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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of India was 1,450,935,791 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current India's population is 1,474,115,403 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • India's population is 2,526 times bigger than Malta's.
  • India is ranked the 1st most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 17.8% of the world: 17.8% for India vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, India has had an average growth rate of +1.03% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of India has increased from 1.15B people to 1.47B (27.7% growth), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • India is projected to reach its peak in 2061 at 1.7B people compared to the peak of 593K people in 2033 for Malta.

India vs Malta: live population counter

India Malta
Current population
1474115403
583596
Population rank 1/197 167/197
Percent of world population 17.8% 0.007%
One net population change
2.45 seconds
24.3 minutes
One birth every
1.36 seconds
1.96 hours
One death every
3.32 seconds
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
50 seconds
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -630,830 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +35,250 +59
Annual growth/decline +12,866,195 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate +0.89% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 109/197 7/197

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

India
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
India Malta India Malta
1960 435,990,338 326,550 - -
1961 446,564,729 325,250 2.43% -0.4%
1962 457,283,090 323,900 2.4% -0.42%
1963 468,138,575 322,550 2.37% -0.42%
1964 479,229,598 321,250 2.37% -0.4%
1965 490,140,146 318,800 2.28% -0.76%
1966 500,740,247 315,200 2.16% -1.13%
1967 511,606,372 311,550 2.17% -1.16%
1968 522,716,889 307,900 2.17% -1.17%
1969 533,880,544 304,300 2.14% -1.17%
1970 545,864,268 302,650 2.24% -0.54%
1971 558,096,387 302,700 2.24% 0.02%
1972 570,482,142 302,450 2.22% -0.08%
1973 583,465,598 302,200 2.28% -0.08%
1974 597,041,391 301,996 2.33% -0.07%
1975 611,309,535 304,222 2.39% 0.74%
1976 625,861,883 305,774 2.38% 0.51%
1977 640,801,103 306,970 2.39% 0.39%
1978 655,728,229 310,182 2.33% 1.05%
1979 671,155,747 313,342 2.35% 1.02%
1980 687,354,025 316,645 2.41% 1.05%
1981 703,696,250 318,982 2.38% 0.74%
1982 720,313,473 325,898 2.36% 2.17%
1983 737,372,681 330,524 2.37% 1.42%
1984 754,875,449 330,593 2.37% 0.02%
1985 772,647,793 336,452 2.35% 1.77%
1986 790,689,978 342,121 2.34% 1.68%
1987 808,931,270 344,485 2.31% 0.69%
1988 827,342,990 347,325 2.28% 0.82%
1989 846,039,529 350,722 2.26% 0.98%
1990 864,972,221 354,170 2.24% 0.98%
1991 883,927,600 363,845 2.19% 2.73%
1992 902,957,070 367,618 2.15% 1.04%
1993 922,118,387 371,308 2.12% 1%
1994 941,163,767 374,797 2.07% 0.94%
1995 960,301,044 377,419 2.03% 0.7%
1996 979,678,458 379,905 2.02% 0.66%
1997 999,133,762 382,791 1.99% 0.76%
1998 1,018,665,080 385,287 1.95% 0.65%
1999 1,038,225,823 387,578 1.92% 0.59%
2000 1,057,922,733 390,087 1.9% 0.65%
2001 1,077,898,575 393,028 1.89% 0.75%
2002 1,097,600,380 395,969 1.83% 0.75%
2003 1,116,803,006 398,582 1.75% 0.66%
2004 1,135,991,513 401,268 1.72% 0.67%
2005 1,154,676,322 403,834 1.64% 0.64%
2006 1,172,878,890 405,308 1.58% 0.37%
2007 1,190,676,021 406,724 1.52% 0.35%
2008 1,207,930,964 409,379 1.45% 0.65%
2009 1,225,524,753 412,477 1.46% 0.76%
2010 1,243,481,564 414,508 1.47% 0.49%
2011 1,261,224,954 416,268 1.43% 0.42%
2012 1,278,674,502 420,028 1.38% 0.9%
2013 1,295,829,511 424,810 1.34% 1.14%
2014 1,312,277,191 433,481 1.27% 2.04%
2015 1,328,024,498 444,220 1.2% 2.48%
2016 1,343,944,296 454,505 1.2% 2.32%
2017 1,359,657,400 467,106 1.17% 2.77%
2018 1,374,659,064 483,903 1.1% 3.6%
2019 1,389,030,312 503,912 1.05% 4.13%
2020 1,402,617,695 515,490 0.98% 2.3%
2021 1,414,203,896 518,150 0.83% 0.52%
2022 1,425,423,212 531,113 0.79% 2.5%
2023 1,438,069,596 552,747 0.89% 4.07%
2024 1,450,935,791 574,346 0.89% 3.91%
2025 1,463,865,531 580,514 0.89% 1.07%
2026 1,476,625,576 584,351 0.87% 0.66%
2027 1,489,164,679 586,444 0.85% 0.36%
2028 1,501,432,748 588,290 0.82% 0.31%
2029 1,513,423,737 589,776 0.8% 0.25%
2030 1,525,138,852 590,973 0.77% 0.2%
2031 1,536,540,604 591,921 0.75% 0.16%
2032 1,547,607,126 592,622 0.72% 0.12%
2033 1,558,324,087 592,974 0.69% 0.06%
2034 1,568,688,356 592,827 0.67% -0.02%
2035 1,578,694,799 592,332 0.64% -0.08%
2036 1,588,325,366 591,668 0.61% -0.11%
2037 1,597,537,009 590,830 0.58% -0.14%
2038 1,606,300,646 589,771 0.55% -0.18%
2039 1,614,639,243 588,528 0.52% -0.21%
2040 1,622,580,052 587,256 0.49% -0.22%
2041 1,630,119,374 585,895 0.46% -0.23%
2042 1,637,235,363 584,467 0.44% -0.24%
2043 1,643,915,269 582,966 0.41% -0.26%
2044 1,650,186,610 581,355 0.38% -0.28%
2045 1,656,067,585 579,693 0.36% -0.29%
2046 1,661,548,400 577,954 0.33% -0.3%
2047 1,666,628,151 576,050 0.31% -0.33%
2048 1,671,309,727 574,050 0.28% -0.35%
2049 1,675,619,893 572,187 0.26% -0.32%
2050 1,679,589,268 570,210 0.24% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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