$1,231
2022	$36,224	$1,100
2023	$40,182	$1,217
2024	$42,347	$1,319

Malta vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malta

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malta	North Korea
1950	63.5	14.2
1951	63.9	17.7
1952	64.1	32.8
1953	64.3	40.3
1954	65.1	50.6
1955	66.3	51.8
1956	66.8	52.8
1957	67.5	53.7
1958	67.8	54.5
1959	68.4	55.2
1960	68.4	55.8
1961	68.4	56.4
1962	69.2	57
1963	69.2	57.6
1964	69.3	58.2
1965	69.5	58.8
1966	69.7	59.4
1967	69.8	60.1
1968	69.9	60.8
1969	70.1	61.4
1970	70.4	62
1971	70.1	62.7
1972	70.7	63.3
1973	71.3	63.8
1974	71.9	64.3
1975	72.1	64.8
1976	72.2	65.3
1977	72.3	65.8
1978	72.3	66.3
1979	72.5	66.7
1980	72.3	67.2
1981	72.4	67.7
1982	72.8	68.1
1983	73.1	68.5
1984	73.3	68.9
1985	73.9	69.2
1986	74.5	69.5
1987	75.3	69.8
1988	75.9	70.1
1989	76.2	70.3
1990	76.2	70.5
1991	76.5	70.7
1992	76.7	71
1993	76.8	70.8
1994	76.9	70.5
1995	77	60.8
1996	76.3	60.8
1997	77.3	60.9
1998	77.8	60.9
1999	77.8	60.9
2000	77.9	60.9
2001	78.9	60.9
2002	78.5	60.9
2003	78.7	69.4
2004	79.2	69.3
2005	79.5	69.2
2006	79.6	69.1
2007	79.7	69
2008	79.7	69.3
2009	80.4	69.7
2010	81.4	70.2
2011	80.8	70.8
2012	81.1	71.3
2013	81.8	71.9
2014	82.3	72.5
2015	82.6	72.8
2016	82.7	73
2017	83.1	73
2018	82.9	73
2019	82.8	72.9
2020	82.3	72.8
2021	82.3	73.4
2022	82.2	73.6
2023	83.3	73.6
2024	83.5	73.7
2025	83.6	73.9

Malta and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Malta

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Malta	North Korea
1960	326,550	11,722,953
1961	325,250	11,990,713
1962	323,900	12,262,882
1963	322,550	12,567,057
1964	321,250	12,889,770
1965	318,800	13,219,369
1966	315,200	13,569,094
1967	311,550	13,958,350
1968	307,900	14,365,596
1969	304,300	14,767,615
1970	302,650	15,172,775
1971	302,700	15,572,457
1972	302,450	15,975,069
1973	302,200	16,350,367
1974	301,996	16,673,121
1975	304,222	16,971,055
1976	305,774	17,243,450
1977	306,970	17,492,798
1978	310,182	17,735,995
1979	313,342	17,983,470
1980	316,645	18,236,786
1981	318,982	18,501,295
1982	325,898	18,776,357
1983	330,524	19,054,034
1984	330,593	19,335,043
1985	336,452	19,620,388
1986	342,121	19,910,855
1987	344,485	20,205,483
1988	347,325	20,503,161
1989	350,722	20,804,367
1990	354,170	21,112,137
1991	363,845	21,428,638
1992	367,618	21,750,911
1993	371,308	22,073,352
1994	374,797	22,393,975
1995	377,419	22,669,304
1996	379,905	22,895,746
1997	382,791	23,110,830
1998	385,287	23,311,564
1999	387,578	23,497,599
2000	390,087	23,665,910
2001	393,028	23,815,358
2002	395,969	23,943,973
2003	398,582	24,090,380
2004	401,268	24,254,943
2005	403,834	24,396,433
2006	405,308	24,524,507
2007	406,724	24,646,383
2008	409,379	24,764,618
2009	412,477	24,878,332
2010	414,508	24,987,258
2011	416,268	25,097,874
2012	420,028	25,211,728
2013	424,810	25,329,451
2014	433,481	25,451,262
2015	444,220	25,575,350
2016	454,505	25,698,326
2017	467,106	25,817,709
2018	483,903	25,931,147
2019	503,912	26,037,632
2020	515,490	26,136,312
2021	518,150	26,232,534
2022	531,113	26,328,845
2023	552,747	26,418,204
2024	574,346	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Malta and North Korea

