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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Jordan was 11,552,876 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Jordan's population is 11,575,983 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Jordan's population is 19.8 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Jordan is ranked the 85th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.14% for Jordan vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Jordan has had an average growth rate of +3.45% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of Jordan has increased from 6.03M people to 11.6M (92% growth), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • Jordan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 21.3M people compared to the peak of 593K people in 2033 for Malta.

Jordan vs Malta: live population counter

Jordan Malta
Current population
11575983
583596
Population rank 85/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.14% 0.007%
One net population change
4.62 minutes
24.3 minutes
One birth every
2.23 minutes
1.96 hours
One death every
15.1 minutes
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
3.36 minutes
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -156,369 +6,323
Daily growth/decline +311 +59
Annual growth/decline +113,663 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate +0.99% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 103/197 7/197

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

Jordan
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Jordan Malta Jordan Malta
1960 853,471 326,550 - -
1961 897,591 325,250 5.17% -0.4%
1962 940,554 323,900 4.79% -0.42%
1963 984,714 322,550 4.7% -0.42%
1964 1,035,640 321,250 5.17% -0.4%
1965 1,099,440 318,800 6.16% -0.76%
1966 1,178,360 315,200 7.18% -1.13%
1967 1,271,183 311,550 7.88% -1.16%
1968 1,372,460 307,900 7.97% -1.17%
1969 1,473,100 304,300 7.33% -1.17%
1970 1,565,163 302,650 6.25% -0.54%
1971 1,645,145 302,700 5.11% 0.02%
1972 1,714,555 302,450 4.22% -0.08%
1973 1,778,094 302,200 3.71% -0.08%
1974 1,839,182 301,996 3.44% -0.07%
1975 1,899,055 304,222 3.26% 0.74%
1976 1,958,177 305,774 3.11% 0.51%
1977 2,019,002 306,970 3.11% 0.39%
1978 2,083,595 310,182 3.2% 1.05%
1979 2,153,882 313,342 3.37% 1.02%
1980 2,234,186 316,645 3.73% 1.05%
1981 2,325,517 318,982 4.09% 0.74%
1982 2,426,927 325,898 4.36% 2.17%
1983 2,537,307 330,524 4.55% 1.42%
1984 2,654,688 330,593 4.63% 0.02%
1985 2,778,810 336,452 4.68% 1.77%
1986 2,909,887 342,121 4.72% 1.68%
1987 3,047,634 344,485 4.73% 0.69%
1988 3,193,039 347,325 4.77% 0.82%
1989 3,349,627 350,722 4.9% 0.98%
1990 3,621,908 354,170 8.13% 0.98%
1991 3,915,149 363,845 8.1% 2.73%
1992 4,127,693 367,618 5.43% 1.04%
1993 4,348,020 371,308 5.34% 1%
1994 4,561,406 374,797 4.91% 0.94%
1995 4,752,096 377,419 4.18% 0.7%
1996 4,912,516 379,905 3.38% 0.66%
1997 5,046,285 382,791 2.72% 0.76%
1998 5,164,284 385,287 2.34% 0.65%
1999 5,276,444 387,578 2.17% 0.59%
2000 5,386,945 390,087 2.09% 0.65%
2001 5,498,894 393,028 2.08% 0.75%
2002 5,616,066 395,969 2.13% 0.75%
2003 5,741,828 398,582 2.24% 0.66%
2004 5,882,061 401,268 2.44% 0.67%
2005 6,029,587 403,834 2.51% 0.64%
2006 6,427,371 405,308 6.6% 0.37%
2007 6,827,227 406,724 6.22% 0.35%
2008 6,989,866 409,379 2.38% 0.65%
2009 7,141,753 412,477 2.17% 0.76%
2010 7,297,043 414,508 2.17% 0.49%
2011 7,480,424 416,268 2.51% 0.42%
2012 7,587,127 420,028 1.43% 0.9%
2013 7,991,809 424,810 5.33% 1.14%
2014 8,791,710 433,481 10% 2.04%
2015 9,544,729 444,220 8.57% 2.48%
2016 10,006,367 454,505 4.84% 2.32%
2017 10,234,226 467,106 2.28% 2.77%
2018 10,462,306 483,903 2.23% 3.6%
2019 10,671,891 503,912 2% 4.13%
2020 10,865,228 515,490 1.81% 2.3%
2021 11,066,356 518,150 1.85% 0.52%
2022 11,256,263 531,113 1.72% 2.5%
2023 11,439,213 552,747 1.63% 4.07%
2024 11,552,876 574,346 0.99% 3.91%
2025 11,520,678 580,514 -0.28% 1.07%
2026 11,589,528 584,351 0.6% 0.66%
2027 11,819,454 586,444 1.98% 0.36%
2028 12,034,459 588,290 1.82% 0.31%
2029 12,245,726 589,776 1.76% 0.25%
2030 12,448,772 590,973 1.66% 0.2%
2031 12,652,545 591,921 1.64% 0.16%
2032 12,854,926 592,622 1.6% 0.12%
2033 13,050,713 592,974 1.52% 0.06%
2034 13,245,158 592,827 1.49% -0.02%
2035 13,440,821 592,332 1.48% -0.08%
2036 13,638,248 591,668 1.47% -0.11%
2037 13,840,237 590,830 1.48% -0.14%
2038 14,048,303 589,771 1.5% -0.18%
2039 14,256,684 588,528 1.48% -0.21%
2040 14,471,288 587,256 1.51% -0.22%
2041 14,684,501 585,895 1.47% -0.23%
2042 14,883,641 584,467 1.36% -0.24%
2043 15,077,789 582,966 1.3% -0.26%
2044 15,273,526 581,355 1.3% -0.28%
2045 15,471,971 579,693 1.3% -0.29%
2046 15,662,312 577,954 1.23% -0.3%
2047 15,841,619 576,050 1.14% -0.33%
2048 16,021,374 574,050 1.13% -0.35%
2049 16,197,518 572,187 1.1% -0.32%
2050 16,367,341 570,210 1.05% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Jordan increased by 3,515,142 people (a 58.3% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Jordan gained 2,031,254 (a 21.3% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Jordan was ranked 101st most populous country in 2005 and is 85th 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) Jordan's population will grow by 41.4% to 16,367,341 people with a rank change from 85th to 79th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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