Malta vs South Africa statistics compared

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 187th vs. 24th).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Malta and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Malta and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Malta

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Malta	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	-	$15,821,393,671
1968	-	$17,124,793,150
1969	-	$19,256,992,297
1970	$250,728,796	$21,218,391,513
1971	$264,578,485	$23,411,076,638
1972	$295,106,628	$24,515,919,217
1973	$345,616,106	$33,262,772,008
1974	$376,081,124	$41,389,186,095
1975	$474,618,321	$42,906,905,672
1976	$527,936,989	$41,150,460,288
1977	$625,563,171	$45,328,411,332
1978	$793,673,402	$51,607,412,902
1979	$1,001,288,847	$63,038,658,089
1980	$1,250,198,601	$89,411,864,402
1981	$1,243,509,394	$93,141,472,164
1982	$1,234,474,404	$85,904,057,409
1983	$1,165,729,707	$96,204,110,942
1984	$1,101,807,023	$84,870,163,366
1985	$1,117,797,439	$64,459,376,087
1986	$1,435,038,441	$73,354,771,399
1987	$1,751,293,461	$96,535,763,418
1988	$2,019,503,068	$103,976,831,871
1989	$2,118,655,677	$108,055,624,082
1990	$2,547,328,748	$126,048,140,142
1991	$2,750,216,747	$135,203,698,238
1992	$3,021,942,759	$146,956,150,987
1993	$2,709,193,538	$147,194,747,566
1994	$2,998,505,428	$153,512,712,382
1995	$3,709,360,097	$171,735,933,897
1996	$3,822,489,746	$163,234,925,381
1997	$3,787,070,704	$168,978,057,328
1998	$4,010,092,091	$152,982,984,557
1999	$4,111,891,845	$151,516,957,079
2000	$4,036,809,865	$151,752,757,215
2001	$4,070,867,153	$135,429,905,923
2002	$4,455,127,398	$129,087,556,612
2003	$5,418,315,225	$197,018,965,309
2004	$6,104,141,501	$255,806,908,595
2005	$6,393,234,965	$288,867,217,197
2006	$6,749,838,862	$303,858,675,364
2007	$7,908,412,374	$333,077,117,254
2008	$9,135,419,490	$316,131,258,616
2009	$8,734,745,632	$329,754,060,647
2010	$9,097,044,182	$417,363,822,802
2011	$9,789,361,705	$458,199,494,831
2012	$9,609,532,106	$434,400,545,086
2013	$10,796,782,634	$400,886,013,596
2014	$11,888,032,862	$381,198,869,776
2015	$11,340,795,033	$346,709,790,459
2016	$12,025,782,885	$323,585,509,674
2017	$14,161,366,733	$381,448,814,653
2018	$16,153,779,511	$405,260,723,893
2019	$16,337,793,531	$389,330,032,224
2020	$16,409,900,599	$337,974,655,408
2021	$19,723,563,355	$420,886,877,629
2022	$19,239,187,084	$406,920,004,594
2023	$22,210,718,401	$380,699,271,816
2024	$24,322,006,608	$400,260,724,226

Malta and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Malta

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Malta	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	-	$779
1968	-	$817
1969	-	$891
1970	$828	$952
1971	$874	$1,020
1972	$976	$1,038
1973	$1,144	$1,369
1974	$1,245	$1,656
1975	$1,560	$1,670
1976	$1,727	$1,559
1977	$2,038	$1,671
1978	$2,559	$1,852
1979	$3,196	$2,202
1980	$3,948	$3,029
1981	$3,898	$3,050
1982	$3,788	$2,717
1983	$3,527	$2,938
1984	$3,333	$2,504
1985	$3,322	$1,839
1986	$4,195	$2,027
1987	$5,084	$2,586
1988	$5,814	$2,702
1989	$6,041	$2,727
1990	$7,192	$3,093
1991	$7,559	$3,243
1992	$8,220	$3,462
1993	$7,296	$3,400
1994	$8,000	$3,489
1995	$9,828	$3,856
1996	$10,062	$3,618
1997	$9,893	$3,700
1998	$10,408	$3,310
1999	$10,609	$3,242
2000	$10,348	$3,218
2001	$10,358	$2,847
2002	$11,251	$2,688
2003	$13,594	$4,062
2004	$15,212	$5,221
2005	$15,831	$5,837
2006	$16,654	$6,077
2007	$19,444	$6,592
2008	$22,315	$6,185
2009	$21,176	$6,375
2010	$21,947	$7,973
2011	$23,517	$8,646
2012	$22,878	$8,077
2013	$25,416	$7,332
2014	$27,425	$6,857
2015	$25,530	$6,112
2016	$26,459	$5,651
2017	$30,317	$6,618
2018	$33,382	$6,914
2019	$32,422	$6,534
2020	$31,834	$5,581
2021	$38,065	$6,843
2022	$36,224	$6,523
2023	$40,182	$6,023
2024	$42,347	$6,253

