The latest officially reported population of Malta was 574,346 in 2024 vs 5,422,069 people in Slovakia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malta's population is 583,596 people compared to 5,390,674 in Slovakia.
Population statistics:
- Slovakia's population is 9.24 times bigger than Malta's.
- Malta is ranked the 167th most populous country in the world, while Slovakia is the 125th.
- The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.007% for Malta vs 0.07% for Slovakia.
- For the last 10 years, Malta has had an average growth rate of +2.78% per year vs +0.01% in Slovakia.
- Since 2005, the population of Malta has increased from 404K people to 584K (44.5% growth), while Slovakia has grown from 5.37M to 5.39M (0.33% growth).
- Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 593K people, while Slovakia's population already peaked in 2020 at 5.46M people and is projected to decrease to 3.37M people by 2100.
Malta vs Slovakia: live population counter
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| Current population |
583596
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5390674
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| Population rank | 167/197 | 125/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.007% | 0.07% |
| One net population change |
24.3 minutes
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1.88 hours
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| One birth every |
1.96 hours
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10.8 minutes
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| One death every |
2.17 hours
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9.69 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.39 hours
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25 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +6,323 | -21,027 |
| Daily growth/decline | +59 | -13 |
| Annual growth/decline | +21,599 | -4,671 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.91% | -0.09% |
| Population growth rate rank | 7/197 | 171/197 |
Malta and Slovakia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 326,550 | 4,068,095 | - | - |
| 1961 | 325,250 | 4,191,667 | -0.4% | 3.04% |
| 1962 | 323,900 | 4,238,188 | -0.42% | 1.11% |
| 1963 | 322,550 | 4,282,017 | -0.42% | 1.03% |
| 1964 | 321,250 | 4,327,341 | -0.4% | 1.06% |
| 1965 | 318,800 | 4,370,983 | -0.76% | 1.01% |
| 1966 | 315,200 | 4,411,666 | -1.13% | 0.93% |
| 1967 | 311,550 | 4,449,367 | -1.16% | 0.85% |
| 1968 | 307,900 | 4,483,915 | -1.17% | 0.78% |
| 1969 | 304,300 | 4,518,607 | -1.17% | 0.77% |
| 1970 | 302,650 | 4,538,223 | -0.54% | 0.43% |
| 1971 | 302,700 | 4,557,449 | 0.02% | 0.42% |
| 1972 | 302,450 | 4,596,622 | -0.08% | 0.86% |
| 1973 | 302,200 | 4,641,445 | -0.08% | 0.98% |
| 1974 | 301,996 | 4,689,623 | -0.07% | 1.04% |
| 1975 | 304,222 | 4,739,105 | 0.74% | 1.06% |
| 1976 | 305,774 | 4,789,507 | 0.51% | 1.06% |
| 1977 | 306,970 | 4,840,501 | 0.39% | 1.06% |
| 1978 | 310,182 | 4,890,125 | 1.05% | 1.03% |
| 1979 | 313,342 | 4,938,973 | 1.02% | 1% |
| 1980 | 316,645 | 4,979,815 | 1.05% | 0.83% |
| 1981 | 318,982 | 5,016,105 | 0.74% | 0.73% |
| 1982 | 325,898 | 5,055,099 | 2.17% | 0.78% |
| 1983 | 330,524 | 5,091,971 | 1.42% | 0.73% |
| 1984 | 330,593 | 5,127,097 | 0.02% | 0.69% |
| 1985 | 336,452 | 5,161,768 | 1.77% | 0.68% |
| 1986 | 342,121 | 5,193,838 | 1.68% | 0.62% |
| 1987 | 344,485 | 5,222,840 | 0.69% | 0.56% |
| 1988 | 347,325 | 5,250,596 | 0.82% | 0.53% |
| 1989 | 350,722 | 5,275,942 | 0.98% | 0.48% |
| 1990 | 354,170 | 5,299,187 | 0.98% | 0.44% |
| 1991 | 363,845 | 5,303,294 | 2.73% | 0.08% |
| 1992 | 367,618 | 5,305,016 | 1.04% | 0.03% |
| 1993 | 371,308 | 5,325,305 | 1% | 0.38% |
| 1994 | 374,797 | 5,346,331 | 0.94% | 0.39% |
| 1995 | 377,419 | 5,361,999 | 0.7% | 0.29% |
