Malta
Life expectancy in Malta
Life expectancy in Malta: 63.5 years in 1950 and 83.3 years in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 83.3 years
- Since 1950
- +19.8 years
- Rank, 2023
- 17 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 73.2 years
- Projected, 2100
- 92.3 years
- UN projection (medium variant)
years · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 92.3 years in 2100, between 85.3 years and 100.3 years (95% prediction interval).
Every year
years · UN
| Year | Malta | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 83.3 | 73.2 |
| 2022 | 82.3 | 72.6 |
| 2021 | 82.3 | 70.9 |
| 2020 | 82.3 | 71.9 |
| 2019 | 82.8 | 72.6 |
| 2018 | 82.9 | 72.4 |
| 2017 | 83.1 | 72.1 |
| 2016 | 82.7 | 71.9 |
| 2015 | 82.6 | 71.6 |
| 2014 | 82.3 | 71.4 |
| 2013 | 81.8 | 71.1 |
| 2012 | 81.1 | 70.8 |
| 2011 | 80.8 | 70.4 |
| 2010 | 81.4 | 70.1 |
| 2009 | 80.4 | 69.7 |
| 2008 | 79.7 | 69.3 |
| 2007 | 79.7 | 69 |
| 2006 | 79.6 | 68.6 |
| 2005 | 79.5 | 68.1 |
| 2004 | 79.2 | 67.7 |
| 2003 | 78.7 | 67.4 |
| 2002 | 78.5 | 67.1 |
| 2001 | 78.9 | 66.8 |
| 2000 | 77.9 | 66.4 |
| 1999 | 77.8 | 66 |
| 1998 | 77.8 | 65.7 |
| 1997 | 77.3 | 65.5 |
| 1996 | 76.3 | 65.2 |
| 1995 | 77 | 64.9 |
| 1994 | 77 | 64.3 |
| 1993 | 76.8 | 64.4 |
| 1992 | 76.7 | 64.3 |
| 1991 | 76.5 | 64.1 |
| 1990 | 76.2 | 64 |
| 1989 | 76.2 | 63.8 |
| 1988 | 75.9 | 63.4 |
| 1987 | 75.3 | 63.2 |
| 1986 | 74.5 | 62.7 |
| 1985 | 73.9 | 62.2 |
| 1984 | 73.3 | 61.9 |
| 1983 | 73.1 | 61.5 |
| 1982 | 72.8 | 61.3 |
| 1981 | 72.4 | 60.9 |
| 1980 | 72.3 | 60.5 |
| 1979 | 72.5 | 60.2 |
| 1978 | 72.3 | 59.5 |
| 1977 | 72.3 | 59.2 |
| 1976 | 72.2 | 58.6 |
| 1975 | 72.1 | 58.3 |
| 1974 | 72 | 58.1 |
| 1973 | 71.3 | 57.7 |
| 1972 | 70.7 | 57.2 |
| 1971 | 70.1 | 56 |
| 1970 | 70.4 | 56.3 |
| 1969 | 70.1 | 56 |
| 1968 | 69.9 | 55.6 |
| 1967 | 69.8 | 55.1 |
| 1966 | 69.7 | 54.6 |
| 1965 | 69.5 | 54 |
| 1964 | 69.3 | 54.3 |
| 1963 | 69.3 | 53.7 |
| 1962 | 69.2 | 53.2 |
| 1961 | 68.4 | 50.4 |
| 1960 | 68.4 | 47.8 |
| 1959 | 68.4 | 49.6 |
| 1958 | 67.8 | 51.6 |
| 1957 | 67.5 | 51.1 |
| 1956 | 66.8 | 50.7 |
| 1955 | 66.3 | 50.2 |
| 1954 | 65.1 | 49.7 |
| 1953 | 64.3 | 48.8 |
| 1952 | 64.1 | 48.2 |
| 1951 | 63.9 | 47.1 |
| 1950 | 63.5 | 46.4 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Malta | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 83.582.6–84.4 | 73.3 |
| 2025 | 83.682.4–84.8 | 73.5 |
| 2026 | 83.882.2–85.3 | 73.8 |
| 2027 | 83.982.2–85.7 | 73.9 |
| 2028 | 84.182.1–86 | 74.1 |
| 2029 | 84.282.2–86.3 | 74.2 |
| 2030 | 84.382.2–86.7 | 74.4 |
