Malta vs Western Sahara: Population

Malta

532,964 people

in 2023

Western Sahara

579,734 people

in 2023

Malta rank

172nd

Western Sahara rank

171st

Population over time

Western Sahara currently reports 579,734 people against 532,964 people in Malta, a difference of 46,770 people.

That makes Western Sahara's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 106 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 172nd and Western Sahara ranks 171st of 238 regions.

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.