Fertility rate

Malta

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malta	North Korea
1960	3.62	3.57
1961	3.27	3.26
1962	3.24	3.41
1963	2.9	3.63
1964	2.79	3.55
1965	2.52	3.56
1966	2.33	3.71
1967	2.24	4.05
1968	2.12	3.87
1969	2.02	3.86
1970	2.03	3.85
1971	2.06	3.74
1972	2.01	3.89
1973	1.65	3.35
1974	1.64	3.14
1975	2.27	3.05
1976	2.21	2.84
1977	2.14	2.77
1978	2.05	2.79
1979	2.1	2.85
1980	1.99	2.84
1981	1.87	2.92
1982	1.9	2.85
1983	1.92	2.78
1984	1.95	2.71
1985	1.95	2.65
1986	1.93	2.59
1987	1.97	2.53
1988	2.06	2.47
1989	2.1	2.41
1990	2.02	2.39
1991	1.99	2.35
1992	2.07	2.29
1993	1.96	2.22
1994	1.84	2.18
1995	1.77	2.15
1996	1.99	2.09
1997	1.93	2.03
1998	1.84	1.99
1999	1.73	1.97
2000	1.68	1.94
2001	1.48	1.94
2002	1.45	1.92
2003	1.48	1.91
2004	1.4	1.9
2005	1.38	1.87
2006	1.36	1.94
2007	1.35	1.94
2008	1.43	1.97
2009	1.42	1.91
2010	1.36	1.89
2011	1.45	1.88
2012	1.42	1.88
2013	1.36	1.88
2014	1.38	1.87
2015	1.37	1.86
2016	1.37	1.86
2017	1.26	1.85
2018	1.23	1.83
2019	1.14	1.83
2020	1.13	1.82
2021	1.13	1.81
2022	1.08	1.8
2023	1.06	1.78

Malta and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Malta

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malta	North Korea
1960	23.6	19.9
1961	23.8	20.2
1962	24	20.6
1963	24.2	20.8
1964	24.4	21
1965	24.5	21.2
1966	24.6	21.3
1967	24.8	21.4
1968	25	21.4
1969	25.5	21.4
1970	25.9	21.4
1971	26.3	21.2
1972	26.8	20.9
1973	27.2	20.7
1974	27.6	20.7
1975	28	20.9
1976	28.4	21.1
1977	28.7	21.4
1978	29.2	21.8
1979	29.6	22.2
1980	30	22.5
1981	30.3	22.8
1982	30.6	23.1
1983	30.9	23.5
1984	31.2	23.9
1985	31.4	24.2
1986	31.7	24.5
1987	32	24.8
1988	32.4	25.1
1989	32.7	25.6
1990	33	26
1991	33.3	26.4
1992	33.7	26.8
1993	34	27.2
1994	34.3	27.6
1995	34.7	28
1996	35.1	28.3
1997	35.5	28.8
1998	35.8	29.2
1999	36.1	29.6
2000	36.4	30.1
2001	36.7	30.5
2002	37	31
2003	37.4	31.4
2004	37.7	31.8
2005	38.1	32.1
2006	38.4	32.5
2007	38.7	32.9
2008	39	33.3
2009	39.3	33.7
2010	39.6	34
2011	39.9	34.3
2012	40.2	34.5
2013	40.4	34.7
2014	40.6	35
2015	40.6	35.2
2016	40.6	35.4
2017	40.5	35.7
2018	40.2	35.9
2019	39.9	36.2
2020	39.9	36.4
2021	40.2	36.6
2022	40.8	36.8
2023	41.4	37.1
2024	41.8	37.3

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