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Malta vs Taiwan statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

Malta has a population of 574K (ranked 167/197), compared with 23.4M in Taiwan (ranked 60/197). Malta's land area is 123.6 sq mi versus 13,976 sq mi for Taiwan (ranked 187th vs. 133rd).

By GDP, Malta ranks 120/197 ($24.3B) and Taiwan ranks 22/197 ($797B). By GDP per capita, Malta ranks 28/197 ($42,347), while Taiwan ranks 34/197 ($34,041).

Main facts and rankings

Malta Taiwan
Population
583596
23308308
Population rank 167/197 60/197
GDP
$24.3B
2024
$797B
2024
GDP rank 120/197 22/197
GDP per capita
$42,347
2024
$34,041
2024
GDP per capita rank 28/197 34/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$67,364
2024
$50,500
2017
Government debt
$11.8B
2024
$209B
2024
Debt-to-GDP ratio
49.3%
2025
24%
2025
Government debt per person
$20,574
2024
$8,907
2024
Government debt per person rank 30/185 61/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$21,451
2025
$17,771
2025
Land area
123.6 sq mi
2025
13,976 sq mi
2025
Population density
4,649 ppl/mi²
2024
1,675 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
1.06
2023
0.89
2024
Median age
41.8 years
2024
45.1 years
2024
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
80.9 years
2025

Malta and Taiwan: Comparison Charts

Malta and Taiwan economies compared

GDP
Malta

Taiwan
Year GDP
Malta Taiwan
1961 - $1,778,000,000
1962 - $1,960,000,000
1963 - $2,218,000,000
1964 - $2,592,000,000
1965 - $2,869,000,000
1966 - $3,207,000,000
1967 - $3,709,000,000
1968 - $4,325,000,000
1969 - $5,017,000,000
1970 $250,728,796 $5,785,000,000
1971 $264,578,485 $6,727,000,000
1972 $295,106,628 $8,063,000,000
1973 $345,616,106 $10,940,000,000
1974 $376,081,124 $14,739,000,000
1975 $474,618,321 $15,836,000,000
1976 $527,936,989 $18,988,000,000
1977 $625,563,171 $22,252,000,000
1978 $793,673,402 $27,373,000,000
1979 $1,001,288,847 $33,875,000,000
1980 $1,250,198,601 $42,292,000,000
1981 $1,243,509,394 $49,047,000,000
1982 $1,234,474,404 $49,540,000,000
1983 $1,165,729,707 $54,155,000,000
1984 $1,101,807,023 $61,036,000,000
1985 $1,117,797,439 $63,599,000,000
1986 $1,435,038,441 $78,347,000,000
1987 $1,751,293,461 $104,956,000,000
1988 $2,019,503,068 $126,378,000,000
1989 $2,118,655,677 $152,687,000,000
1990 $2,547,328,748 $166,392,000,000
1991 $2,750,216,747 $187,100,000,000
1992 $3,021,942,759 $222,947,000,000
1993 $2,709,193,538 $234,943,000,000
1994 $2,998,505,428 $256,213,000,000
1995 $3,709,360,097 $279,013,000,000
1996 $3,822,489,746 $292,473,000,000
1997 $3,787,070,704 $303,315,000,000
1998 $4,010,092,091 $279,926,000,000
1999 $4,111,891,845 $303,827,000,000
2000 $4,036,809,865 $330,725,000,000
2001 $4,070,867,153 $299,303,000,000
2002 $4,455,127,398 $307,429,000,000
2003 $5,418,315,225 $317,374,000,000
2004 $6,104,141,501 $346,881,000,000
2005 $6,393,234,965 $374,042,000,000
2006 $6,749,838,862 $386,492,000,000
2007 $7,908,412,374 $406,940,000,000
2008 $9,135,419,490 $415,824,000,000
2009 $8,734,745,632 $390,788,000,000
2010 $9,097,044,182 $444,245,000,000
2011 $9,789,361,705 $483,957,000,000
2012 $9,609,532,106 $495,536,000,000
2013 $10,796,782,634 $512,957,000,000
2014 $11,888,032,862 $535,332,000,000
2015 $11,340,795,033 $534,474,000,000
2016 $12,025,782,885 $543,002,000,000
2017 $14,161,366,733 $591,734,000,000
2018 $16,153,779,511 $610,744,000,000
2019 $16,337,793,531 $613,453,000,000
2020 $16,409,900,599 $676,935,000,000
2021 $19,723,563,355 $777,062,000,000
2022 $19,239,187,084 $765,529,000,000
2023 $22,210,718,401 $757,276,000,000
2024 $24,322,006,608 $796,904,000,000

