The latest officially reported population of Estonia was 1,372,341 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Estonia's population is 1,342,600 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.
Population statistics:
- Estonia's population is 2.32 times bigger than Malta's.
- Estonia is ranked the 155th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
- The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.02% for Estonia vs 0.007% for Malta.
- For the last 10 years, Estonia has had an average growth rate of +0.37% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
- Since 2006, the population of Estonia has decreased from 1.35M people to 1.34M (0.31% decline), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
- Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 587K people, while Estonia's population already peaked in 1990 at 1.57M people and is projected to decrease to 833K people by 2100.
Estonia vs Malta: live population counter
Estonia
|
Malta
|
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
1342600
|
578778
|
| Population rank | 155/197 | 167/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.02% | 0.007% |
| One net population change |
4.26 hours
|
32.6 minutes
|
| One birth every |
47.9 minutes
|
1.96 hours
|
| One death every |
32.8 minutes
|
2.17 hours
|
| One migration net change every |
1.13 hours
|
1.39 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -7,742 | +6,323 |
| Daily growth/decline | +6 | +44 |
| Annual growth/decline | +2,055 | +16,100 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.15% | +2.91% |
| Population growth rate rank | 159/197 | 19/197 |
Estonia and Malta: population history and growth rate by year chart
Estonia
Population
Growth rate
Malta
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Estonia
|
Malta
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Estonia
|
Malta
|
|
| 1960 | 1,211,537 | 326,550 | - | - |
| 1961 | 1,225,077 | 325,250 | 1.12% | -0.4% |
| 1962 | 1,241,623 | 323,900 | 1.35% | -0.42% |
| 1963 | 1,258,857 | 322,550 | 1.39% | -0.42% |
| 1964 | 1,277,086 | 321,250 | 1.45% | -0.4% |
| 1965 | 1,294,566 | 318,800 | 1.37% | -0.76% |
| 1966 | 1,308,597 | 315,200 | 1.08% | -1.13% |
| 1967 | 1,318,946 | 311,550 | 0.79% | -1.16% |
| 1968 | 1,331,214 | 307,900 | 0.93% | -1.17% |
| 1969 | 1,345,249 | 304,300 | 1.05% | -1.17% |
| 1970 | 1,360,076 | 302,650 | 1.1% | -0.54% |
| 1971 | 1,376,955 | 302,700 | 1.24% | 0.02% |
| 1972 | 1,392,518 | 302,450 | 1.13% | -0.08% |
| 1973 | 1,405,951 | 302,200 | 0.96% | -0.08% |
| 1974 | 1,418,169 | 301,996 | 0.87% | -0.07% |
| 1975 | 1,429,352 | 304,222 | 0.79% | 0.74% |
| 1976 | 1,439,576 | 305,774 | 0.72% | 0.51% |
| 1977 | 1,450,211 | 306,970 | 0.74% | 0.39% |
| 1978 | 1,460,188 | 310,182 | 0.69% | 1.05% |
| 1979 | 1,468,333 | 313,342 | 0.56% | 1.02% |
| 1980 | 1,477,219 | 316,645 | 0.61% | 1.05% |
| 1981 | 1,487,666 | 318,982 | 0.71% | 0.74% |
| 1982 | 1,498,414 | 325,898 | 0.72% | 2.17% |
| 1983 | 1,508,745 | 330,524 | 0.69% | 1.42% |
| 1984 | 1,518,617 | 330,593 | 0.65% | 0.02% |
| 1985 | 1,528,781 | 336,452 | 0.67% | 1.77% |
| 1986 | 1,540,190 | 342,121 | 0.75% | 1.68% |
| 1987 | 1,552,221 | 344,485 | 0.78% | 0.69% |
| 1988 | 1,561,900 | 347,325 | 0.62% | 0.82% |
| 1989 | 1,568,131 | 350,722 | 0.4% | 0.98% |
| 1990 | 1,569,174 | 354,170 | 0.07% | 0.98% |
| 1991 | 1,561,314 | 363,845 | -0.5% | 2.73% |
| 1992 | 1,533,091 | 367,618 | -1.81% | 1.04% |
| 1993 | 1,494,128 | 371,308 | -2.54% | 1% |
| 1994 | 1,462,514 | 374,797 | -2.12% | 0.94% |
| 1995 | 1,436,634 | 377,419 | -1.77% | 0.7% |
| 1996 | 1,415,594 | 379,905 | -1.46% | 0.66% |
| 1997 | 1,399,535 | 382,791 | -1.13% | 0.76% |
| 1998 | 1,386,156 | 385,287 | -0.96% | 0.65% |
| 1999 | 1,390,244 | 387,578 | 0.29% | 0.59% |
| 2000 | 1,396,985 | 390,087 | 0.48% | 0.65% |
| 2001 | 1,388,115 | 393,028 | -0.63% | 0.75% |
| 2002 | 1,379,350 | 395,969 | -0.63% | 0.75% |
| 2003 | 1,370,720 | 398,582 | -0.63% | 0.66% |
