The latest officially reported population of Malta was 568,847 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malta's population is 578,778 people compared to 72,586,079 in Tanzania.
Population statistics:
- Tanzania's population is 125.4 times bigger than Malta's.
- Malta is ranked the 167th most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
- The countries together account for 0.88% of the world: 0.007% for Malta vs 0.88% for Tanzania.
- For the last 10 years, Malta has had an average growth rate of +2.69% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
- Since 2006, the population of Malta has increased from 405K people to 579K (42.8% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 40.3M to 72.6M (80.1% growth).
- Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 587K people compared to the peak of 263M people in 2100 for Tanzania.
Malta vs Tanzania: live population counter
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| Current population |
578778
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72586079
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| Population rank | 167/197 | 20/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.007% | 0.88% |
| One net population change |
32.6 minutes
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16.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.96 hours
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13.4 seconds
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| One death every |
2.17 hours
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1.36 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
1.39 hours
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17.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +6,323 | -29,865 |
| Daily growth/decline | +44 | +5,322 |
| Annual growth/decline | +16,100 | +1,942,551 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.91% | +2.92% |
| Population growth rate rank | 19/197 | 18/197 |
Malta and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 326,550 | 9,901,419 | - | - |
| 1961 | 325,250 | 10,187,886 | -0.4% | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 323,900 | 10,487,756 | -0.42% | 2.94% |
| 1963 | 322,550 | 10,799,528 | -0.42% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 321,250 | 11,127,826 | -0.4% | 3.04% |
| 1965 | 318,800 | 11,470,728 | -0.76% | 3.08% |
| 1966 | 315,200 | 11,827,459 | -1.13% | 3.11% |
| 1967 | 311,550 | 12,200,109 | -1.16% | 3.15% |
| 1968 | 307,900 | 12,602,076 | -1.17% | 3.29% |
| 1969 | 304,300 | 13,036,700 | -1.17% | 3.45% |
| 1970 | 302,650 | 13,492,677 | -0.54% | 3.5% |
| 1971 | 302,700 | 13,971,451 | 0.02% | 3.55% |
| 1972 | 302,450 | 14,479,308 | -0.08% | 3.63% |
| 1973 | 302,200 | 15,010,101 | -0.08% | 3.67% |
| 1974 | 301,996 | 15,561,630 | -0.07% | 3.67% |
| 1975 | 304,222 | 16,138,361 | 0.74% | 3.71% |
| 1976 | 305,774 | 16,736,211 | 0.51% | 3.7% |
| 1977 | 306,970 | 17,352,929 | 0.39% | 3.68% |
| 1978 | 310,182 | 17,976,566 | 1.05% | 3.59% |
| 1979 | 313,342 | 18,592,038 | 1.02% | 3.42% |
| 1980 | 316,645 | 19,189,769 | 1.05% | 3.21% |
| 1981 | 318,982 | 19,784,703 | 0.74% | 3.1% |
| 1982 | 325,898 | 20,398,571 | 2.17% | 3.1% |
| 1983 | 330,524 | 21,079,874 | 1.42% | 3.34% |
| 1984 | 330,593 | 21,779,066 | 0.02% | 3.32% |
| 1985 | 336,452 | 22,501,693 | 1.77% | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 342,121 | 23,258,959 | 1.68% | 3.37% |
| 1987 | 344,485 | 24,030,378 | 0.69% | 3.32% |
| 1988 | 347,325 | 24,769,686 | 0.82% | 3.08% |
| 1989 | 350,722 | 25,438,759 | 0.98% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 354,170 | 26,110,207 | 0.98% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 363,845 | 26,780,436 | 2.73% | 2.57% |
| 1992 | 367,618 | 27,457,588 | 1.04% | 2.53% |
| 1993 | 371,308 | 28,332,692 | 1% | 3.19% |
| 1994 | 374,797 | 29,442,356 | 0.94% | 3.92% |
| 1995 | 377,419 | 30,383,497 | 0.7% | 3.2% |
| 1996 | 379,905 | 30,945,762 | 0.66% | 1.85% |
| 1997 | 382,791 | 31,578,089 | 0.76% | 2.04% |
