What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Brunei Darussalam and Malta?

74,005 people, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei Darussalam and Malta?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Brunei Darussalam vs Malta: The global population hockey stick

Brunei Darussalam

458,959 people

in 2023

Malta

532,964 people

in 2023

Brunei Darussalam rank

176th

Malta rank

173rd

The global population hockey stick over time

Brunei Darussalam
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 532,964 people against 458,959 people in Brunei Darussalam, a difference of 74,005 people.

That makes Malta's figure about 1.2 times Brunei Darussalam's.

Across all 241 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

Brunei Darussalam ranks 176th and Malta ranks 173rd of 239 countries.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Brunei Darussalam	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1000s	2,000 people	10,000 people	8,000 people	Malta
1100s	2,400 people	10,000 people	7,600 people	Malta
1200s	4,000 people	10,000 people	6,000 people	Malta
1300s	4,400 people	20,000 people	15,600 people	Malta
1400s	4,800 people	10,000 people	5,200 people	Malta
1500s	4,000 people	20,000 people	16,000 people	Malta
1600s	5,000 people	40,000 people	35,000 people	Malta
1700s	6,000 people	70,000 people	64,000 people	Malta
1710s	6,226 people	72,000 people	65,774 people	Malta
1720s	6,792 people	74,000 people	67,208 people	Malta
1730s	7,409 people	76,000 people	68,591 people	Malta
1740s	8,083 people	78,000 people	69,917 people	Malta
1750s	8,817 people	80,000 people	71,183 people	Malta
1760s	9,619 people	84,000 people	74,381 people	Malta
1770s	10,494 people	88,000 people	77,506 people	Malta
1780s	11,448 people	92,000 people	80,552 people	Malta
1790s	12,488 people	96,000 people	83,512 people	Malta
1800s	2,258 people	134,072 people	131,814 people	Malta
1810s	2,296 people	134,088 people	131,792 people	Malta
1820s	2,545 people	137,798 people	135,253 people	Malta
1830s	3,068 people	146,176 people	143,108 people	Malta
1840s	3,766 people	155,134 people	151,368 people	Malta
1850s	4,635 people	163,979 people	159,344 people	Malta
1860s	5,788 people	172,483 people	166,695 people	Malta
1870s	7,476 people	181,412 people	173,937 people	Malta
1880s	10,299 people	190,789 people	180,490 people	Malta
1890s	14,259 people	200,633 people	186,374 people	Malta
1900s	19,706 people	210,934 people	191,228 people	Malta
1910s	24,686 people	214,191 people	189,505 people	Malta
1920s	28,834 people	218,522 people	189,687 people	Malta
1930s	36,061 people	238,856 people	202,796 people	Malta
1940s	44,392 people	271,350 people	226,957 people	Malta
1950s	64,442 people	315,025 people	250,583 people	Malta
1960s	109,021 people	327,598 people	218,577 people	Malta
1970s	156,166 people	332,964 people	176,798 people	Malta
1980s	216,103 people	352,494 people	136,390 people	Malta
1990s	287,549 people	382,729 people	95,180 people	Malta
2000s	355,671 people	411,306 people	55,635 people	Malta
2010s	418,834 people	449,359 people	30,525 people	Malta
2020s	453,366 people	525,938 people	72,572 people	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Brunei Darussalam or Malta?: Malta, at 532,964 people against 458,959 people in Brunei Darussalam as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Brunei Darussalam and Malta?: 74,005 people, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Brunei Darussalam and Malta?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Brunei Darussalam and Malta rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Brunei Darussalam ranks 176th and Malta ranks 173rd of 239 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: The global population hockey stick
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: 28 August 2026

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