Malta and Taiwan economies compared

GDP per capita
Malta

Taiwan
Year GDP per capita
Malta Taiwan
1961 - $161.2
1962 - $172
1963 - $188.6
1964 - $213.6
1965 - $229.3
1966 - $249.1
1967 - $280.8
1968 - $319
1969 - $357
1970 $828 $397
1971 $874 $451
1972 $976 $530
1973 $1,144 $706
1974 $1,245 $934
1975 $1,560 $985
1976 $1,727 $1,158
1977 $2,038 $1,330
1978 $2,559 $1,606
1979 $3,196 $1,950
1980 $3,948 $2,389
1981 $3,898 $2,720
1982 $3,788 $2,699
1983 $3,527 $2,903
1984 $3,333 $3,224
1985 $3,322 $3,314
1986 $4,195 $4,036
1987 $5,084 $5,350
1988 $5,814 $6,370
1989 $6,041 $7,613
1990 $7,192 $8,205
1991 $7,559 $9,125
1992 $8,220 $10,768
1993 $7,296 $11,242
1994 $8,000 $12,150
1995 $9,828 $13,119
1996 $10,062 $13,641
1997 $9,893 $14,020
1998 $10,408 $12,820
1999 $10,609 $13,804
2000 $10,348 $14,908
2001 $10,358 $13,397
2002 $11,251 $13,686
2003 $13,594 $14,066
2004 $15,212 $15,317
2005 $15,831 $16,456
2006 $16,654 $16,934
2007 $19,444 $17,757
2008 $22,315 $18,081
2009 $21,176 $16,933
2010 $21,947 $19,197
2011 $23,517 $20,866
2012 $22,878 $21,295
2013 $25,416 $21,973
2014 $27,425 $22,874
2015 $25,530 $22,780
2016 $26,459 $23,091
2017 $30,317 $25,121
2018 $33,382 $25,901
2019 $32,422 $25,998
2020 $31,834 $28,705
2021 $38,065 $33,111
2022 $36,224 $32,827
2023 $40,182 $32,442
2024 $42,347 $34,041

Malta vs. Taiwan life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Malta

Taiwan
Year Life expectancy, years
Malta Taiwan
1950 63.5 56.6
1951 63.9 57.2
1952 64.1 57.9
1953 64.3 58.6
1954 65.1 58.9
1955 66.3 59.8
1956 66.8 60.3
1957 67.5 61
1958 67.8 61
1959 68.4 61.6
1960 68.4 62.5
1961 68.4 63
1962 69.2 63.8
1963 69.2 64.5
1964 69.3 64.9
1965 69.5 65.7
1966 69.7 66.1
1967 69.8 66.7
1968 69.9 66.8
1969 70.1 67.7
1970 70.4 69
1971 70.1 69.4
1972 70.7 69.6
1973 71.3 69.8
1974 71.9 70.3
1975 72.1 70.9
1976 72.2 71.2
1977 72.3 71.3
1978 72.3 71.7
1979 72.5 71.7
1980 72.3 72
1981 72.4 72
1982 72.8 72.4
1983 73.1 72.4
1984 73.3 73
1985 73.9 73.3
1986 74.5 73.3
1987 75.3 73.6
1988 75.9 73.4
1989 76.2 73.7
1990 76.2 73.9
1991 76.5 74.3
1992 76.7 74.3
1993 76.8 74.6
1994 76.9 74.7
1995 77 74.6
1996 76.3 74.9
1997 77.3 75.3
1998 77.8 75.5
1999 77.8 75.6
2000 77.9 76.1
2001 78.9 76.5
2002 78.5 76.9
2003 78.7 77
2004 79.2 77.2
2005 79.5 77.1
2006 79.6 77.8
2007 79.7 78
2008 79.7 78.3
2009 80.4 78.7
2010 81.4 79
2011 80.8 78.9
2012 81.1 79.2
2013 81.8 79.6
2014 82.3 79.5
2015 82.6 79.9
2016 82.7 79.7
2017 83.1 80.1
2018 82.9 80.4
2019 82.8 80.6
2020 82.3 81.1
2021 82.3 80.8
2022 82.2 80.2
2023 83.3 80.6
2024 83.5 80.7
2025 83.6 80.9

