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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Malta was 574,346 in 2024 vs 634,431 people in Suriname in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malta's population is 583,596 people compared to 644,193 in Suriname.

Population statistics:

  • Suriname's population is 1.1 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Malta is ranked the 167th most populous country in the world, while Suriname is the 165th.
  • The countries together account for 0.01% of the world: 0.007% for Malta vs 0.008% for Suriname.
  • For the last 10 years, Malta has had an average growth rate of +2.78% per year vs +0.99% in Suriname.
  • Since 2005, the population of Malta has increased from 404K people to 584K (44.5% growth), while Suriname has grown from 519K to 644K (24% growth).
  • Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 593K people compared to the peak of 753K people in 2071 for Suriname.

Malta vs Suriname: live population counter

Malta Suriname
Current population
583596
644193
Population rank 167/197 165/197
Percent of world population 0.007% 0.008%
One net population change
24.3 minutes
1.58 hours
One birth every
1.96 hours
48.3 minutes
One death every
2.17 hours
2.1 hours
One migration net change every
1.39 hours
7.51 hours
Annual migration change +6,323 -1,166
Daily growth/decline +59 +15
Annual growth/decline +21,599 +5,545
Annual growth/decline rate +3.91% +0.88%
Population growth rate rank 7/197 110/197

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

Malta
Population

Growth rate
Suriname
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Malta Suriname Malta Suriname
1960 326,550 263,918 - -
1961 325,250 272,791 -0.4% 3.36%
1962 323,900 283,912 -0.42% 4.08%
1963 322,550 297,034 -0.42% 4.62%
1964 321,250 309,041 -0.4% 4.04%
1965 318,800 320,000 -0.76% 3.55%
1966 315,200 331,135 -1.13% 3.48%
1967 311,550 342,679 -1.16% 3.49%
1968 307,900 354,616 -1.17% 3.48%
1969 304,300 366,906 -1.17% 3.47%
1970 302,650 379,442 -0.54% 3.42%
1971 302,700 391,932 0.02% 3.29%
1972 302,450 397,413 -0.08% 1.4%
1973 302,200 395,772 -0.08% -0.41%
1974 301,996 393,676 -0.07% -0.53%
1975 304,222 391,170 0.74% -0.64%
1976 305,774 388,289 0.51% -0.74%
1977 306,970 385,067 0.39% -0.83%
1978 310,182 381,502 1.05% -0.93%
1979 313,342 377,602 1.02% -1.02%
1980 316,645 375,377 1.05% -0.59%
1981 318,982 375,459 0.74% 0.02%
1982 325,898 376,555 2.17% 0.29%
1983 330,524 378,746 1.42% 0.58%
1984 330,593 382,193 0.02% 0.91%
1985 336,452 386,972 1.77% 1.25%
1986 342,121 392,330 1.68% 1.38%
1987 344,485 396,911 0.69% 1.17%
1988 347,325 402,227 0.82% 1.34%
1989 350,722 408,409 0.98% 1.54%
1990 354,170 412,493 0.98% 1%
1991 363,845 415,013 2.73% 0.61%
1992 367,618 417,589 1.04% 0.62%
1993 371,308 419,352 1% 0.42%
1994 374,797 422,375 0.94% 0.72%
1995 377,419 429,606 0.7% 1.71%
1996 379,905 438,830 0.66% 2.15%
1997 382,791 448,067 0.76% 2.1%
1998 385,287 457,406 0.65% 2.08%
1999 387,578 466,916 0.59% 2.08%
2000 390,087 476,643 0.65% 2.08%
2001 393,028 486,560 0.75% 2.08%
2002 395,969 496,551 0.75% 2.05%
2003 398,582 506,414 0.66% 1.99%
2004 401,268 513,923 0.67% 1.48%
2005 403,834 519,313 0.64% 1.05%
2006 405,308 524,997 0.37% 1.09%
2007 406,724 531,016 0.35% 1.15%
2008 409,379 537,245 0.65% 1.17%
2009 412,477 543,568 0.76% 1.18%
2010 414,508 549,923 0.49% 1.17%
2011 416,268 556,269 0.42% 1.15%
2012 420,028 562,633 0.9% 1.14%
2013 424,810 569,020 1.14% 1.14%
2014 433,481 575,373 2.04% 1.12%
2015 444,220 581,627 2.48% 1.09%
2016 454,505 587,757 2.32% 1.05%
2017 467,106 593,713 2.77% 1.01%
2018 483,903 599,513 3.6% 0.98%
2019 503,912 605,768 4.13% 1.04%
2020 515,490 612,317 2.3% 1.08%
2021 518,150 617,896 0.52% 0.91%
2022 531,113 623,164 2.5% 0.85%
2023 552,747 628,886 4.07% 0.92%
2024 574,346 634,431 3.91% 0.88%
2025 580,514 639,852 1.07% 0.85%
2026 584,351 645,257 0.66% 0.84%
2027 586,444 650,564 0.36% 0.82%
2028 588,290 655,783 0.31% 0.8%
2029 589,776 660,793 0.25% 0.76%
2030 590,973 665,650 0.2% 0.74%
2031 591,921 670,421 0.16% 0.72%
2032 592,622 675,070 0.12% 0.69%
2033 592,974 679,573 0.06% 0.67%
2034 592,827 683,911 -0.02% 0.64%
2035 592,332 688,189 -0.08% 0.63%
2036 591,668 692,343 -0.11% 0.6%
2037 590,830 696,213 -0.14% 0.56%
2038 589,771 699,908 -0.18% 0.53%
2039 588,528 703,569 -0.21% 0.52%
2040 587,256 707,156 -0.22% 0.51%
2041 585,895 710,619 -0.23% 0.49%
2042 584,467 713,900 -0.24% 0.46%
2043 582,966 716,999 -0.26% 0.43%
2044 581,355 719,920 -0.28% 0.41%
2045 579,693 722,759 -0.29% 0.39%
2046 577,954 725,322 -0.3% 0.35%
2047 576,050 727,726 -0.33% 0.33%
2048 574,050 730,038 -0.35% 0.32%
2049 572,187 732,021 -0.32% 0.27%
2050 570,210 733,898 -0.35% 0.26%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Suriname gained 62,314 people (a 12% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Suriname's population increased by 62,566 (a 10.8% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Suriname was ranked 164th in 2005 and ranked 165th 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 Suriname will increase by 13.9% to 733,898 people and will still be ranked 165th.

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