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Malta vs South Korea statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 51.8M in South Korea (ranked 29/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 37,684 sq mi for South Korea (ranked 187th vs. 105th).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and South Korea ranks 15/197 ($1.71T). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while South Korea ranks 36/197 ($33,121).

Main facts and rankings

Malta South Korea
Population
583596
51700480
Population rank 167/197 31/197
GDP
$24.3B
2024
$1.71T
2023
GDP rank 120/197 15/197
GDP per capita
$42,347
2024
$33,121
2023
GDP per capita rank 28/197 36/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,364
2024
$52,204
2023
Government debt
$11.8B
2024
$868B
2023
Debt-to-GDP ratio
49.3%
2025
54.5%
2025
Government debt per person
$20,574
2024
$16,791
2023
Government debt per person rank 30/185 36/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,451
2025
$23,981
2025
Land area
123.6 sq mi
2025
37,684 sq mi
2025
Population density
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
1,373 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.06
2023
0.72
2023
Median age
41.8 years
2024
46.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
84.5 years
2025

Malta and South Korea: Comparison Charts

Malta and South Korea economies compared

GDP
Malta

South Korea
Year GDP
Malta South Korea
1960 - $3,958,811,881
1961 - $2,417,628,737
1962 - $2,814,615,385
1963 - $3,988,461,538
1964 - $3,459,019,943
1965 - $3,120,861,499
1966 - $3,929,055,144
1967 - $4,855,892,446
1968 - $6,119,394,892
1969 - $7,678,698,838
1970 $250,728,796 $9,005,144,969
1971 $264,578,485 $9,903,571,249
1972 $295,106,628 $10,862,211,761
1973 $345,616,106 $13,876,472,208
1974 $376,081,124 $19,543,973,941
1975 $474,618,321 $21,784,297,521
1976 $527,936,989 $29,902,479,339
1977 $625,563,171 $38,446,487,603
1978 $793,673,402 $51,972,107,438
1979 $1,001,288,847 $66,946,900,826
1980 $1,250,198,601 $65,398,377,598
1981 $1,243,509,394 $72,933,533,012
1982 $1,234,474,404 $78,358,416,171
1983 $1,165,729,707 $87,760,553,262
1984 $1,101,807,023 $97,510,744,119
1985 $1,117,797,439 $101,296,177,099
1986 $1,435,038,441 $116,836,246,285
1987 $1,751,293,461 $147,948,709,376
1988 $2,019,503,068 $199,591,287,825
1989 $2,118,655,677 $246,928,837,311
1990 $2,547,328,748 $283,365,844,161
1991 $2,750,216,747 $330,647,042,837
1992 $3,021,942,759 $355,524,903,068
1993 $2,709,193,538 $392,665,710,525
1994 $2,998,505,428 $463,619,823,515
1995 $3,709,360,097 $566,581,003,128
1996 $3,822,489,746 $610,167,053,824
1997 $3,787,070,704 $569,755,022,973
1998 $4,010,092,091 $383,331,833,682
1999 $4,111,891,845 $497,514,040,642
2000 $4,036,809,865 $576,179,387,820
2001 $4,070,867,153 $547,656,279,895
2002 $4,455,127,398 $627,246,933,730
2003 $5,418,315,225 $702,714,855,194
2004 $6,104,141,501 $793,175,561,887
2005 $6,393,234,965 $934,901,071,333
2006 $6,749,838,862 $1,053,216,909,888
2007 $7,908,412,374 $1,172,614,086,540
2008 $9,135,419,490 $1,047,339,010,225
2009 $8,734,745,632 $943,941,876,219
2010 $9,097,044,182 $1,143,672,241,150
2011 $9,789,361,705 $1,253,289,537,501
2012 $9,609,532,106 $1,278,046,536,287
2013 $10,796,782,634 $1,370,632,955,321
2014 $11,888,032,862 $1,484,488,526,272
2015 $11,340,795,033 $1,466,038,936,206
2016 $12,025,782,885 $1,499,679,823,910
2017 $14,161,366,733 $1,623,074,183,502
2018 $16,153,779,511 $1,725,373,496,825
2019 $16,337,793,531 $1,651,422,932,448
2020 $16,409,900,599 $1,644,312,831,906
2021 $19,723,563,355 $1,818,432,106,880
2022 $19,239,187,084 $1,673,916,511,800
2023 $22,210,718,401 $1,712,792,854,202
2024 $24,322,006,608 -

