Fiji vs Malta: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Fiji
555,642 people
in 2025
Malta
521,847 people
in 2025
Fiji rank
161st
Malta rank
163rd
Number of people living in urban and rural areas over time
- Fiji
- Malta
How they compare
Fiji currently reports 555,642 people against 521,847 people in Malta, a difference of 33,795 people.
That makes Fiji's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Malta ahead.
Fiji ranks 161st and Malta ranks 163rd of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Fiji averaged higher in 4 and Malta in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Fiji | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 57,135 people | 282,962 people | 225,827 people | Malta |
| 1960s | 146,298 people | 293,621 people | 147,323 people | Malta |
| 1970s | 210,802 people | 297,792 people | 86,989 people | Malta |
| 1980s | 274,680 people | 316,942 people | 42,262 people | Malta |
| 1990s | 359,052 people | 353,586 people | 5,466 people | Fiji |
| 2000s | 436,356 people | 385,323 people | 51,033 people | Fiji |
| 2010s | 498,131 people | 424,632 people | 73,499 people | Fiji |
| 2020s | 538,714 people | 507,786 people | 30,929 people | Fiji |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, Fiji or Malta?
- Fiji, at 555,642 people against 521,847 people in Malta as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas between Fiji and Malta?
- 33,795 people, with Fiji ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Fiji and Malta?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Fiji and Malta rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas?
- Fiji ranks 161st and Malta ranks 163rd of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.