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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Malta was 574,346 in 2024 vs 16,634,373 people in Zimbabwe in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Malta's population is 583,596 people compared to 17,210,092 in Zimbabwe.

Population statistics:

  • Zimbabwe's population is 29.5 times bigger than Malta's.
  • Malta is ranked the 167th most populous country in the world, while Zimbabwe is the 74th.
  • The countries together account for 0.22% of the world: 0.007% for Malta vs 0.21% for Zimbabwe.
  • For the last 10 years, Malta has had an average growth rate of +2.78% per year vs +1.57% in Zimbabwe.
  • Since 2005, the population of Malta has increased from 404K people to 584K (44.5% growth), while Zimbabwe has grown from 12.5M to 17.2M (37.9% growth).
  • Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 593K people compared to the peak of 37.2M people in 2100 for Zimbabwe.

Malta vs Zimbabwe: live population counter

Malta Zimbabwe
Current population
583596
17210092
Population rank 167/197 74/197
Percent of world population 0.007% 0.21%
One net population change
24.3 minutes
1.79 minutes
One birth every
1.96 hours
1.06 minutes
One death every
2.17 hours
4.22 minutes
One migration net change every
1.39 hours
8.68 minutes
Annual migration change +6,323 -60,528
Daily growth/decline +59 +804
Annual growth/decline +21,599 +293,551
Annual growth/decline rate +3.91% +1.8%
Population growth rate rank 7/197 62/197

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

Malta
Population

Growth rate
Zimbabwe
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Malta Zimbabwe Malta Zimbabwe
1960 326,550 3,809,389 - -
1961 325,250 3,930,401 -0.4% 3.18%
1962 323,900 4,055,959 -0.42% 3.19%
1963 322,550 4,185,877 -0.42% 3.2%
1964 321,250 4,320,006 -0.4% 3.2%
1965 318,800 4,458,462 -0.76% 3.2%
1966 315,200 4,601,217 -1.13% 3.2%
1967 311,550 4,748,307 -1.16% 3.2%
1968 307,900 4,900,440 -1.17% 3.2%
1969 304,300 5,058,181 -1.17% 3.22%
1970 302,650 5,215,918 -0.54% 3.12%
1971 302,700 5,374,712 0.02% 3.04%
1972 302,450 5,542,445 -0.08% 3.12%
1973 302,200 5,720,404 -0.08% 3.21%
1974 301,996 5,908,328 -0.07% 3.29%
1975 304,222 6,098,658 0.74% 3.22%
1976 305,774 6,287,105 0.51% 3.09%
1977 306,970 6,449,512 0.39% 2.58%
1978 310,182 6,543,575 1.05% 1.46%
1979 313,342 6,647,556 1.02% 1.59%
1980 316,645 7,041,303 1.05% 5.92%
1981 318,982 7,498,635 0.74% 6.49%
1982 325,898 7,796,496 2.17% 3.97%
1983 330,524 8,098,404 1.42% 3.87%
1984 330,593 8,391,488 0.02% 3.62%
1985 336,452 8,686,813 1.77% 3.52%
1986 342,121 8,982,578 1.68% 3.4%
1987 344,485 9,284,644 0.69% 3.36%
1988 347,325 9,583,094 0.82% 3.21%
1989 350,722 9,864,798 0.98% 2.94%
1990 354,170 10,137,281 0.98% 2.76%
1991 363,845 10,404,816 2.73% 2.64%
1992 367,618 10,702,700 1.04% 2.86%
1993 371,308 10,860,288 1% 1.47%
1994 374,797 10,873,148 0.94% 0.12%
1995 377,419 10,974,599 0.7% 0.93%
1996 379,905 11,158,360 0.66% 1.67%
1997 382,791 11,369,827 0.76% 1.9%
1998 385,287 11,594,297 0.65% 1.97%
1999 387,578 11,783,458 0.59% 1.63%
2000 390,087 11,892,055 0.65% 0.92%
2001 393,028 11,971,901 0.75% 0.67%
2002 395,969 12,087,653 0.75% 0.97%
2003 398,582 12,232,323 0.66% 1.2%
2004 401,268 12,365,896 0.67% 1.09%
2005 403,834 12,483,432 0.64% 0.95%
2006 405,308 12,636,445 0.37% 1.23%
2007 406,724 12,804,058 0.35% 1.33%
2008 409,379 12,959,149 0.65% 1.21%
2009 412,477 13,142,790 0.76% 1.42%
2010 414,508 13,356,548 0.49% 1.63%
2011 416,268 13,595,424 0.42% 1.79%
2012 420,028 13,817,887 0.9% 1.64%
2013 424,810 14,013,808 1.14% 1.42%
2014 433,481 14,207,359 2.04% 1.38%
2015 444,220 14,399,013 2.48% 1.35%
2016 454,505 14,600,294 2.32% 1.4%
2017 467,106 14,812,482 2.77% 1.45%
2018 483,903 15,034,452 3.6% 1.5%
2019 503,912 15,271,368 4.13% 1.58%
2020 515,490 15,526,888 2.3% 1.67%
2021 518,150 15,797,210 0.52% 1.74%
2022 531,113 16,069,056 2.5% 1.72%
2023 552,747 16,340,822 4.07% 1.69%
2024 574,346 16,634,373 3.91% 1.8%
2025 580,514 16,950,805 1.07% 1.9%
2026 584,351 17,273,591 0.66% 1.9%
2027 586,444 17,600,621 0.36% 1.89%
2028 588,290 17,932,015 0.31% 1.88%
2029 589,776 18,268,967 0.25% 1.88%
2030 590,973 18,610,356 0.2% 1.87%
2031 591,921 18,956,207 0.16% 1.86%
2032 592,622 19,311,368 0.12% 1.87%
2033 592,974 19,675,929 0.06% 1.89%
2034 592,827 20,041,125 -0.02% 1.86%
2035 592,332 20,409,159 -0.08% 1.84%
2036 591,668 20,778,662 -0.11% 1.81%
2037 590,830 21,144,748 -0.14% 1.76%
2038 589,771 21,512,919 -0.18% 1.74%
2039 588,528 21,881,123 -0.21% 1.71%
2040 587,256 22,250,123 -0.22% 1.69%
2041 585,895 22,627,428 -0.23% 1.7%
2042 584,467 23,000,906 -0.24% 1.65%
2043 582,966 23,371,301 -0.26% 1.61%
2044 581,355 23,740,630 -0.28% 1.58%
2045 579,693 24,102,391 -0.29% 1.52%
2046 577,954 24,462,491 -0.3% 1.49%
2047 576,050 24,816,449 -0.33% 1.45%
2048 574,050 25,168,419 -0.35% 1.42%
2049 572,187 25,518,513 -0.32% 1.39%
2050 570,210 25,866,397 -0.35% 1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.

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