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