| 2004 | 1,362,550 | 401,268 | -0.6% | 0.67% |
| 2005 | 1,354,775 | 403,834 | -0.57% | 0.64% |
| 2006 | 1,346,810 | 405,308 | -0.59% | 0.37% |
| 2007 | 1,340,680 | 406,724 | -0.46% | 0.35% |
| 2008 | 1,337,090 | 409,379 | -0.27% | 0.65% |
| 2009 | 1,334,515 | 412,477 | -0.19% | 0.76% |
| 2010 | 1,331,475 | 414,508 | -0.23% | 0.49% |
| 2011 | 1,327,439 | 416,268 | -0.3% | 0.42% |
| 2012 | 1,322,696 | 420,028 | -0.36% | 0.9% |
| 2013 | 1,317,997 | 424,810 | -0.36% | 1.14% |
| 2014 | 1,314,545 | 433,481 | -0.26% | 2.04% |
| 2015 | 1,315,407 | 444,220 | 0.07% | 2.48% |
| 2016 | 1,315,790 | 454,505 | 0.03% | 2.32% |
| 2017 | 1,317,384 | 467,106 | 0.12% | 2.77% |
| 2018 | 1,321,977 | 483,903 | 0.35% | 3.6% |
| 2019 | 1,326,898 | 503,912 | 0.37% | 4.13% |
| 2020 | 1,329,522 | 515,490 | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| 2021 | 1,330,932 | 518,150 | 0.11% | 0.52% |
| 2022 | 1,348,840 | 531,113 | 1.35% | 2.5% |
| 2023 | 1,370,286 | 552,747 | 1.59% | 4.07% |
| 2024 | 1,372,341 | 568,847 | 0.15% | 2.91% |
| 2025 | 1,355,886 | 574,955 | -1.2% | 1.07% |
| 2026 | 1,342,600 | 578,756 | -0.98% | 0.66% |
| 2027 | 1,335,442 | 580,829 | -0.53% | 0.36% |
| 2028 | 1,328,286 | 582,657 | -0.54% | 0.31% |
| 2029 | 1,321,161 | 584,129 | -0.54% | 0.25% |
| 2030 | 1,314,069 | 585,315 | -0.54% | 0.2% |
| 2031 | 1,306,958 | 586,254 | -0.54% | 0.16% |
| 2032 | 1,299,888 | 586,948 | -0.54% | 0.12% |
| 2033 | 1,292,910 | 587,297 | -0.54% | 0.06% |
| 2034 | 1,286,022 | 587,151 | -0.53% | -0.02% |
| 2035 | 1,279,261 | 586,661 | -0.53% | -0.08% |
| 2036 | 1,272,639 | 586,003 | -0.52% | -0.11% |
| 2037 | 1,266,148 | 585,174 | -0.51% | -0.14% |
| 2038 | 1,259,837 | 584,125 | -0.5% | -0.18% |
| 2039 | 1,253,640 | 582,893 | -0.49% | -0.21% |
| 2040 | 1,247,514 | 581,634 | -0.49% | -0.22% |
| 2041 | 1,241,398 | 580,285 | -0.49% | -0.23% |
| 2042 | 1,235,251 | 578,871 | -0.5% | -0.24% |
| 2043 | 1,229,108 | 577,384 | -0.5% | -0.26% |
| 2044 | 1,222,903 | 575,789 | -0.5% | -0.28% |
| 2045 | 1,216,642 | 574,143 | -0.51% | -0.29% |
| 2046 | 1,210,354 | 572,420 | -0.52% | -0.3% |
| 2047 | 1,204,004 | 570,534 | -0.52% | -0.33% |
| 2048 | 1,197,645 | 568,553 | -0.53% | -0.35% |
| 2049 | 1,191,150 | 566,709 | -0.54% | -0.32% |
| 2050 | 1,184,441 | 564,751 | -0.56% | -0.35% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Estonia decreased by 31,020 people (a 2.3% decline), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Estonia gained 26,810 (a 2.04% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).
Estonia was ranked 149th most populous country in 2006 and is 155th 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) Estonia's population will shrink by 11.8% to 1,184,441 people with a rank change from 155th to 159th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.
Biggest cities by population
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Estonia
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Tallinn | 458K |
| Tartu | 97.8K |
| Narva | 53.4K |
| Parnu | 41.5K |
| Kohtla-Jarve | 33.4K |
| Viljandi | 17.3K |
| Maardu | 17K |
| Rakvere | 15.7K |
| Kuressaare | 13.2K |
| Sillamae | 12.4K |
|
Malta
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| St. Paul's Bay | 32K |
| Birkirkara | 24.4K |
| Mosta | 20.2K |
| Sliema | 16.9K |
| Marsaskala | 15.6K |
| Zabbar | 15.4K |
| Naxxar | 13.4K |
| San Gwann | 12.5K |
| Gzira | 8.03K |
| Valletta | 6.44K |
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Population differences between Estonia and Malta
|
Estonia
|
Malta
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 79.6 years | 83.8 years |
| Average age | 43.1 years | 43 years |
| Median age | 43.3 years | 41.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 47.5:52.5 | 51.9:48.1 |
| Fertility rate | 1.31 births per woman | 1.06 births per woman |
| Population density | 83.2 ppl/mi² | 4,604 ppl/mi² |
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