The latest officially reported population of Malta was 574,346 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malta's population is 583,596 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.
Population statistics:
- Sudan's population is 90.8 times bigger than Malta's.
- Malta is ranked the 167th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
- The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.007% for Malta vs 0.64% for Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, Malta has had an average growth rate of +2.78% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of Malta has increased from 404K people to 584K (44.5% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
- Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 593K people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.
Malta vs Sudan: live population counter
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| Current population |
583596
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52963918
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| Population rank | 167/197 | 29/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.007% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
24.3 minutes
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1.29 minutes
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| One birth every |
1.96 hours
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18.7 seconds
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| One death every |
2.17 hours
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1.64 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.39 hours
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57.9 seconds
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| Annual migration change | +6,323 | -544,257 |
| Daily growth/decline | +59 | +1,113 |
| Annual growth/decline | +21,599 | +406,172 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +3.91% | +0.81% |
| Population growth rate rank | 7/197 | 118/197 |
Malta and Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 326,550 | 8,364,489 | - | - |
| 1961 | 325,250 | 8,634,941 | -0.4% | 3.23% |
| 1962 | 323,900 | 8,919,028 | -0.42% | 3.29% |
| 1963 | 322,550 | 9,218,077 | -0.42% | 3.35% |
| 1964 | 321,250 | 9,531,109 | -0.4% | 3.4% |
| 1965 | 318,800 | 9,858,030 | -0.76% | 3.43% |
| 1966 | 315,200 | 10,197,578 | -1.13% | 3.44% |
| 1967 | 311,550 | 10,550,597 | -1.16% | 3.46% |
| 1968 | 307,900 | 10,917,999 | -1.17% | 3.48% |
| 1969 | 304,300 | 11,298,936 | -1.17% | 3.49% |
| 1970 | 302,650 | 11,695,771 | -0.54% | 3.51% |
| 1971 | 302,700 | 12,105,539 | 0.02% | 3.5% |
| 1972 | 302,450 | 12,527,856 | -0.08% | 3.49% |
| 1973 | 302,200 | 13,049,315 | -0.08% | 4.16% |
| 1974 | 301,996 | 13,580,723 | -0.07% | 4.07% |
| 1975 | 304,222 | 14,064,798 | 0.74% | 3.56% |
| 1976 | 305,774 | 14,569,716 | 0.51% | 3.59% |
| 1977 | 306,970 | 15,086,614 | 0.39% | 3.55% |
| 1978 | 310,182 | 15,695,003 | 1.05% | 4.03% |
| 1979 | 313,342 | 16,355,352 | 1.02% | 4.21% |
| 1980 | 316,645 | 17,058,905 | 1.05% | 4.3% |
| 1981 | 318,982 | 17,780,572 | 0.74% | 4.23% |
| 1982 | 325,898 | 18,486,645 | 2.17% | 3.97% |
| 1983 | 330,524 | 19,109,770 | 1.42% | 3.37% |
| 1984 | 330,593 | 19,546,528 | 0.02% | 2.29% |
| 1985 | 336,452 | 19,905,872 | 1.77% | 1.84% |
| 1986 | 342,121 | 20,288,238 | 1.68% | 1.92% |
| 1987 | 344,485 | 20,704,904 | 0.69% | 2.05% |
| 1988 | 347,325 | 21,138,431 | 0.82% | 2.09% |
| 1989 | 350,722 | 21,578,022 | 0.98% | 2.08% |
| 1990 | 354,170 | 22,021,481 | 0.98% | 2.06% |
| 1991 | 363,845 | 22,470,676 | 2.73% | 2.04% |
| 1992 | 367,618 | 22,927,355 | 1.04% | 2.03% |
| 1993 | 371,308 | 23,445,592 | 1% | 2.26% |
