Malta vs Samoa: Share of children, working-age adults, and older people

Malta
70,098 people
in 2023
Samoa
83,911 people
in 2023
Malta rank
182nd
Samoa rank
180th

Share of children, working-age adults, and older people over time

  • Malta
  • Samoa
025.0k50.0k75.0k100.0k125.0k195019862023

How they compare

Samoa currently reports 83,911 people against 70,098 people in Malta, a difference of 13,813 people.

That makes Samoa's figure about 1.2 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 182nd and Samoa ranks 180th of 236 countries.

Across the 8 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 5 and Samoa in 3.

Head to head by decade

Decade Malta Samoa Difference Ahead
1950s 114,103 people 48,336 people 65,767 people Malta
1960s 105,399 people 64,273 people 41,126 people Malta
1970s 83,515 people 74,799 people 8,716 people Malta
1980s 83,850 people 72,942 people 10,908 people Malta
1990s 84,117 people 70,366 people 13,751 people Malta
2000s 72,494 people 74,088 people 1,594 people Samoa
2010s 64,307 people 76,904 people 12,597 people Samoa
2020s 69,582 people 82,991 people 13,408 people Samoa

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher share of children, working-age adults, and older people, Malta or Samoa?
Samoa, at 83,911 people against 70,098 people in Malta as of 2023.
What is the difference in share of children, working-age adults, and older people between Malta and Samoa?
13,813 people, with Samoa ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Samoa?
74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
How do Malta and Samoa rank globally for share of children, working-age adults, and older people?
Malta ranks 182nd and Samoa ranks 180th of 236 countries.
Where does this data come from?
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Share of children, working-age adults, and older people. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator
Share of children, working-age adults, and older people
Unit
people
Source
UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage
236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed

Total population, measured on 1 July of the year shown. This only includes people aged 0-14.