Cape Verde vs Malta: Population

Cape Verde

522,335 people

in 2023

Malta

532,964 people

in 2023

Cape Verde rank

174th

Malta rank

172nd

Population over time

Malta currently reports 532,964 people against 522,335 people in Cape Verde, a difference of 10,629 people.

The two have swapped places 2 times across 235 shared years of data; in 1600 it was Malta ahead.

Cape Verde ranks 174th and Malta ranks 172nd of 238 countries.

Indicator: Population
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, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.