| 1994 | 374,797 | 24,043,948 | 0.94% | 2.55% |
| 1995 | 377,419 | 24,672,143 | 0.7% | 2.61% |
| 1996 | 379,905 | 25,231,528 | 0.66% | 2.27% |
| 1997 | 382,791 | 25,799,821 | 0.76% | 2.25% |
| 1998 | 385,287 | 26,458,999 | 0.65% | 2.55% |
| 1999 | 387,578 | 27,130,613 | 0.59% | 2.54% |
| 2000 | 390,087 | 27,816,745 | 0.65% | 2.53% |
| 2001 | 393,028 | 28,516,770 | 0.75% | 2.52% |
| 2002 | 395,969 | 29,228,727 | 0.75% | 2.5% |
| 2003 | 398,582 | 29,896,035 | 0.66% | 2.28% |
| 2004 | 401,268 | 30,556,637 | 0.67% | 2.21% |
| 2005 | 403,834 | 31,262,444 | 0.64% | 2.31% |
| 2006 | 405,308 | 31,992,435 | 0.37% | 2.34% |
| 2007 | 406,724 | 32,764,135 | 0.35% | 2.41% |
| 2008 | 409,379 | 33,623,980 | 0.65% | 2.62% |
| 2009 | 412,477 | 34,569,113 | 0.76% | 2.81% |
| 2010 | 414,508 | 35,414,399 | 0.49% | 2.45% |
| 2011 | 416,268 | 36,140,806 | 0.42% | 2.05% |
| 2012 | 420,028 | 36,923,178 | 0.9% | 2.16% |
| 2013 | 424,810 | 37,785,849 | 1.14% | 2.34% |
| 2014 | 433,481 | 38,823,318 | 2.04% | 2.75% |
| 2015 | 444,220 | 40,024,431 | 2.48% | 3.09% |
| 2016 | 454,505 | 41,259,892 | 2.32% | 3.09% |
| 2017 | 467,106 | 42,714,306 | 2.77% | 3.53% |
| 2018 | 483,903 | 44,230,596 | 3.6% | 3.55% |
| 2019 | 503,912 | 45,548,175 | 4.13% | 2.98% |
| 2020 | 515,490 | 46,789,231 | 2.3% | 2.72% |
| 2021 | 518,150 | 48,066,924 | 0.52% | 2.73% |
| 2022 | 531,113 | 49,383,346 | 2.5% | 2.74% |
| 2023 | 552,747 | 50,042,791 | 4.07% | 1.34% |
| 2024 | 574,346 | 50,448,963 | 3.91% | 0.81% |
| 2025 | 580,514 | 51,662,152 | 1.07% | 2.4% |
| 2026 | 584,351 | 53,282,718 | 0.66% | 3.14% |
| 2027 | 586,444 | 54,724,215 | 0.36% | 2.71% |
| 2028 | 588,290 | 55,993,833 | 0.31% | 2.32% |
| 2029 | 589,776 | 57,275,443 | 0.25% | 2.29% |
| 2030 | 590,973 | 58,571,624 | 0.2% | 2.26% |
| 2031 | 591,921 | 59,872,936 | 0.16% | 2.22% |
| 2032 | 592,622 | 61,179,476 | 0.12% | 2.18% |
| 2033 | 592,974 | 62,497,205 | 0.06% | 2.15% |
| 2034 | 592,827 | 63,822,356 | -0.02% | 2.12% |
| 2035 | 592,332 | 65,148,317 | -0.08% | 2.08% |
| 2036 | 591,668 | 66,470,018 | -0.11% | 2.03% |
| 2037 | 590,830 | 67,791,240 | -0.14% | 1.99% |
| 2038 | 589,771 | 69,107,712 | -0.18% | 1.94% |
| 2039 | 588,528 | 70,416,631 | -0.21% | 1.89% |
| 2040 | 587,256 | 71,730,604 | -0.22% | 1.87% |
| 2041 | 585,895 | 73,056,213 | -0.23% | 1.85% |
| 2042 | 584,467 | 74,387,562 | -0.24% | 1.82% |
| 2043 | 582,966 | 75,723,670 | -0.26% | 1.8% |
| 2044 | 581,355 | 77,066,454 | -0.28% | 1.77% |
| 2045 | 579,693 | 78,415,205 | -0.29% | 1.75% |
| 2046 | 577,954 | 79,767,271 | -0.3% | 1.72% |
| 2047 | 576,050 | 81,115,241 | -0.33% | 1.69% |
| 2048 | 574,050 | 82,463,202 | -0.35% | 1.66% |
| 2049 | 572,187 | 83,828,356 | -0.32% | 1.66% |
| 2050 | 570,210 | 85,206,384 | -0.35% | 1.64% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).
Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.
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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| City | Population |
| Khartoum | 5.34M |
| Omdurman | 2.81M |
| Khartoum North | 936K |
| Port Sudan | 580K |
| El-Obeid | 560K |
| Kassala | 536K |
| Kosti | 528K |
| Nyala | 493K |
| El-Gadarif | 355K |
| Al-Fashir | 286K |
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Population differences between Malta and Sudan
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| Life expectancy | 83.6 years | 66.7 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 23.6 years |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.9:48.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.06 births per woman | 4.32 births per woman |
| Population density | 4,649 ppl/mi² | 69.9 ppl/mi² |
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