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Population in Austria compared to Malta: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Austria was 9,177,982 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Austria's population is 9,164,347 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Austria's population is 15.8 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Austria is ranked the 99th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.11% for Austria vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Austria has had an average growth rate of +0.72% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
  • Since 2006, the population of Austria has increased from 8.27M people to 9.16M (10.8% growth), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
  • Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 587K people, while Austria's population already peaked in 2024 at 9.18M people and is projected to decrease to 7.45M people by 2100.

Austria vs Malta: live population counter

Austria Malta
Current population
9164347
578778
Population rank 99/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 0.007%
One net population change
11.4 minutes
32.6 minutes
One birth every
6.77 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
5.87 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
59.6 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change +8,813 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +127 +44
Annual growth/decline +46,221 +16,100
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% +2.91%
Population growth rate rank 132/197 19/197

Austria and Malta: population history and growth rate by year chart

Austria
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Austria Malta Austria Malta
1960 7,047,539 326,550 - -
1961 7,086,299 325,250 0.55% -0.4%
1962 7,129,864 323,900 0.61% -0.42%
1963 7,175,811 322,550 0.64% -0.42%
1964 7,223,801 321,250 0.67% -0.4%
1965 7,270,889 318,800 0.65% -0.76%
1966 7,322,066 315,200 0.7% -1.13%
1967 7,376,998 311,550 0.75% -1.16%
1968 7,415,403 307,900 0.52% -1.17%
1969 7,441,055 304,300 0.35% -1.17%
1970 7,467,086 302,650 0.35% -0.54%
1971 7,500,482 302,700 0.45% 0.02%
1972 7,544,201 302,450 0.58% -0.08%
1973 7,586,115 302,200 0.56% -0.08%
1974 7,599,038 301,996 0.17% -0.07%
1975 7,578,903 304,222 -0.26% 0.74%
1976 7,565,525 305,774 -0.18% 0.51%
1977 7,568,430 306,970 0.04% 0.39%
1978 7,562,305 310,182 -0.08% 1.05%
1979 7,549,425 313,342 -0.17% 1.02%
1980 7,549,433 316,645 0% 1.05%
1981 7,568,710 318,982 0.26% 0.74%
1982 7,574,140 325,898 0.07% 2.17%
1983 7,561,910 330,524 -0.16% 1.42%
1984 7,561,434 330,593 -0.006% 0.02%
1985 7,564,985 336,452 0.05% 1.77%
1986 7,569,794 342,121 0.06% 1.68%
1987 7,574,586 344,485 0.06% 0.69%
1988 7,585,317 347,325 0.14% 0.82%
1989 7,619,567 350,722 0.45% 0.98%
1990 7,677,850 354,170 0.76% 0.98%
1991 7,754,891 363,845 1% 2.73%
1992 7,840,709 367,618 1.11% 1.04%
1993 7,905,633 371,308 0.83% 1%
1994 7,936,118 374,797 0.39% 0.94%
1995 7,948,278 377,419 0.15% 0.7%
1996 7,959,017 379,905 0.14% 0.66%
1997 7,968,041 382,791 0.11% 0.76%
1998 7,976,789 385,287 0.11% 0.65%
1999 7,992,324 387,578 0.19% 0.59%
2000 8,011,566 390,087 0.24% 0.65%
2001 8,042,293 393,028 0.38% 0.75%
2002 8,081,957 395,969 0.49% 0.75%
2003 8,121,423 398,582 0.49% 0.66%
2004 8,171,966 401,268 0.62% 0.67%
2005 8,227,829 403,834 0.68% 0.64%
2006 8,268,641 405,308 0.5% 0.37%
2007 8,295,487 406,724 0.32% 0.35%
2008 8,321,496 409,379 0.31% 0.65%
2009 8,343,323 412,477 0.26% 0.76%
2010 8,363,404 414,508 0.24% 0.49%
2011 8,391,643 416,268 0.34% 0.42%
2012 8,429,991 420,028 0.46% 0.9%
2013 8,479,823 424,810 0.59% 1.14%
2014 8,546,356 433,481 0.78% 2.04%
2015 8,642,699 444,220 1.13% 2.48%
2016 8,736,668 454,505 1.09% 2.32%
2017 8,797,566 467,106 0.7% 2.77%
2018 8,840,521 483,903 0.49% 3.6%
2019 8,879,920 503,912 0.45% 4.13%
2020 8,916,864 515,490 0.42% 2.3%
2021 8,955,797 518,150 0.44% 0.52%
2022 9,041,851 531,113 0.96% 2.5%
2023 9,131,761 552,747 0.99% 4.07%
2024 9,177,982 568,847 0.51% 2.91%
2025 9,170,698 574,955 -0.08% 1.07%
2026 9,164,347 578,756 -0.07% 0.66%
2027 9,158,537 580,829 -0.06% 0.36%
2028 9,153,285 582,657 -0.06% 0.31%
2029 9,146,737 584,129 -0.07% 0.25%
2030 9,137,256 585,315 -0.1% 0.2%
2031 9,125,926 586,254 -0.12% 0.16%
2032 9,113,265 586,948 -0.14% 0.12%
2033 9,100,164 587,297 -0.14% 0.06%
2034 9,086,003 587,151 -0.16% -0.02%
2035 9,070,703 586,661 -0.17% -0.08%
2036 9,055,647 586,003 -0.17% -0.11%
2037 9,038,995 585,174 -0.18% -0.14%
2038 9,022,606 584,125 -0.18% -0.18%
2039 9,006,886 582,893 -0.17% -0.21%
2040 8,990,060 581,634 -0.19% -0.22%
2041 8,973,446 580,285 -0.18% -0.23%
2042 8,956,456 578,871 -0.19% -0.24%
2043 8,938,855 577,384 -0.2% -0.26%
2044 8,920,058 575,789 -0.21% -0.28%
2045 8,900,167 574,143 -0.22% -0.29%
2046 8,879,512 572,420 -0.23% -0.3%
2047 8,857,072 570,534 -0.25% -0.33%
2048 8,832,859 568,553 -0.27% -0.35%
2049 8,806,607 566,709 -0.3% -0.32%
2050 8,779,015 564,751 -0.31% -0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Austria increased by 468,027 people (a 5.66% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Austria gained 427,679 (a 4.9% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Austria was ranked 91st most populous country in 2006 and is 99th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Austria's population will shrink by 4.2% to 8,779,015 people with a rank change from 99th to 108th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.

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