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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Belarus was 9,133,712 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Belarus' population is 9,074,112 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Belarus' population is 15.5 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Belarus is ranked the 101st most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.12% of the world: 0.11% for Belarus vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Belarus has had an average growth rate of -0.3% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of Belarus has decreased from 9.66M people to 9.07M (6.1% decline), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 593K people, while Belarus' population already peaked in 1993 at 10.2M people and is projected to decrease to 4.39M people by 2100.

Belarus vs Malta: live population counter

Belarus Malta
Current population
9074112
583596
Population rank 101/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.11% 0.007%
One net population change
11.8 minutes
24.3 minutes
One birth every
8.02 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
4.29 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
2.81 hours
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -3,119 +6,323
Daily growth/decline -122 +59
Annual growth/decline -44,586 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate -0.49% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 185/197 7/197

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

Belarus
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Belarus Malta Belarus Malta
1960 8,198,000 326,550 - -
1961 8,271,216 325,250 0.89% -0.4%
1962 8,351,928 323,900 0.98% -0.42%
1963 8,437,232 322,550 1.02% -0.42%
1964 8,524,224 321,250 1.03% -0.4%
1965 8,610,000 318,800 1.01% -0.76%
1966 8,696,496 315,200 1% -1.13%
1967 8,785,648 311,550 1.03% -1.16%
1968 8,874,552 307,900 1.01% -1.17%
1969 8,960,304 304,300 0.97% -1.17%
1970 9,040,000 302,650 0.89% -0.54%
1971 9,115,576 302,700 0.84% 0.02%
1972 9,188,968 302,450 0.81% -0.08%
1973 9,257,272 302,200 0.74% -0.08%
1974 9,317,584 301,996 0.65% -0.07%
1975 9,367,000 304,222 0.53% 0.74%
1976 9,411,000 305,774 0.47% 0.51%
1977 9,463,000 306,970 0.55% 0.39%
1978 9,525,000 310,182 0.66% 1.05%
1979 9,584,000 313,342 0.62% 1.02%
1980 9,643,000 316,645 0.62% 1.05%
1981 9,710,000 318,982 0.69% 0.74%
1982 9,776,000 325,898 0.68% 2.17%
1983 9,843,000 330,524 0.69% 1.42%
1984 9,910,000 330,593 0.68% 0.02%
1985 9,975,000 336,452 0.66% 1.77%
1986 10,043,000 342,121 0.68% 1.68%
1987 10,111,000 344,485 0.68% 0.69%
1988 10,140,000 347,325 0.29% 0.82%
1989 10,170,000 350,722 0.3% 0.98%
1990 10,189,348 354,170 0.19% 0.98%
1991 10,194,050 363,845 0.05% 2.73%
1992 10,216,470 367,618 0.22% 1.04%
1993 10,239,050 371,308 0.22% 1%
1994 10,226,955 374,797 -0.12% 0.94%
1995 10,193,831 377,419 -0.32% 0.7%
1996 10,159,569 379,905 -0.34% 0.66%
1997 10,117,433 382,791 -0.41% 0.76%
1998 10,071,963 385,287 -0.45% 0.65%
1999 10,026,738 387,578 -0.45% 0.59%
2000 9,979,610 390,087 -0.47% 0.65%
2001 9,928,549 393,028 -0.51% 0.75%
2002 9,865,548 395,969 -0.63% 0.75%
2003 9,796,749 398,582 -0.7% 0.66%
2004 9,730,146 401,268 -0.68% 0.67%
2005 9,663,915 403,834 -0.68% 0.64%
2006 9,604,924 405,308 -0.61% 0.37%
2007 9,560,953 406,724 -0.46% 0.35%
2008 9,527,985 409,379 -0.34% 0.65%
2009 9,504,583 412,477 -0.25% 0.76%
2010 9,483,836 414,508 -0.22% 0.49%
2011 9,461,643 416,268 -0.23% 0.42%
2012 9,446,836 420,028 -0.16% 0.9%
2013 9,443,211 424,810 -0.04% 1.14%
2014 9,448,515 433,481 0.06% 2.04%
2015 9,461,076 444,220 0.13% 2.48%
2016 9,469,379 454,505 0.09% 2.32%
2017 9,458,989 467,106 -0.11% 2.77%
2018 9,438,785 483,903 -0.21% 3.6%
2019 9,419,758 503,912 -0.2% 4.13%
2020 9,379,952 515,490 -0.42% 2.3%
2021 9,302,585 518,150 -0.82% 0.52%
2022 9,228,071 531,113 -0.8% 2.5%
2023 9,178,298 552,747 -0.54% 4.07%
2024 9,133,712 574,346 -0.49% 3.91%
2025 9,074,112 580,514 -0.65% 1.07%
2026 9,013,013 584,351 -0.67% 0.66%
2027 8,951,103 586,444 -0.69% 0.36%
2028 8,888,816 588,290 -0.7% 0.31%
2029 8,825,470 589,776 -0.71% 0.25%
2030 8,761,505 590,973 -0.72% 0.2%
2031 8,697,799 591,921 -0.73% 0.16%
2032 8,634,092 592,622 -0.73% 0.12%
2033 8,570,188 592,974 -0.74% 0.06%
2034 8,506,564 592,827 -0.74% -0.02%
2035 8,443,463 592,332 -0.74% -0.08%
2036 8,380,891 591,668 -0.74% -0.11%
2037 8,318,818 590,830 -0.74% -0.14%
2038 8,256,896 589,771 -0.74% -0.18%
2039 8,194,864 588,528 -0.75% -0.21%
2040 8,133,047 587,256 -0.75% -0.22%
2041 8,071,502 585,895 -0.76% -0.23%
2042 8,010,552 584,467 -0.76% -0.24%
2043 7,950,255 582,966 -0.75% -0.26%
2044 7,889,949 581,355 -0.76% -0.28%
2045 7,829,484 579,693 -0.77% -0.29%
2046 7,768,823 577,954 -0.77% -0.3%
2047 7,707,590 576,050 -0.79% -0.33%
2048 7,645,086 574,050 -0.81% -0.35%
2049 7,581,407 572,187 -0.83% -0.32%
2050 7,516,925 570,210 -0.85% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Belarus decreased by 202,839 people (a 2.1% decline), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Belarus lost -386,964 (a 4.09% decline), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Belarus was ranked 82nd most populous country in 2005 and is 101st in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Belarus' population will shrink by 17.2% to 7,516,925 people with a rank change from 101st to 114th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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