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Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to Malta: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,298,335 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Guinea-Bissau's population is 3.97 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
  • Since 2006, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.42M people to 2.3M (62.4% growth), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people compared to the peak of 587K people in 2033 for Malta.

Guinea-Bissau vs Malta: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Malta
Current population
2298335
578778
Population rank 146/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.007%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
32.6 minutes
One birth every
8.13 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
34.6 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -1,712 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +132 +44
Annual growth/decline +48,013 +16,100
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% +2.91%
Population growth rate rank 42/197 19/197

Guinea-Bissau and Malta: population history and growth rate by year chart

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Malta Guinea-Bissau Malta
1960 577,633 326,550 - -
1961 582,532 325,250 0.85% -0.4%
1962 589,474 323,900 1.19% -0.42%
1963 594,418 322,550 0.84% -0.42%
1964 588,543 321,250 -0.99% -0.4%
1965 575,005 318,800 -2.3% -0.76%
1966 566,908 315,200 -1.41% -1.13%
1967 569,011 311,550 0.37% -1.16%
1968 578,170 307,900 1.61% -1.17%
1969 581,610 304,300 0.59% -1.17%
1970 584,403 302,650 0.48% -0.54%
1971 586,221 302,700 0.31% 0.02%
1972 586,620 302,450 0.07% -0.08%
1973 592,808 302,200 1.05% -0.08%
1974 613,338 301,996 3.46% -0.07%
1975 650,966 304,222 6.13% 0.74%
1976 694,191 305,774 6.64% 0.51%
1977 741,789 306,970 6.86% 0.39%
1978 791,694 310,182 6.73% 1.05%
1979 819,867 313,342 3.56% 1.02%
1980 829,303 316,645 1.15% 1.05%
1981 842,432 318,982 1.58% 0.74%
1982 855,891 325,898 1.6% 2.17%
1983 869,592 330,524 1.6% 1.42%
1984 883,519 330,593 1.6% 0.02%
1985 897,697 336,452 1.6% 1.77%
1986 912,126 342,121 1.61% 1.68%
1987 926,862 344,485 1.62% 0.69%
1988 942,061 347,325 1.64% 0.82%
1989 957,789 350,722 1.67% 0.98%
1990 973,669 354,170 1.66% 0.98%
1991 994,639 363,845 2.15% 2.73%
1992 1,024,356 367,618 2.99% 1.04%
1993 1,058,745 371,308 3.36% 1%
1994 1,092,031 374,797 3.14% 0.94%
1995 1,119,949 377,419 2.56% 0.7%
1996 1,143,535 379,905 2.11% 0.66%
1997 1,165,545 382,791 1.92% 0.76%
1998 1,187,473 385,287 1.88% 0.65%
1999 1,210,206 387,578 1.91% 0.59%
2000 1,234,741 390,087 2.03% 0.65%
2001 1,261,273 393,028 2.15% 0.75%
2002 1,289,307 395,969 2.22% 0.75%
2003 1,318,806 398,582 2.29% 0.66%
2004 1,349,563 401,268 2.33% 0.67%
2005 1,381,585 403,834 2.37% 0.64%
2006 1,415,303 405,308 2.44% 0.37%
2007 1,450,986 406,724 2.52% 0.35%
2008 1,488,054 409,379 2.55% 0.65%
2009 1,526,377 412,477 2.58% 0.76%
2010 1,566,347 414,508 2.62% 0.49%
2011 1,608,076 416,268 2.66% 0.42%
2012 1,651,417 420,028 2.7% 0.9%
2013 1,695,973 424,810 2.7% 1.14%
2014 1,741,122 433,481 2.66% 2.04%
2015 1,786,457 444,220 2.6% 2.48%
2016 1,831,893 454,505 2.54% 2.32%
2017 1,877,072 467,106 2.47% 2.77%
2018 1,922,168 483,903 2.4% 3.6%
2019 1,967,696 503,912 2.37% 4.13%
2020 2,013,255 515,490 2.32% 2.3%
2021 2,058,841 518,150 2.26% 0.52%
2022 2,105,529 531,113 2.27% 2.5%
2023 2,153,339 552,747 2.27% 4.07%
2024 2,201,352 568,847 2.23% 2.91%
2025 2,249,512 574,955 2.19% 1.07%
2026 2,297,807 578,756 2.15% 0.66%
2027 2,346,190 580,829 2.11% 0.36%
2028 2,394,226 582,657 2.05% 0.31%
2029 2,441,574 584,129 1.98% 0.25%
2030 2,488,931 585,315 1.94% 0.2%
2031 2,536,893 586,254 1.93% 0.16%
2032 2,585,565 586,948 1.92% 0.12%
2033 2,634,701 587,297 1.9% 0.06%
2034 2,683,078 587,151 1.84% -0.02%
2035 2,730,136 586,661 1.75% -0.08%
2036 2,777,887 586,003 1.75% -0.11%
2037 2,826,159 585,174 1.74% -0.14%
2038 2,873,929 584,125 1.69% -0.18%
2039 2,921,973 582,893 1.67% -0.21%
2040 2,969,699 581,634 1.63% -0.22%
2041 3,016,537 580,285 1.58% -0.23%
2042 3,063,161 578,871 1.55% -0.24%
2043 3,109,927 577,384 1.53% -0.26%
2044 3,156,704 575,789 1.5% -0.28%
2045 3,204,242 574,143 1.51% -0.29%
2046 3,251,465 572,420 1.47% -0.3%
2047 3,298,563 570,534 1.45% -0.33%
2048 3,345,853 568,553 1.43% -0.35%
2049 3,392,557 566,709 1.4% -0.32%
2050 3,438,597 564,751 1.36% -0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 416,590 people (a 29.4% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Guinea-Bissau gained 466,442 (a 25.5% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2006 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 49.6% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.

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