| 1998 | 385,287 | 32,420,458 | 0.65% | 2.67% |
| 1999 | 387,578 | 33,300,330 | 0.59% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 390,087 | 34,260,139 | 0.65% | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 393,028 | 35,198,299 | 0.75% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 395,969 | 36,121,304 | 0.75% | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 398,582 | 37,089,555 | 0.66% | 2.68% |
| 2004 | 401,268 | 38,109,668 | 0.67% | 2.75% |
| 2005 | 403,834 | 39,182,076 | 0.64% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 405,308 | 40,294,902 | 0.37% | 2.84% |
| 2007 | 406,724 | 41,435,512 | 0.35% | 2.83% |
| 2008 | 409,379 | 42,570,728 | 0.65% | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 412,477 | 43,633,982 | 0.76% | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 414,508 | 44,758,488 | 0.49% | 2.58% |
| 2011 | 416,268 | 46,029,367 | 0.42% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 420,028 | 47,374,260 | 0.9% | 2.92% |
| 2013 | 424,810 | 48,824,128 | 1.14% | 3.06% |
| 2014 | 433,481 | 50,351,512 | 2.04% | 3.13% |
| 2015 | 444,220 | 52,020,962 | 2.48% | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 454,505 | 53,824,013 | 2.32% | 3.47% |
| 2017 | 467,106 | 55,652,890 | 2.77% | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 483,903 | 57,437,145 | 3.6% | 3.21% |
| 2019 | 503,912 | 59,174,891 | 4.13% | 3.03% |
| 2020 | 515,490 | 60,972,798 | 2.3% | 3.04% |
| 2021 | 518,150 | 62,830,412 | 0.52% | 3.05% |
| 2022 | 531,113 | 64,711,821 | 2.5% | 2.99% |
| 2023 | 552,747 | 66,617,606 | 4.07% | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 568,847 | 68,560,157 | 2.91% | 2.92% |
| 2025 | 574,955 | 70,545,858 | 1.07% | 2.9% |
| 2026 | 578,756 | 72,563,773 | 0.66% | 2.86% |
| 2027 | 580,829 | 74,604,804 | 0.36% | 2.81% |
| 2028 | 582,657 | 76,670,483 | 0.31% | 2.77% |
| 2029 | 584,129 | 78,773,192 | 0.25% | 2.74% |
| 2030 | 585,315 | 80,913,118 | 0.2% | 2.72% |
| 2031 | 586,254 | 83,087,927 | 0.16% | 2.69% |
| 2032 | 586,948 | 85,293,126 | 0.12% | 2.65% |
| 2033 | 587,297 | 87,520,491 | 0.06% | 2.61% |
| 2034 | 587,151 | 89,788,673 | -0.02% | 2.59% |
| 2035 | 586,661 | 92,091,418 | -0.08% | 2.56% |
| 2036 | 586,003 | 94,420,808 | -0.11% | 2.53% |
| 2037 | 585,174 | 96,775,766 | -0.14% | 2.49% |
| 2038 | 584,125 | 99,156,465 | -0.18% | 2.46% |
| 2039 | 582,893 | 101,567,525 | -0.21% | 2.43% |
| 2040 | 581,634 | 103,999,350 | -0.22% | 2.39% |
| 2041 | 580,285 | 106,448,475 | -0.23% | 2.35% |
| 2042 | 578,871 | 108,926,272 | -0.24% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 577,384 | 111,433,788 | -0.26% | 2.3% |
| 2044 | 575,789 | 113,966,263 | -0.28% | 2.27% |
| 2045 | 574,143 | 116,525,463 | -0.29% | 2.25% |
| 2046 | 572,420 | 119,109,670 | -0.3% | 2.22% |
| 2047 | 570,534 | 121,721,018 | -0.33% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 568,553 | 124,351,294 | -0.35% | 2.16% |
| 2049 | 566,709 | 126,981,394 | -0.32% | 2.12% |
| 2050 | 564,751 | 129,621,083 | -0.35% | 2.08% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Tanzania gained 13,529,111 people (a 33.6% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 18,762,066 (a 34.9% growth).
Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Tanzania was ranked 30th in 2006 and ranked 20th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Malta's population will shrink by 2.42% to 564,751 people with a rank change from 167th to 168th. The population of Tanzania will increase by 78.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.
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 Tanzania
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| Life expectancy | 83.8 years | 67.6 years |
| Average age | 43 years | 22.7 years |
| Median age | 41.8 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.9:48.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.06 births per woman | 4.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 4,604 ppl/mi² | 200.5 ppl/mi² |
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