| 1996 | 379,905 | 5,373,361 | 0.66% | 0.21% |
| 1997 | 382,791 | 5,383,291 | 0.76% | 0.18% |
| 1998 | 385,287 | 5,390,516 | 0.65% | 0.13% |
| 1999 | 387,578 | 5,396,020 | 0.59% | 0.1% |
| 2000 | 390,087 | 5,388,720 | 0.65% | -0.14% |
| 2001 | 393,028 | 5,378,867 | 0.75% | -0.18% |
| 2002 | 395,969 | 5,376,912 | 0.75% | -0.04% |
| 2003 | 398,582 | 5,373,374 | 0.66% | -0.07% |
| 2004 | 401,268 | 5,372,280 | 0.67% | -0.02% |
| 2005 | 403,834 | 5,372,807 | 0.64% | 0.01% |
| 2006 | 405,308 | 5,373,054 | 0.37% | 0.005% |
| 2007 | 406,724 | 5,374,622 | 0.35% | 0.03% |
| 2008 | 409,379 | 5,379,233 | 0.65% | 0.09% |
| 2009 | 412,477 | 5,386,406 | 0.76% | 0.13% |
| 2010 | 414,508 | 5,391,428 | 0.49% | 0.09% |
| 2011 | 416,268 | 5,398,384 | 0.42% | 0.13% |
| 2012 | 420,028 | 5,407,579 | 0.9% | 0.17% |
| 2013 | 424,810 | 5,413,393 | 1.14% | 0.11% |
| 2014 | 433,481 | 5,418,649 | 2.04% | 0.1% |
| 2015 | 444,220 | 5,423,801 | 2.48% | 0.1% |
| 2016 | 454,505 | 5,430,798 | 2.32% | 0.13% |
| 2017 | 467,106 | 5,439,232 | 2.77% | 0.16% |
| 2018 | 483,903 | 5,446,771 | 3.6% | 0.14% |
| 2019 | 503,912 | 5,454,147 | 4.13% | 0.14% |
| 2020 | 515,490 | 5,458,827 | 2.3% | 0.09% |
| 2021 | 518,150 | 5,447,247 | 0.52% | -0.21% |
| 2022 | 531,113 | 5,431,752 | 2.5% | -0.28% |
| 2023 | 552,747 | 5,426,740 | 4.07% | -0.09% |
| 2024 | 574,346 | 5,422,069 | 3.91% | -0.09% |
| 2025 | 580,514 | 5,390,674 | 1.07% | -0.58% |
| 2026 | 584,351 | 5,367,504 | 0.66% | -0.43% |
| 2027 | 586,444 | 5,357,756 | 0.36% | -0.18% |
| 2028 | 588,290 | 5,346,292 | 0.31% | -0.21% |
| 2029 | 589,776 | 5,333,135 | 0.25% | -0.25% |
| 2030 | 590,973 | 5,318,323 | 0.2% | -0.28% |
| 2031 | 591,921 | 5,302,079 | 0.16% | -0.31% |
| 2032 | 592,622 | 5,284,585 | 0.12% | -0.33% |
| 2033 | 592,974 | 5,265,970 | 0.06% | -0.35% |
| 2034 | 592,827 | 5,246,341 | -0.02% | -0.37% |
| 2035 | 592,332 | 5,225,725 | -0.08% | -0.39% |
| 2036 | 591,668 | 5,204,191 | -0.11% | -0.41% |
| 2037 | 590,830 | 5,181,996 | -0.14% | -0.43% |
| 2038 | 589,771 | 5,159,193 | -0.18% | -0.44% |
| 2039 | 588,528 | 5,135,906 | -0.21% | -0.45% |
| 2040 | 587,256 | 5,112,164 | -0.22% | -0.46% |
| 2041 | 585,895 | 5,088,002 | -0.23% | -0.47% |
| 2042 | 584,467 | 5,063,600 | -0.24% | -0.48% |
| 2043 | 582,966 | 5,038,933 | -0.26% | -0.49% |
| 2044 | 581,355 | 5,014,014 | -0.28% | -0.49% |
| 2045 | 579,693 | 4,988,989 | -0.29% | -0.5% |
| 2046 | 577,954 | 4,963,847 | -0.3% | -0.5% |
| 2047 | 576,050 | 4,938,476 | -0.33% | -0.51% |
| 2048 | 574,050 | 4,912,885 | -0.35% | -0.52% |
| 2049 | 572,187 | 4,886,923 | -0.32% | -0.53% |
| 2050 | 570,210 | 4,860,572 | -0.35% | -0.54% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Slovakia gained 50,994 people (a 0.95% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Slovakia's population decreased by -33,127 (a 0.61% decline).
Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Slovakia was ranked 109th in 2005 and ranked 125th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Malta's population will shrink by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th. The population of Slovakia will decrease by 9.83% to 4,860,572 people and rank change from 125th to 129th.
Biggest cities by population
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| 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 Malta and Slovakia
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| Life expectancy | 83.6 years | 78.7 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 42 years |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 42.7 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.9:48.1 | 48.8:51.2 |
| Fertility rate | 1.06 births per woman | 1.49 births per woman |
| Population density | 4,649 ppl/mi² | 292.1 ppl/mi² |
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