Malta and South Korea economies compared

GDP per capita
Malta

South Korea
Year GDP per capita
Malta South Korea
1960 - $158.3
1961 - $93.8
1962 - $106.2
1963 - $146.3
1964 - $123.6
1965 - $108.7
1966 - $133.5
1967 - $161.2
1968 - $198.4
1969 - $243.4
1970 $828 $279.3
1971 $874 $301
1972 $976 $324
1973 $1,144 $407
1974 $1,245 $563
1975 $1,560 $617
1976 $1,727 $834
1977 $2,038 $1,056
1978 $2,559 $1,406
1979 $3,196 $1,784
1980 $3,948 $1,715
1981 $3,898 $1,883
1982 $3,788 $1,993
1983 $3,527 $2,199
1984 $3,333 $2,413
1985 $3,322 $2,482
1986 $4,195 $2,835
1987 $5,084 $3,555
1988 $5,814 $4,749
1989 $6,041 $5,817
1990 $7,192 $6,610
1991 $7,559 $7,637
1992 $8,220 $8,127
1993 $7,296 $8,885
1994 $8,000 $10,385
1995 $9,828 $12,565
1996 $10,062 $13,403
1997 $9,893 $12,398
1998 $10,408 $8,282
1999 $10,609 $10,672
2000 $10,348 $12,257
2001 $10,358 $11,561
2002 $11,251 $13,165
2003 $13,594 $14,673
2004 $15,212 $16,496
2005 $15,831 $19,403
2006 $16,654 $21,743
2007 $19,444 $24,086
2008 $22,315 $21,350
2009 $21,176 $19,144
2010 $21,947 $23,079
2011 $23,517 $25,098
2012 $22,878 $25,459
2013 $25,416 $27,180
2014 $27,425 $29,253
2015 $25,530 $28,737
2016 $26,459 $29,280
2017 $30,317 $31,601
2018 $33,382 $33,447
2019 $32,422 $31,902
2020 $31,834 $31,721
2021 $38,065 $35,126
2022 $36,224 $32,395
2023 $40,182 $33,121
2024 $42,347 -

Malta vs. South Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Malta

South Korea
Year Life expectancy, years
Malta South Korea
1950 63.5 22.2
1951 63.9 26.6
1952 64.1 36.6
1953 64.3 40.5
1954 65.1 46.1
1955 66.3 48.4
1956 66.8 50.2
1957 67.5 51.6
1958 67.8 51.8
1959 68.4 52.9
1960 68.4 53.8
1961 68.4 54.4
1962 69.2 55
1963 69.2 55
1964 69.3 55.3
1965 69.5 55.8
1966 69.7 55.4
1967 69.8 60.9
1968 69.9 60.9
1969 70.1 61.4
1970 70.4 62.2
1971 70.1 62.7
1972 70.7 63.2
1973 71.3 63.8
1974 71.9 64.2
1975 72.1 64.7
1976 72.2 65
1977 72.3 64.6
1978 72.3 65
1979 72.5 66.1
1980 72.3 64.8
1981 72.4 67.1
1982 72.8 67.1
1983 73.1 66.7
1984 73.3 68.1
1985 73.9 68.4
1986 74.5 69
1987 75.3 69.3
1988 75.9 70.2
1989 76.2 70.7
1990 76.2 71
1991 76.5 71.4
1992 76.7 72.2
1993 76.8 72.7
1994 76.9 72.9
1995 77 73.4
1996 76.3 74
1997 77.3 74.5
1998 77.8 75
1999 77.8 75.6
2000 77.9 76.2
2001 78.9 76.9
2002 78.5 77.2
2003 78.7 77.5
2004 79.2 78
2005 79.5 78.4
2006 79.6 79
2007 79.7 79.4
2008 79.7 80
2009 80.4 80.6
2010 81.4 80.7
2011 80.8 81.2
2012 81.1 81.3
2013 81.8 81.8
2014 82.3 82.4
2015 82.6 82.5
2016 82.7 82.9
2017 83.1 83.3
2018 82.9 83.3
2019 82.8 83.7
2020 82.3 83.7
2021 82.3 83.9
2022 82.2 82.7
2023 83.3 84.3
2024 83.5 84.4
2025 83.6 84.5

