Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Malta or Suriname?

Suriname, at 628,892 people against 532,964 people in Malta as of 2023.

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

95,928 people, with Suriname ahead.

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

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.

Malta vs Suriname: The global population hockey stick

Malta

532,964 people

in 2023

Suriname

628,892 people

in 2023

Malta rank

173rd

Suriname rank

171st

The global population hockey stick over time

Malta
Suriname

How they compare

Suriname currently reports 628,892 people against 532,964 people in Malta, a difference of 95,928 people.

That makes Suriname's figure about 1.2 times Malta's.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Malta ahead.

Malta ranks 173rd and Suriname ranks 171st of 239 countries.

Across the 40 decades both report, Malta averaged higher in 31 and Suriname in 9.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Malta	Suriname	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,000 people	9,442 people	558 people	Malta
1100s	10,000 people	10,300 people	300 people	Suriname
1200s	10,000 people	11,236 people	1,236 people	Suriname
1300s	20,000 people	12,258 people	7,742 people	Malta
1400s	10,000 people	13,372 people	3,372 people	Suriname
1500s	20,000 people	14,588 people	5,412 people	Malta
1600s	40,000 people	15,914 people	24,086 people	Malta
1700s	70,000 people	17,361 people	52,639 people	Malta
1710s	72,000 people	18,939 people	53,061 people	Malta
1720s	74,000 people	20,661 people	53,339 people	Malta
1730s	76,000 people	22,540 people	53,460 people	Malta
1740s	78,000 people	24,589 people	53,411 people	Malta
1750s	80,000 people	26,824 people	53,176 people	Malta
1760s	84,000 people	29,263 people	54,737 people	Malta
1770s	88,000 people	31,923 people	56,077 people	Malta
1780s	92,000 people	34,825 people	57,175 people	Malta
1790s	96,000 people	37,991 people	58,009 people	Malta
1800s	134,072 people	80,721 people	53,351 people	Malta
1810s	134,088 people	80,724 people	53,364 people	Malta
1820s	137,798 people	81,394 people	56,403 people	Malta
1830s	146,176 people	82,869 people	63,307 people	Malta
1840s	155,134 people	84,382 people	70,752 people	Malta
1850s	163,979 people	85,517 people	78,462 people	Malta
1860s	172,483 people	86,162 people	86,320 people	Malta
1870s	181,412 people	86,803 people	94,609 people	Malta
1880s	190,789 people	87,438 people	103,350 people	Malta
1890s	200,633 people	88,068 people	112,565 people	Malta
1900s	210,934 people	88,753 people	122,181 people	Malta
1910s	214,191 people	104,973 people	109,218 people	Malta
1920s	218,522 people	133,221 people	85,301 people	Malta
1930s	238,856 people	154,904 people	83,952 people	Malta
1940s	271,350 people	180,954 people	90,395 people	Malta
1950s	315,025 people	223,296 people	91,729 people	Malta
1960s	327,598 people	314,211 people	13,387 people	Malta
1970s	332,964 people	388,195 people	55,231 people	Suriname
1980s	352,494 people	387,529 people	35,035 people	Suriname
1990s	382,729 people	432,771 people	50,042 people	Suriname
2000s	411,306 people	513,631 people	102,325 people	Suriname
2010s	449,359 people	578,167 people	128,808 people	Suriname
2020s	525,938 people	620,572 people	94,634 people	Suriname

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Malta or Suriname?: Suriname, at 628,892 people against 532,964 people in Malta as of 2023.
What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Malta and Suriname?: 95,928 people, with Suriname ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Malta and Suriname?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Malta and Suriname rank globally for the global population hockey stick?: Malta ranks 173rd and Suriname ranks 171st 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.