What is the difference in population, total, per square kilometre between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malta?

1,594 units per square kilometre, with Malta ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malta?

63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

Statizoid (derived), published as Population, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) vs Malta: Population, total, per square kilometre

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)

132.93 units per square kilometre

in 2023

Malta

1,727 units per square kilometre

in 2023

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) rank

6th

Malta rank

8th

Population, total, per square kilometre over time

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)
Malta

How they compare

Malta currently reports 1,727 units per square kilometre against 132.93 units per square kilometre in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries), a difference of 1,594 units per square kilometre.

That makes Malta's figure about 13.0 times East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)'s.

Across all 63 years both countries report, Malta has been ahead every year.

East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 6th and Malta ranks 8th of 47 groups.

Malta has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries)	Malta	Difference	Ahead
1960s	61.35 units per square kilometre	989.83 units per square kilometre	928.48 units per square kilometre	Malta
1970s	77.04 units per square kilometre	953.9 units per square kilometre	876.86 units per square kilometre	Malta
1980s	91.3 units per square kilometre	1,045 units per square kilometre	953.62 units per square kilometre	Malta
1990s	106.41 units per square kilometre	1,170 units per square kilometre	1,064 units per square kilometre	Malta
2000s	117.66 units per square kilometre	1,255 units per square kilometre	1,138 units per square kilometre	Malta
2010s	127.36 units per square kilometre	1,395 units per square kilometre	1,267 units per square kilometre	Malta
2020s	132.52 units per square kilometre	1,654 units per square kilometre	1,522 units per square kilometre	Malta

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, total, per square kilometre, East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) or Malta?: Malta, at 1,727 units per square kilometre against 132.93 units per square kilometre in East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) as of 2023.
What is the difference in population, total, per square kilometre between East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malta?: 1,594 units per square kilometre, with Malta ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malta?: 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
How do East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) and Malta rank globally for population, total, per square kilometre?: East Asia & Pacific (IDA & IBRD countries) ranks 6th and Malta ranks 8th of 47 groups.
Where does this data come from?: Statizoid (derived), published as Population, total, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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Indicator: Population, total, per square kilometre
Unit: units per square kilometre
Source: Statizoid (derived)
Licence: Derived by Statizoid from the sources named on the page
Coverage: 264 places, 15,342 data points, 1961–2023
Last refreshed: 14 September 2026

Population, total divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.