Malta vs Suriname
Suriname has 10% more people than Malta: 639,850 vs 579,704, a gap of 60,146. Malta is growing faster (+1.89% vs +0.85% a year), adding about 10,960 people a year against +5,442. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Malta would overtake Suriname in about 9 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2034) — a projection, not a forecast. Malta is the older society: 20.5% aged 65+ against 8.2% in Suriname, while Suriname has more children (25.3% under 15 vs 12.9%). Malta is 440.9× as densely populated (1,727.3 vs 3.9 people per km²). People in Malta live 9.2 years longer on average (83.0 vs 73.8). GDP per capita is 6.8× higher in Malta ($47,907 vs $7,070).
Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Malta) and 2025 (Suriname); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.
Malta vs Suriname — side by side
 Malta |  Suriname | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 579,7042025 | 639,8502025 |
| Growth rate / yr | +1.89%2025 | +0.85%2025 |
| Births per 1,000 | 7.72024 | 17.22024 |
| Deaths per 1,000 | 7.32024 | 6.82024 |
| Children per woman | 1.012024 | 2.232024 |
| Life expectancy | 83.0 yrs2024 | 73.8 yrs2024 |
| Aged 0–14 | 12.9%2025 | 25.3%2025 |
| Aged 65+ | 20.5%2025 | 8.2%2025 |
| Density | 1,727.3 /km²2023 | 3.9 /km²2023 |
| Area | 320 km²2023 | 163,820 km²2023 |
| Urban population | 95.7%2025 | 65.8%2025 |
| Net migration / yr | +5,1612025 | -9672025 |
| GDP per capita | $47,9072025 | $7,0702025 |
| Country population rank (available records) | #170 | #168 |
| 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). Malta: 1.8× from 1960 to 2025; Suriname: 2.4× 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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