Malta and South Korea population clocks and comparison

Population
Malta

South Korea
Year Population
Malta South Korea
1960 326,550 25,012,374
1961 325,250 25,765,673
1962 323,900 26,513,030
1963 322,550 27,261,747
1964 321,250 27,984,155
1965 318,800 28,704,674
1966 315,200 29,435,571
1967 311,550 30,130,983
1968 307,900 30,838,302
1969 304,300 31,544,266
1970 302,650 32,240,827
1971 302,700 32,882,704
1972 302,450 33,505,406
1973 302,200 34,103,149
1974 301,996 34,692,266
1975 304,222 35,280,725
1976 305,774 35,848,523
1977 306,970 36,411,795
1978 310,182 36,969,185
1979 313,342 37,534,236
1980 316,645 38,123,775
1981 318,982 38,723,248
1982 325,898 39,326,352
1983 330,524 39,910,403
1984 330,593 40,405,956
1985 336,452 40,805,744
1986 342,121 41,213,674
1987 344,485 41,621,690
1988 347,325 42,031,247
1989 350,722 42,449,038
1990 354,170 42,869,283
1991 363,845 43,295,704
1992 367,618 43,747,962
1993 371,308 44,194,628
1994 374,797 44,641,540
1995 377,419 45,092,991
1996 379,905 45,524,681
1997 382,791 45,953,580
1998 385,287 46,286,503
1999 387,578 46,616,677
2000 390,087 47,008,111
2001 393,028 47,370,164
2002 395,969 47,644,736
2003 398,582 47,892,330
2004 401,268 48,082,519
2005 403,834 48,184,561
2006 405,308 48,438,292
2007 406,724 48,683,638
2008 409,379 49,054,708
2009 412,477 49,307,835
2010 414,508 49,554,112
2011 416,268 49,936,638
2012 420,028 50,199,853
2013 424,810 50,428,893
2014 433,481 50,746,659
2015 444,220 51,014,947
2016 454,505 51,217,803
2017 467,106 51,361,911
2018 483,903 51,585,058
2019 503,912 51,764,822
2020 515,490 51,836,239
2021 518,150 51,769,539
2022 531,113 51,672,569
2023 552,747 51,712,619
2024 574,346 51,751,065

Fertility rates in Malta and South Korea

Fertility rate
Malta

South Korea
Year Fertility rate
Malta South Korea
1960 3.62 5.99
1961 3.27 5.8
1962 3.24 5.56
1963 2.9 5.33
1964 2.79 5.07
1965 2.52 4.89
1966 2.33 4.78
1967 2.24 4.62
1968 2.12 4.51
1969 2.02 4.45
1970 2.03 4.53
1971 2.06 4.54
1972 2.01 4.12
1973 1.65 4.07
1974 1.64 3.77
1975 2.27 3.43
1976 2.21 3
1977 2.14 2.99
1978 2.05 2.64
1979 2.1 2.9
1980 1.99 2.82
1981 1.87 2.57
1982 1.9 2.39
1983 1.92 2.06
1984 1.95 1.74
1985 1.95 1.66
1986 1.93 1.58
1987 1.97 1.53
1988 2.06 1.55
1989 2.1 1.56
1990 2.02 1.57
1991 1.99 1.71
1992 2.07 1.76
1993 1.96 1.65
1994 1.84 1.66
1995 1.77 1.63
1996 1.99 1.57
1997 1.93 1.54
1998 1.84 1.46
1999 1.73 1.43
2000 1.68 1.48
2001 1.48 1.31
2002 1.45 1.18
2003 1.48 1.19
2004 1.4 1.16
2005 1.38 1.09
2006 1.36 1.13
2007 1.35 1.26
2008 1.43 1.19
2009 1.42 1.15
2010 1.36 1.23
2011 1.45 1.24
2012 1.42 1.3
2013 1.36 1.19
2014 1.38 1.21
2015 1.37 1.24
2016 1.37 1.17
2017 1.26 1.05
2018 1.23 0.98
2019 1.14 0.92
2020 1.13 0.84
2021 1.13 0.81
2022 1.08 0.78
2023 1.06 0.72