Malta vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Malta

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Malta	South Africa
1950	63.5	43.1
1951	63.9	44.1
1952	64.1	45
1953	64.3	46.1
1954	65.1	47.1
1955	66.3	48.2
1956	66.8	49.2
1957	67.5	50.2
1958	67.8	51.1
1959	68.4	51.9
1960	68.4	52.6
1961	68.4	53.1
1962	69.2	53.6
1963	69.2	53.9
1964	69.3	54.2
1965	69.5	54.4
1966	69.7	54.7
1967	69.8	55
1968	69.9	55.2
1969	70.1	55.4
1970	70.4	55.7
1971	70.1	56
1972	70.7	56.4
1973	71.3	56.7
1974	71.9	57.1
1975	72.1	57.6
1976	72.2	58
1977	72.3	58.5
1978	72.3	59
1979	72.5	59.5
1980	72.3	60
1981	72.4	60.4
1982	72.8	60.9
1983	73.1	61.4
1984	73.3	61.8
1985	73.9	62.2
1986	74.5	62.4
1987	75.3	62.7
1988	75.9	62.9
1989	76.2	63
1990	76.2	62.9
1991	76.5	63
1992	76.7	62.8
1993	76.8	62.6
1994	76.9	62.1
1995	77	61.6
1996	76.3	61.1
1997	77.3	60.5
1998	77.8	59.9
1999	77.8	59.2
2000	77.9	58.4
2001	78.9	57.2
2002	78.5	55.6
2003	78.7	54.2
2004	79.2	54
2005	79.5	53.9
2006	79.6	54.2
2007	79.7	54.9
2008	79.7	56
2009	80.4	57.4
2010	81.4	58.9
2011	80.8	60.6
2012	81.1	61.7
2013	81.8	62.4
2014	82.3	63.2
2015	82.6	64.1
2016	82.7	64.7
2017	83.1	65.4
2018	82.9	65.7
2019	82.8	66.1
2020	82.3	65.2
2021	82.3	62
2022	82.2	65.5
2023	83.3	66.1
2024	83.5	66.3
2025	83.6	66.5

Malta and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Malta

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Malta	South Africa
1960	326,550	16,440,172
1961	325,250	16,908,035
1962	323,900	17,418,522
1963	322,550	17,954,564
1964	321,250	18,511,361
1965	318,800	19,089,380
1966	315,200	19,690,087
1967	311,550	20,314,066
1968	307,900	20,957,287
1969	304,300	21,614,676
1970	302,650	22,279,984
1971	302,700	22,942,143
1972	302,450	23,609,456
1973	302,200	24,294,263
1974	301,996	24,989,108
1975	304,222	25,690,940
1976	305,774	26,395,450
1977	306,970	27,118,952
1978	310,182	27,869,507
1979	313,342	28,634,162
1980	316,645	29,518,857
1981	318,982	30,541,044
1982	325,898	31,615,339
1983	330,524	32,739,304
1984	330,593	33,892,788
1985	336,452	35,042,093
1986	342,121	36,180,515
1987	344,485	37,326,190
1988	347,325	38,480,649
1989	350,722	39,628,575
1990	354,170	40,746,268
1991	363,845	41,687,898
1992	367,618	42,443,509
1993	371,308	43,297,156
1994	374,797	44,004,139
1995	377,419	44,541,554
1996	379,905	45,123,018
1997	382,791	45,666,838
1998	385,287	46,223,880
1999	387,578	46,730,335
2000	390,087	47,159,719
2001	393,028	47,566,800
2002	395,969	48,019,415
2003	398,582	48,500,348
2004	401,268	48,991,421
2005	403,834	49,490,033
2006	405,308	49,998,277
2007	406,724	50,528,584
2008	409,379	51,114,599
2009	412,477	51,728,516
2010	414,508	52,344,051
2011	416,268	52,995,205
2012	420,028	53,782,567
2013	424,810	54,678,791
2014	433,481	55,594,838
2015	444,220	56,723,537
2016	454,505	57,259,551
2017	467,106	57,635,162
2018	483,903	58,613,001
2019	503,912	59,587,885
2020	515,490	60,562,381
2021	518,150	61,502,603
2022	531,113	62,378,410
2023	552,747	63,212,384
2024	574,346	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Malta and South Africa