Malta and Taiwan population clocks and comparison

Population
Malta

Taiwan
Year Population
Malta Taiwan
1960 326,550 -
1961 325,250 11,030,385
1962 323,900 11,392,513
1963 322,550 11,762,101
1964 321,250 12,137,143
1965 318,800 12,511,863
1966 315,200 12,874,153
1967 311,550 13,210,344
1968 307,900 13,548,537
1969 304,300 14,068,984
1970 302,650 14,582,944
1971 302,700 14,913,564
1972 302,450 15,220,495
1973 302,200 15,505,121
1974 301,996 15,784,817
1975 304,222 16,075,128
1976 305,774 16,401,413
1977 306,970 16,730,895
1978 310,182 17,042,272
1979 313,342 17,372,779
1980 316,645 17,704,538
1981 318,982 18,029,982
1982 325,898 18,354,855
1983 330,524 18,653,146
1984 330,593 18,929,866
1985 336,452 19,191,510
1986 342,121 19,411,454
1987 344,485 19,617,046
1988 347,325 19,839,704
1989 350,722 20,055,492
1990 354,170 20,278,946
1991 363,845 20,503,568
1992 367,618 20,704,227
1993 371,308 20,899,019
1994 374,797 21,086,645
1995 377,419 21,267,653
1996 379,905 21,441,432
1997 382,791 21,634,124
1998 385,287 21,835,703
1999 387,578 22,010,489
2000 390,087 22,184,530
2001 393,028 22,341,120
2002 395,969 22,463,172
2003 398,582 22,562,663
2004 401,268 22,646,836
2005 403,834 22,729,753
2006 405,308 22,823,455
2007 406,724 22,917,444
2008 409,379 22,997,696
2009 412,477 23,078,402
2010 414,508 23,140,948
2011 416,268 23,193,518
2012 420,028 23,270,367
2013 424,810 23,344,670
2014 433,481 23,403,635
2015 444,220 23,462,914
2016 454,505 23,515,945
2017 467,106 23,555,522
2018 483,903 23,580,080
2019 503,912 23,596,027
2020 515,490 23,582,179
2021 518,150 23,468,275
2022 531,113 23,319,977
2023 552,747 23,342,541
2024 574,346 23,410,331

Fertility rates in Malta and Taiwan

Fertility rate
Malta

Taiwan
Year Fertility rate
Malta Taiwan
1951 - 7.04
1952 - -
1953 - -
1954 - -
1955 - -
1956 - -
1957 - -
1958 - -
1959 - -
1960 3.62 -
1961 3.27 -
1962 3.24 -
1963 2.9 -
1964 2.79 -
1965 2.52 -
1966 2.33 -
1967 2.24 -
1968 2.12 -
1969 2.02 -
1970 2.03 -
1971 2.06 -
1972 2.01 -
1973 1.65 -
1974 1.64 -
1975 2.27 -
1976 2.21 -
1977 2.14 -
1978 2.05 -
1979 2.1 -
1980 1.99 -
1981 1.87 2.46
1982 1.9 -
1983 1.92 -
1984 1.95 -
1985 1.95 -
1986 1.93 -
1987 1.97 -
1988 2.06 -
1989 2.1 -
1990 2.02 -
1991 1.99 1.72
1992 2.07 -
1993 1.96 -
1994 1.84 -
1995 1.77 -
1996 1.99 -
1997 1.93 -
1998 1.84 -
1999 1.73 -
2000 1.68 -
2001 1.48 1.4
2002 1.45 -
2003 1.48 -
2004 1.4 -
2005 1.38 -
2006 1.36 -
2007 1.35 -
2008 1.43 -
2009 1.42 -
2010 1.36 -
2011 1.45 1.07
2012 1.42 -
2013 1.36 -
2014 1.38 -
2015 1.37 1.18
2016 1.37 1.17
2017 1.26 1.13
2018 1.23 1.06
2019 1.14 1.05
2020 1.13 0.99
2021 1.13 0.98
2022 1.08 0.87
2023 1.06 0.87
2024 - 0.89