Malta and South Korea demographics compared

Median age
Malta

South Korea
Year Median age, years
Malta South Korea
1960 23.6 19.3
1961 23.8 19.2
1962 24 19.1
1963 24.2 19
1964 24.4 18.8
1965 24.5 18.6
1966 24.6 18.5
1967 24.8 18.6
1968 25 18.7
1969 25.5 18.8
1970 25.9 18.9
1971 26.3 19
1972 26.8 19.1
1973 27.2 19.3
1974 27.6 19.6
1975 28 19.9
1976 28.4 20.2
1977 28.7 20.7
1978 29.2 21.1
1979 29.6 21.6
1980 30 22.1
1981 30.3 22.5
1982 30.6 22.8
1983 30.9 23.3
1984 31.2 23.7
1985 31.4 24.2
1986 31.7 24.8
1987 32 25.3
1988 32.4 25.8
1989 32.7 26.3
1990 33 26.7
1991 33.3 27.2
1992 33.7 27.8
1993 34 28.3
1994 34.3 28.9
1995 34.7 29.4
1996 35.1 29.8
1997 35.5 30.2
1998 35.8 30.7
1999 36.1 31.2
2000 36.4 31.7
2001 36.7 32.3
2002 37 32.8
2003 37.4 33.4
2004 37.7 33.9
2005 38.1 34.5
2006 38.4 35.2
2007 38.7 35.8
2008 39 36.4
2009 39.3 37
2010 39.6 37.6
2011 39.9 38.2
2012 40.2 38.8
2013 40.4 39.5
2014 40.6 40.2
2015 40.6 40.8
2016 40.6 41.4
2017 40.5 41.9
2018 40.2 42.5
2019 39.9 43.1
2020 39.9 43.8
2021 40.2 44.4
2022 40.8 44.9
2023 41.4 45.5
2024 41.8 46.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Malta South Korea
GNI, Atlas method
$19.9B
2024
$1.84T
2023
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36.3%
2025
23.3%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.72%
2022
5.81%
2022
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.56%
2023
2.81%
2023
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
569,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.35%
2025
-0.4%
2025
Unemployment rate
3.12%
2024
2.78%
2024
Services, % of GDP
80.8%
2024
58.4%
2023
Industry, % of GDP
11.4%
2024
31.6%
2023
Economic freedom index
66.8
2025
74
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.7%
2022
24.6%
2021
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2022
2.9%
2021
Number of millionaires n/a
1,295,674
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
2.95%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
30
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.00007%
2025
Listed domestic companies
34
2024
2,599
2024
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$4.29B
2024
$1.56T
2024
Total reserves including gold
$1.42B
2024
$418B
2024
Personal remittances received
$15.4M
2024
$7.45B
2024
International tourist arrivals
718,000
2020
2,519,000
2020
International tourism as share of exports
11.5%
2007
1.94%
2020
Banked people share
96.6%
2024
96.9%
2024

Energy

Malta South Korea
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,398 kg
2023
5,337 kg
2023
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$45.1
2023
$9.78
2023
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.68 megatons
2023
574 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
3.05 tons
2023
11.1 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
87.2%
2022
79.1%
2023
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
3.6%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.81%
2023
18.5%
2023
Net energy imports use share
404%
2023
84.6%
2023
Electric power consumption per capita
5,042 kWh
2023
11,426 kWh
2023
Renewable electricity output share
11.9%
2021
6.59%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
1.23%
2023
Nuclear share
0%
2021
29.6%
2023
Electricity access
100%
2023
100%
2023

Society

Malta South Korea
% of world population
0.007%
2024
0.64%
2024
Annual migration change
+6,323
2024
+75,963
2024
Urban population
95%
2024
81.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.76 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.35 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.1
2025
84.7
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
64
2024
Higher education index
72
2025
86
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.56
2023
0.53
2022
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.1
2019
8.6
2019
Visa free countries
172
2025
174
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.9%
2021
98.8%
2018
English speaking
88.3%
2023
20%
2025
People using the Internet
92.1%
2023
97.9%
2024

Health

Malta South Korea
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,353
2022
$3,270
2023
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,007
2022
$989
2023
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
84.5 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
0%
2023
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.28
2021
2.52
2021
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
32.2 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
4
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.5
2023
2.8
2023
Obesity rate
32.8%
2022
7.24%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
9.6%
2024
Air quality index
66
2025
45
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.7%
2022
20%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.11 liters
2020
7.79 liters
2020

Territory

Malta South Korea
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.07%
2025
Land area per capita
215.1 sq mi
2024
728 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
32 sq mi
2025
6,054 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1.78 sq mi
2025
24,158 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,401 mi
2001
68,794 mi
2018

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