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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Denmark's population is 10.3 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people compared to the peak of 593K people in 2033 for Malta.

Denmark vs Malta: live population counter

Denmark Malta
Current population
6018959
583596
Population rank 114/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.007%
One net population change
17.5 minutes
24.3 minutes
One birth every
9.11 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
9.02 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
20.5 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change +25,639 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +82 +59
Annual growth/decline +30,040 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 133/197 7/197

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

Denmark
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Denmark Malta Denmark Malta
1960 4,579,603 326,550 - -
1961 4,611,687 325,250 0.7% -0.4%
1962 4,647,727 323,900 0.78% -0.42%
1963 4,684,483 322,550 0.79% -0.42%
1964 4,722,072 321,250 0.8% -0.4%
1965 4,759,012 318,800 0.78% -0.76%
1966 4,797,381 315,200 0.81% -1.13%
1967 4,835,354 311,550 0.79% -1.16%
1968 4,864,883 307,900 0.61% -1.17%
1969 4,891,860 304,300 0.55% -1.17%
1970 4,928,757 302,650 0.75% -0.54%
1971 4,963,126 302,700 0.7% 0.02%
1972 4,991,596 302,450 0.57% -0.08%
1973 5,021,861 302,200 0.61% -0.08%
1974 5,045,297 301,996 0.47% -0.07%
1975 5,059,862 304,222 0.29% 0.74%
1976 5,072,596 305,774 0.25% 0.51%
1977 5,088,419 306,970 0.31% 0.39%
1978 5,104,248 310,182 0.31% 1.05%
1979 5,116,801 313,342 0.25% 1.02%
1980 5,123,027 316,645 0.12% 1.05%
1981 5,121,572 318,982 -0.03% 0.74%
1982 5,117,810 325,898 -0.07% 2.17%
1983 5,114,297 330,524 -0.07% 1.42%
1984 5,111,619 330,593 -0.05% 0.02%
1985 5,113,691 336,452 0.04% 1.77%
1986 5,120,534 342,121 0.13% 1.68%
1987 5,127,024 344,485 0.13% 0.69%
1988 5,129,516 347,325 0.05% 0.82%
1989 5,132,594 350,722 0.06% 0.98%
1990 5,140,939 354,170 0.16% 0.98%
1991 5,154,298 363,845 0.26% 2.73%
1992 5,171,370 367,618 0.33% 1.04%
1993 5,188,628 371,308 0.33% 1%
1994 5,206,180 374,797 0.34% 0.94%
1995 5,233,373 377,419 0.52% 0.7%
1996 5,263,074 379,905 0.57% 0.66%
1997 5,284,991 382,791 0.42% 0.76%
1998 5,304,219 385,287 0.36% 0.65%
1999 5,321,799 387,578 0.33% 0.59%
2000 5,339,616 390,087 0.33% 0.65%
2001 5,358,783 393,028 0.36% 0.75%
2002 5,375,931 395,969 0.32% 0.75%
2003 5,390,574 398,582 0.27% 0.66%
2004 5,404,523 401,268 0.26% 0.67%
2005 5,419,432 403,834 0.28% 0.64%
2006 5,437,272 405,308 0.33% 0.37%
2007 5,461,438 406,724 0.44% 0.35%
2008 5,493,621 409,379 0.59% 0.65%
2009 5,523,095 412,477 0.54% 0.76%
2010 5,547,683 414,508 0.45% 0.49%
2011 5,570,572 416,268 0.41% 0.42%
2012 5,591,572 420,028 0.38% 0.9%
2013 5,614,932 424,810 0.42% 1.14%
2014 5,643,475 433,481 0.51% 2.04%
2015 5,683,483 444,220 0.71% 2.48%
2016 5,728,010 454,505 0.78% 2.32%
2017 5,764,980 467,106 0.65% 2.77%
2018 5,793,636 483,903 0.5% 3.6%
2019 5,814,422 503,912 0.36% 4.13%
2020 5,831,404 515,490 0.29% 2.3%
2021 5,856,733 518,150 0.43% 0.52%
2022 5,903,037 531,113 0.79% 2.5%
2023 5,946,952 552,747 0.74% 4.07%
2024 5,976,992 574,346 0.51% 3.91%
2025 6,002,090 580,514 0.42% 1.07%
2026 6,023,091 584,351 0.35% 0.66%
2027 6,041,010 586,444 0.3% 0.36%
2028 6,056,755 588,290 0.26% 0.31%
2029 6,070,186 589,776 0.22% 0.25%
2030 6,081,559 590,973 0.19% 0.2%
2031 6,091,513 591,921 0.16% 0.16%
2032 6,099,943 592,622 0.14% 0.12%
2033 6,107,156 592,974 0.12% 0.06%
2034 6,113,785 592,827 0.11% -0.02%
2035 6,119,365 592,332 0.09% -0.08%
2036 6,123,874 591,668 0.07% -0.11%
2037 6,127,386 590,830 0.06% -0.14%
2038 6,130,437 589,771 0.05% -0.18%
2039 6,132,752 588,528 0.04% -0.21%
2040 6,134,223 587,256 0.02% -0.22%
2041 6,135,120 585,895 0.01% -0.23%
2042 6,135,315 584,467 0.003% -0.24%
2043 6,135,244 582,966 -0.001% -0.26%
2044 6,134,789 581,355 -0.007% -0.28%
2045 6,134,218 579,693 -0.009% -0.29%
2046 6,133,182 577,954 -0.02% -0.3%
2047 6,131,427 576,050 -0.03% -0.33%
2048 6,129,548 574,050 -0.03% -0.35%
2049 6,127,293 572,187 -0.04% -0.32%
2050 6,124,397 570,210 -0.05% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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