Which has higher population by world region, Malta or Samoa?

Samoa, at 383,564 people against 359,935 people in Malta as of 2100.

What is the difference in population by world region between Malta and Samoa?

23,629 people, with Samoa ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Samoa?

318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Malta vs Samoa: Population by world region

Malta

359,935 people

in 2100

Samoa

383,564 people

in 2100

Malta rank

182nd

Samoa rank

180th

Population by world region over time

Malta
Samoa

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 383,564 people against 359,935 people in Malta, a difference of 23,629 people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 318 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 182nd and Samoa ranks 180th of 239 countries.

Across the 48 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 47 and Samoa in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Samoa	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,000 people	492 people	9,508 people	Malta
1100s	10,000 people	738 people	9,262 people	Malta
1200s	10,000 people	1,107 people	8,893 people	Malta
1300s	20,000 people	1,660 people	18,340 people	Malta
1400s	10,000 people	2,490 people	7,510 people	Malta
1500s	20,000 people	3,736 people	16,264 people	Malta
1600s	40,000 people	5,604 people	34,396 people	Malta
1700s	70,000 people	8,406 people	61,594 people	Malta
1710s	72,000 people	8,848 people	63,152 people	Malta
1720s	74,000 people	9,314 people	64,686 people	Malta
1730s	76,000 people	9,804 people	66,196 people	Malta
1740s	78,000 people	10,320 people	67,680 people	Malta
1750s	80,000 people	10,864 people	69,136 people	Malta
1760s	84,000 people	11,435 people	72,565 people	Malta
1770s	88,000 people	12,037 people	75,963 people	Malta
1780s	92,000 people	12,671 people	79,329 people	Malta
1790s	96,000 people	13,338 people	82,662 people	Malta
1800s	134,072 people	47,264 people	86,808 people	Malta
1810s	134,088 people	47,183 people	86,905 people	Malta
1820s	137,798 people	47,103 people	90,695 people	Malta
1830s	146,176 people	47,023 people	99,153 people	Malta
1840s	155,134 people	46,937 people	108,198 people	Malta
1850s	163,979 people	45,625 people	118,354 people	Malta
1860s	172,483 people	42,974 people	129,508 people	Malta
1870s	181,412 people	40,450 people	140,962 people	Malta
1880s	190,789 people	38,071 people	152,718 people	Malta
1890s	200,633 people	35,842 people	164,791 people	Malta
1900s	210,934 people	37,156 people	173,778 people	Malta
1910s	214,191 people	39,438 people	174,753 people	Malta
1920s	218,522 people	47,436 people	171,085 people	Malta
1930s	238,856 people	65,201 people	173,655 people	Malta
1940s	271,350 people	79,004 people	192,345 people	Malta
1950s	315,025 people	98,381 people	216,644 people	Malta
1960s	327,598 people	126,048 people	201,550 people	Malta
1970s	332,964 people	151,797 people	181,167 people	Malta
1980s	352,494 people	166,879 people	185,615 people	Malta
1990s	382,729 people	174,116 people	208,613 people	Malta
2000s	411,306 people	186,619 people	224,686 people	Malta
2010s	449,359 people	201,073 people	248,286 people	Malta
2020s	539,559 people	218,500 people	321,059 people	Malta
2030s	555,678 people	234,628 people	321,050 people	Malta
2040s	545,101 people	258,880 people	286,221 people	Malta
2050s	526,091 people	283,054 people	243,037 people	Malta
2060s	499,733 people	307,283 people	192,450 people	Malta
2070s	461,794 people	334,178 people	127,616 people	Malta
2080s	417,006 people	357,650 people	59,356 people	Malta
2090s	377,615 people	375,776 people	1,839 people	Malta
2100s	359,935 people	383,564 people	23,629 people	Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population by world region, Malta or Samoa?: Samoa, at 383,564 people against 359,935 people in Malta as of 2100.
What is the difference in population by world region between Malta and Samoa?: 23,629 people, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Samoa?: 318 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2100.
How do Malta and Samoa rank globally for population by world region?: Malta ranks 182nd and Samoa ranks 180th of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population by world region. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Individual pages

Share, cite or embed this page

Cite this page

Malta vs Samoa: Population by world region. Statizoid, drawing on HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data. Retrieved 23 September 2026, from https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-regions-with-projections/malta/samoa/

Embed or link this data

Paste this into a page to link back to these figures. The data itself is free to reuse under CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data); please keep the attribution.

<a href="https://population.statizoid.com/compare/population-regions-with-projections/malta/samoa/">Malta vs Samoa: Population by world region</a> — Statizoid

About this data

Indicator: Population by world region
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 69,174 data points, 1000–2100
Last refreshed: 18 September 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2100, based on data and estimates from different sources.