| 2031 | 84.582.3–87 | 74.5 |
| 2032 | 84.682.2–87.4 | 74.7 |
| 2033 | 84.782.3–87.6 | 74.8 |
| 2034 | 84.982.3–87.8 | 75 |
| 2035 | 8582.3–88.1 | 75.1 |
| 2036 | 85.182.3–88.2 | 75.3 |
| 2037 | 85.282.3–88.5 | 75.4 |
| 2038 | 85.482.4–88.7 | 75.5 |
| 2039 | 85.582.3–88.9 | 75.7 |
| 2040 | 85.682.3–89.2 | 75.8 |
| 2041 | 85.782.4–89.5 | 75.9 |
| 2042 | 85.982.4–89.8 | 76.1 |
| 2043 | 8682.5–89.8 | 76.2 |
| 2044 | 86.182.4–90.1 | 76.3 |
| 2045 | 86.282.6–90.2 | 76.5 |
| 2046 | 86.382.6–90.4 | 76.6 |
| 2047 | 86.582.8–90.8 | 76.7 |
| 2048 | 86.682.7–91.2 | 76.8 |
| 2049 | 86.782.9–91.4 | 76.9 |
| 2050 | 86.883–91.4 | 77 |
| 2051 | 86.982.9–91.6 | 77.1 |
| 2052 | 87.183–91.8 | 77.2 |
| 2053 | 87.283.1–92 | 77.3 |
| 2054 | 87.382.9–92.1 | 77.4 |
| 2055 | 87.482.9–92.3 | 77.6 |
| 2056 | 87.583.1–92.5 | 77.7 |
| 2057 | 87.683.1–92.6 | 77.8 |
| 2058 | 87.783–92.7 | 77.9 |
| 2059 | 87.883.1–93 | 78 |
| 2060 | 8883.2–93.3 | 78.1 |
| 2061 | 88.183.3–93.4 | 78.2 |
| 2062 | 88.283.2–93.6 | 78.3 |
| 2063 | 88.383.3–93.6 | 78.4 |
| 2064 | 88.483.3–94.1 | 78.5 |
| 2065 | 88.583.3–94.2 | 78.6 |
| 2066 | 88.683.4–94.3 | 78.7 |
| 2067 | 88.783.5–94.4 | 78.8 |
| 2068 | 88.883.6–94.6 | 78.9 |
| 2069 | 8983.6–94.7 | 79 |
| 2070 | 89.183.6–95 | 79.1 |
| 2071 | 89.283.6–95.4 | 79.2 |
| 2072 | 89.383.6–95.2 | 79.3 |
| 2073 | 89.483.8–95.3 | 79.4 |
| 2074 | 89.583.9–95.6 | 79.4 |
| 2075 | 89.684–95.6 | 79.5 |
| 2076 | 89.784–95.9 | 79.6 |
| 2077 | 89.883.9–96.2 | 79.7 |
| 2078 | 89.984.1–96.4 | 79.8 |
| 2079 | 9084.2–96.4 | 79.9 |
| 2080 | 90.284.2–96.7 | 80 |
| 2081 | 90.384.3–96.9 | 80.1 |
| 2082 | 90.484.4–97 | 80.2 |
| 2083 | 90.584.3–97.1 | 80.3 |
| 2084 | 90.684.4–97.4 | 80.3 |
| 2085 | 90.784.5–97.5 | 80.4 |
| 2086 | 90.884.5–97.9 | 80.5 |
| 2087 | 90.984.7–98.1 | 80.6 |
| 2088 | 9184.6–98.3 | 80.7 |
| 2089 | 91.184.5–98.4 | 80.8 |
| 2090 | 91.284.7–98.6 | 80.9 |
| 2091 | 91.384.7–98.7 | 81 |
| 2092 | 91.484.9–99 | 81 |
| 2093 | 91.685–99.1 | 81.1 |
| 2094 | 91.785.1–99.4 | 81.2 |
| 2095 | 91.885–99.5 | 81.3 |
| 2096 | 91.985.1–99.6 | 81.4 |
| 2097 | 9285.2–99.7 | 81.5 |
| 2098 | 92.185.3–100 | 81.6 |
| 2099 | 92.285.2–100.1 | 81.7 |
| 2100 | 92.385.3–100.3 | 81.7 |
Good to know
- How long a newborn would live on average if the year’s death rates held all its life.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$117M in 2025
- Military spending per person$230 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.73% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports45 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports5 million TIV in 2015