Brunei vs Malta
Malta has 1.2× the population of Brunei: 579,704 vs 466,330, a gap of 113,374. Malta is growing faster (+1.89% vs +0.78% a year), adding about 10,960 people a year against +3,623. At these source-year rates the modelled relative population gap is widening. Malta is the older society: 20.5% aged 65+ against 7.2% in Brunei, while Brunei has more children (20.6% under 15 vs 12.9%). Malta is 19.8× as densely populated (1,727.3 vs 87.1 people per km²). People in Malta live 7.5 years longer on average (83.0 vs 75.5). GDP per capita is 1.5× higher in Malta ($47,907 vs $32,235).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Brunei) and 2025 (Malta); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Brunei vs Malta — side by side
 Brunei |  Malta | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 466,3302025 | 579,7042025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +0.78%2025 | +1.89%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 13.32024 | 7.72024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 5.32024 | 7.32024 |
| Children per woman | 1.732024 | 1.012024 |
| Life expectancy | 75.5 yrs2024 | 83.0 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 20.6%2025 | 12.9%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 7.2%2025 | 20.5%2025 |
| Density | 87.1 /km²2023 | 1,727.3 /km²2023 |
| Area | 5,770 km²2023 | 320 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 75.0%2025 | 95.7%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | 02025 | +5,1612025 |
| GDP per capita | $32,2352025 | $47,9072025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #173 | #170 |
| Base / world population (World Bank 2025) | 0.01% | 0.01% |
Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.
Population since 1960
World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Brunei: 5.3× from 1960 to 2025; Malta: 1.8× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.
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