Malta and Taiwan demographics compared

Median age
Malta

Taiwan
Year Median age, years
Malta Taiwan
1960 23.6 -
1961 23.8 -
1962 24 -
1963 24.2 -
1964 24.4 -
1965 24.5 -
1966 24.6 -
1967 24.8 -
1968 25 -
1969 25.5 -
1970 25.9 -
1971 26.3 -
1972 26.8 -
1973 27.2 -
1974 27.6 20.8
1975 28 21.2
1976 28.4 21.5
1977 28.7 21.9
1978 29.2 22.3
1979 29.6 22.6
1980 30 23
1981 30.3 23.4
1982 30.6 23.8
1983 30.9 24.1
1984 31.2 24.6
1985 31.4 25.1
1986 31.7 25.6
1987 32 26.1
1988 32.4 26.5
1989 32.7 27
1990 33 27.5
1991 33.3 28
1992 33.7 28.4
1993 34 28.9
1994 34.3 29.4
1995 34.7 29.8
1996 35.1 30.3
1997 35.5 30.7
1998 35.8 31.2
1999 36.1 31.6
2000 36.4 32.1
2001 36.7 32.6
2002 37 33.1
2003 37.4 33.6
2004 37.7 34.1
2005 38.1 34.7
2006 38.4 35.2
2007 38.7 35.8
2008 39 36.3
2009 39.3 36.8
2010 39.6 37.4
2011 39.9 37.9
2012 40.2 38.3
2013 40.4 38.9
2014 40.6 39.3
2015 40.6 39.9
2016 40.6 40.4
2017 40.5 41
2018 40.2 41.5
2019 39.9 42.1
2020 39.9 42.7
2021 40.2 43.3
2022 40.8 43.9
2023 41.4 44.5
2024 41.8 45.1

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Malta Taiwan
GNI, Atlas method
$19.9B
2024
$825B
2024
Government expenditure, % of GDP
36.3%
2025
15.9%
2024
Education expenditure, % of GDP
4.72%
2022
n/a
Military expenditure, % of GDP
0.56%
2023
n/a
Armed forces personnel
2,000
2020
n/a
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
-3.35%
2025
+0.43%
2024
Unemployment rate
3.12%
2024
3.38%
2024
Services, % of GDP
80.8%
2024
58.8%
2024
Industry, % of GDP
11.4%
2024
39.8%
2024
Economic freedom index
66.8
2025
79.7
2025
Income share by richest 10%
27.7%
2022
n/a
Income share by poorest 10%
2.7%
2022
n/a
Number of millionaires n/a
788,799
2024
Percentage of millionaires n/a
4.01%
2024
Number of billionaires n/a
54
2025
Percentage of billionaires n/a
0.0003%
2025
Listed domestic companies
34
2024
n/a
Market capitalization of domestic companies
$4.29B
2024
n/a
Total reserves including gold
$1.42B
2024
n/a
Personal remittances received
$15.4M
2024
n/a
International tourist arrivals
718,000
2020
n/a
International tourism as share of exports
11.5%
2007
n/a
Banked people share
96.6%
2024
n/a

Energy

Malta Taiwan
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
1,398 kg
2023
2,308 kg
2024
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$45.1
2023
n/a
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
1.68 megatons
2023
273.7 megatons
2022
CO2 emissions per capita
3.05 tons
2023
11.7 tons
2022
Fossil fuel energy use share
87.2%
2022
n/a
Renewable energy use share
8.6%
2021
n/a
Alternative and nuclear energy use share
3.81%
2023
n/a
Net energy imports use share
404%
2023
n/a
Electric power consumption per capita
5,042 kWh
2023
n/a
Renewable electricity output share
11.9%
2021
n/a
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
n/a
Nuclear share
0%
2021
n/a
Electricity access
100%
2023
n/a

Society

Malta Taiwan
% of world population
0.007%
2024
0.29%
2024
Annual migration change
+6,323
2024
+47,029
2024
Urban population
95%
2024
n/a
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.72 ft
2025
5.69 ft
2025
Average female height
5.35 ft
2025
5.27 ft
2025
Quality of life index
80.1
2025
78.9
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
46
2024
67
2024
Higher education index
72
2025
88
2025
Homicides per 100K people
0.56
2023
0.8
2015
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
4.1
2019
2
2024
Visa free countries
172
2025
129
2025
Adult literacy rate
94.9%
2021
98.5%
2014
English speaking
88.3%
2023
30%
2025
People using the Internet
92.1%
2023
n/a

Health

Malta Taiwan
Government health expenditure per capita
$3,353
2022
n/a
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$1,007
2022
n/a
Life expectancy
83.6 years
2025
80.9 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
0%
2022
n/a
Physicians per 1,000 people
4.28
2021
n/a
Age at first childbirth
29.8 years
2023
n/a
Maternal mortality per 100K births
8
2023
14
2024
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
5.5
2023
n/a
Obesity rate
32.8%
2022
11.3%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
10%
2024
n/a
Air quality index
66
2025
55
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
24.7%
2022
n/a
Pure alcohol consumption per capita
7.11 liters
2020
n/a

Territory

Malta Taiwan
% of world land
0.0002%
2025
0.02%
2025
Land area per capita
215.1 sq mi
2024
597 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
32 sq mi
2025
3,000 sq mi
2025
Forest area
1.78 sq mi
2025
8,495 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,401 mi
2001
25,771 mi
2019

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