Fertility rate

Malta

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Malta	South Africa
1960	3.62	6.11
1961	3.27	6.08
1962	3.24	6.05
1963	2.9	6.01
1964	2.79	5.96
1965	2.52	5.89
1966	2.33	5.91
1967	2.24	5.85
1968	2.12	5.78
1969	2.02	5.72
1970	2.03	5.63
1971	2.06	5.57
1972	2.01	5.49
1973	1.65	5.41
1974	1.64	5.3
1975	2.27	5.19
1976	2.21	5.07
1977	2.14	4.94
1978	2.05	4.85
1979	2.1	4.82
1980	1.99	4.78
1981	1.87	4.71
1982	1.9	4.7
1983	1.92	4.63
1984	1.95	4.57
1985	1.95	4.5
1986	1.93	4.41
1987	1.97	4.35
1988	2.06	4.18
1989	2.1	3.98
1990	2.02	3.72
1991	1.99	3.62
1992	2.07	3.48
1993	1.96	3.37
1994	1.84	3.26
1995	1.77	3.17
1996	1.99	2.99
1997	1.93	2.73
1998	1.84	2.63
1999	1.73	2.56
2000	1.68	2.41
2001	1.48	2.37
2002	1.45	2.32
2003	1.48	2.36
2004	1.4	2.44
2005	1.38	2.51
2006	1.36	2.55
2007	1.35	2.55
2008	1.43	2.68
2009	1.42	2.5
2010	1.36	2.44
2011	1.45	2.44
2012	1.42	2.45
2013	1.36	2.43
2014	1.38	2.42
2015	1.37	2.36
2016	1.37	2.26
2017	1.26	2.28
2018	1.23	2.27
2019	1.14	2.26
2020	1.13	2.26
2021	1.13	2.25
2022	1.08	2.23
2023	1.06	2.22

Malta and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Malta

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Malta	South Africa
1960	23.6	19
1961	23.8	19
1962	24	18.9
1963	24.2	18.9
1964	24.4	18.9
1965	24.5	18.8
1966	24.6	18.8
1967	24.8	18.8
1968	25	18.8
1969	25.5	18.8
1970	25.9	18.8
1971	26.3	18.8
1972	26.8	18.8
1973	27.2	18.8
1974	27.6	18.9
1975	28	18.9
1976	28.4	19
1977	28.7	19.1
1978	29.2	19.2
1979	29.6	19.3
1980	30	19.4
1981	30.3	19.6
1982	30.6	19.8
1983	30.9	20
1984	31.2	20.2
1985	31.4	20.4
1986	31.7	20.5
1987	32	20.7
1988	32.4	20.9
1989	32.7	21.1
1990	33	21.3
1991	33.3	21.5
1992	33.7	21.5
1993	34	21.9
1994	34.3	22
1995	34.7	21.5
1996	35.1	21.2
1997	35.5	21.2
1998	35.8	21.4
1999	36.1	21.6
2000	36.4	21.9
2001	36.7	22.2
2002	37	22.4
2003	37.4	22.8
2004	37.7	23.1
2005	38.1	23.3
2006	38.4	23.5
2007	38.7	23.8
2008	39	24
2009	39.3	24.3
2010	39.6	24.6
2011	39.9	25
2012	40.2	25.3
2013	40.4	25.7
2014	40.6	26
2015	40.6	26.4
2016	40.6	26.7
2017	40.5	27
2018	40.2	27.5
2019	39.9	27.9
2020	39.9	28.3
2021	40.2	28.6
2022	40.8	28.9
2023	41.4	29.2
2024	41.8	29.5

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