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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Indonesia was 283,487,931 in 2024 vs 568,847 people in Malta in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Indonesia's population is 287,909,726 people compared to 578,778 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Indonesia's population is 497 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Indonesia is ranked the 4th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 3.48% of the world: 3.48% for Indonesia vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Indonesia has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +2.69% in Malta.
  • Since 2006, the population of Indonesia has increased from 234M people to 288M (23.1% growth), while Malta has grown from 405K to 579K (42.8% growth).
  • Indonesia is projected to reach its peak in 2058 at 323M people compared to the peak of 587K people in 2033 for Malta.

Indonesia vs Malta: live population counter

Indonesia Malta
Current population
287909726
578778
Population rank 4/197 167/197
Percent of world population 3.48% 0.007%
One net population change
13.7 seconds
32.6 minutes
One birth every
7.04 seconds
1.96 hours
One death every
14.9 seconds
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
13.7 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -38,469 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +6,296 +44
Annual growth/decline +2,297,864 +16,100
Annual growth/decline rate +0.82% +2.91%
Population growth rate rank 116/197 19/197

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

Indonesia
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Indonesia Malta Indonesia Malta
1960 88,296,070 326,550 - -
1961 90,791,249 325,250 2.83% -0.4%
1962 93,375,850 323,900 2.85% -0.42%
1963 96,051,424 322,550 2.87% -0.42%
1964 98,833,749 321,250 2.9% -0.4%
1965 101,365,130 318,800 2.56% -0.76%
1966 103,792,754 315,200 2.39% -1.13%
1967 106,526,393 311,550 2.63% -1.16%
1968 109,450,006 307,900 2.74% -1.17%
1969 112,517,639 304,300 2.8% -1.17%
1970 115,657,495 302,650 2.79% -0.54%
1971 118,833,702 302,700 2.75% 0.02%
1972 122,039,841 302,450 2.7% -0.08%
1973 125,288,515 302,200 2.66% -0.08%
1974 128,555,045 301,996 2.61% -0.07%
1975 131,843,848 304,222 2.56% 0.74%
1976 135,173,655 305,774 2.53% 0.51%
1977 138,533,541 306,970 2.49% 0.39%
1978 141,953,163 310,182 2.47% 1.05%
1979 145,434,834 313,342 2.45% 1.02%
1980 148,950,540 316,645 2.42% 1.05%
1981 152,485,035 318,982 2.37% 0.74%
1982 156,052,152 325,898 2.34% 2.17%
1983 159,651,381 330,524 2.31% 1.42%
1984 163,251,124 330,593 2.25% 0.02%
1985 166,776,185 336,452 2.16% 1.77%
1986 170,175,065 342,121 2.04% 1.68%
1987 173,511,154 344,485 1.96% 0.69%
1988 176,855,065 347,325 1.93% 0.82%
1989 180,201,630 350,722 1.89% 0.98%
1990 183,501,098 354,170 1.83% 0.98%
1991 186,778,238 363,845 1.79% 2.73%
1992 190,043,744 367,618 1.75% 1.04%
1993 193,305,168 371,308 1.72% 1%
1994 196,591,828 374,797 1.7% 0.94%
1995 199,888,057 377,419 1.68% 0.7%
1996 203,204,348 379,905 1.66% 0.66%
1997 206,536,095 382,791 1.64% 0.76%
1998 209,826,788 385,287 1.59% 0.65%
1999 213,004,668 387,578 1.51% 0.59%
2000 216,077,790 390,087 1.44% 0.65%
2001 219,097,902 393,028 1.4% 0.75%
2002 222,088,495 395,969 1.36% 0.75%
2003 225,048,008 398,582 1.33% 0.66%
2004 227,926,649 401,268 1.28% 0.67%
2005 230,871,650 403,834 1.29% 0.64%
2006 233,951,652 405,308 1.33% 0.37%
2007 237,062,337 406,724 1.33% 0.35%
2008 240,157,903 409,379 1.31% 0.65%
2009 243,220,028 412,477 1.28% 0.76%
2010 246,305,322 414,508 1.27% 0.49%
2011 249,470,032 416,268 1.28% 0.42%
2012 252,698,525 420,028 1.29% 0.9%
2013 255,852,467 424,810 1.25% 1.14%
2014 258,877,399 433,481 1.18% 2.04%
2015 261,799,249 444,220 1.13% 2.48%
2016 264,627,418 454,505 1.08% 2.32%
2017 267,346,658 467,106 1.03% 2.77%
2018 269,951,846 483,903 0.97% 3.6%
2019 272,489,381 503,912 0.94% 4.13%
2020 274,814,866 515,490 0.85% 2.3%
2021 276,758,053 518,150 0.71% 0.52%
2022 278,830,529 531,113 0.75% 2.5%
2023 281,190,067 552,747 0.85% 4.07%
2024 283,487,931 568,847 0.82% 2.91%
2025 285,721,231 574,955 0.79% 1.07%
2026 287,886,778 578,756 0.76% 0.66%
2027 289,986,520 580,829 0.73% 0.36%
2028 292,016,774 582,657 0.7% 0.31%
2029 293,978,106 584,129 0.67% 0.25%
2030 295,876,644 585,315 0.65% 0.2%
2031 297,719,741 586,254 0.62% 0.16%
2032 299,510,654 586,948 0.6% 0.12%
2033 301,250,975 587,297 0.58% 0.06%
2034 302,938,571 587,151 0.56% -0.02%
2035 304,566,615 586,661 0.54% -0.08%
2036 306,135,097 586,003 0.51% -0.11%
2037 307,646,407 585,174 0.49% -0.14%
2038 309,096,450 584,125 0.47% -0.18%
2039 310,481,116 582,893 0.45% -0.21%
2040 311,797,391 581,634 0.42% -0.22%
2041 313,041,656 580,285 0.4% -0.23%
2042 314,211,278 578,871 0.37% -0.24%
2043 315,304,309 577,384 0.35% -0.26%
2044 316,318,412 575,789 0.32% -0.28%
2045 317,249,609 574,143 0.29% -0.29%
2046 318,096,567 572,420 0.27% -0.3%
2047 318,862,018 570,534 0.24% -0.33%
2048 319,554,646 568,553 0.22% -0.35%
2049 320,173,244 566,709 0.19% -0.32%
2050 320,712,941 564,751 0.17% -0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Indonesia increased by 30,675,766 people (a 13.1% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Indonesia gained 23,282,308 (a 8.8% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Indonesia was ranked 4th most populous country in 2006 and is still 4th 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) Indonesia's population will grow by 11.4% to 320,712,941 people with a rank change from 4th to 6th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.

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