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Population in Equatorial Guinea compared to Malta: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Equatorial Guinea was 1,892,516 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Equatorial Guinea's population is 1,984,968 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Equatorial Guinea's population is 3.43 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Equatorial Guinea is ranked the 148th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.02% for Equatorial Guinea vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Equatorial Guinea has had an average growth rate of +3.15% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
  • Since 2006, the population of Equatorial Guinea has increased from 990K people to 1.98M (100.4% growth), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
  • Equatorial Guinea is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5M people compared to the peak of 587K people in 2033 for Malta.

Equatorial Guinea vs Malta: live population counter

Equatorial Guinea Malta
Current population
1984968
578778
Population rank 148/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.02% 0.007%
One net population change
11.7 minutes
32.6 minutes
One birth every
9.61 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
36.1 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
2.25 hours
1.39 hours
Annual migration change +3,891 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +123 +44
Annual growth/decline +44,967 +16,100
Annual growth/decline rate +2.43% +2.91%
Population growth rate rank 30/197 19/197

Equatorial Guinea and Malta: population history and growth rate by year chart

Equatorial Guinea
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Equatorial Guinea Malta Equatorial Guinea Malta
1960 269,807 326,550 - -
1961 274,896 325,250 1.89% -0.4%
1962 280,286 323,900 1.96% -0.42%
1963 285,965 322,550 2.03% -0.42%
1964 291,942 321,250 2.09% -0.4%
1965 298,238 318,800 2.16% -0.76%
1966 304,859 315,200 2.22% -1.13%
1967 311,805 311,550 2.28% -1.16%
1968 318,849 307,900 2.26% -1.17%
1969 322,517 304,300 1.15% -1.17%
1970 320,803 302,650 -0.53% -0.54%
1971 315,940 302,700 -1.52% 0.02%
1972 309,468 302,450 -2.05% -0.08%
1973 302,281 302,200 -2.32% -0.08%
1974 294,953 301,996 -2.42% -0.07%
1975 287,901 304,222 -2.39% 0.74%
1976 281,031 305,774 -2.39% 0.51%
1977 276,779 306,970 -1.51% 0.39%
1978 276,531 310,182 -0.09% 1.05%
1979 279,846 313,342 1.2% 1.02%
1980 288,644 316,645 3.14% 1.05%
1981 303,252 318,982 5.06% 0.74%
1982 322,216 325,898 6.25% 2.17%
1983 343,421 330,524 6.58% 1.42%
1984 364,899 330,593 6.25% 0.02%
1985 385,547 336,452 5.66% 1.77%
1986 404,728 342,121 4.98% 1.68%
1987 422,522 344,485 4.4% 0.69%
1988 439,651 347,325 4.05% 0.82%
1989 456,808 350,722 3.9% 0.98%
1990 474,274 354,170 3.82% 0.98%
1991 492,217 363,845 3.78% 2.73%
1992 510,770 367,618 3.77% 1.04%
1993 530,023 371,308 3.77% 1%
1994 550,138 374,797 3.8% 0.94%
1995 571,264 377,419 3.84% 0.7%
1996 593,492 379,905 3.89% 0.66%
1997 616,893 382,791 3.94% 0.76%
1998 641,474 385,287 3.98% 0.65%
1999 667,214 387,578 4.01% 0.59%
2000 703,279 390,087 5.41% 0.65%
2001 749,836 393,028 6.62% 0.75%
2002 797,957 395,969 6.42% 0.75%
2003 847,862 398,582 6.25% 0.66%
2004 899,917 401,268 6.14% 0.67%
2005 947,367 403,834 5.27% 0.64%
2006 990,343 405,308 4.54% 0.37%
2007 1,036,044 406,724 4.61% 0.35%
2008 1,084,530 409,379 4.68% 0.65%
2009 1,135,673 412,477 4.72% 0.76%
2010 1,189,085 414,508 4.7% 0.49%
2011 1,241,835 416,268 4.44% 0.42%
2012 1,293,483 420,028 4.16% 0.9%
2013 1,346,218 424,810 4.08% 1.14%
2014 1,399,828 433,481 3.98% 2.04%
2015 1,453,923 444,220 3.86% 2.48%
2016 1,508,186 454,505 3.73% 2.32%
2017 1,562,396 467,106 3.59% 2.77%
2018 1,616,422 483,903 3.46% 3.6%
2019 1,670,177 503,912 3.33% 4.13%
2020 1,716,468 515,490 2.77% 2.3%
2021 1,758,786 518,150 2.47% 0.52%
2022 1,803,545 531,113 2.54% 2.5%
2023 1,847,549 552,747 2.44% 4.07%
2024 1,892,516 568,847 2.43% 2.91%
2025 1,938,427 574,955 2.43% 1.07%
2026 1,984,463 578,756 2.37% 0.66%
2027 2,030,749 580,829 2.33% 0.36%
2028 2,077,253 582,657 2.29% 0.31%
2029 2,123,699 584,129 2.24% 0.25%
2030 2,170,434 585,315 2.2% 0.2%
2031 2,218,077 586,254 2.2% 0.16%
2032 2,267,025 586,948 2.21% 0.12%
2033 2,315,991 587,297 2.16% 0.06%
2034 2,364,847 587,151 2.11% -0.02%
2035 2,414,263 586,661 2.09% -0.08%
2036 2,463,880 586,003 2.06% -0.11%
2037 2,513,955 585,174 2.03% -0.14%
2038 2,564,843 584,125 2.02% -0.18%
2039 2,615,417 582,893 1.97% -0.21%
2040 2,665,575 581,634 1.92% -0.22%
2041 2,715,477 580,285 1.87% -0.23%
2042 2,764,764 578,871 1.82% -0.24%
2043 2,813,769 577,384 1.77% -0.26%
2044 2,862,511 575,789 1.73% -0.28%
2045 2,911,227 574,143 1.7% -0.29%
2046 2,959,088 572,420 1.64% -0.3%
2047 3,005,551 570,534 1.57% -0.33%
2048 3,051,480 568,553 1.53% -0.35%
2049 3,097,625 566,709 1.51% -0.32%
2050 3,143,719 564,751 1.49% -0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Equatorial Guinea increased by 517,843 people (a 52.3% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Equatorial Guinea gained 476,782 (a 31.6% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Equatorial Guinea was ranked 154th most populous country in 2006 and is 148th 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) Equatorial Guinea's population will grow by 58.4% to 3,143,719 people with a rank change from 148th to 140th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.

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