Population in Australia compared to Malta: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Malta: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Malta	Australia	Malta
1960	10,276,477	326,550	-	-
1961	10,483,000	325,250	2.01%	-0.4%
1962	10,742,000	323,900	2.47%	-0.42%
1963	10,950,000	322,550	1.94%	-0.42%
1964	11,167,000	321,250	1.98%	-0.4%
1965	11,388,000	318,800	1.98%	-0.76%
1966	11,651,000	315,200	2.31%	-1.13%
1967	11,799,000	311,550	1.27%	-1.16%
1968	12,009,000	307,900	1.78%	-1.17%
1969	12,263,000	304,300	2.12%	-1.17%
1970	12,507,000	302,650	1.99%	-0.54%
1971	12,937,000	302,700	3.44%	0.02%
1972	13,177,000	302,450	1.86%	-0.08%
1973	13,380,000	302,200	1.54%	-0.08%
1974	13,723,000	301,996	2.56%	-0.07%
1975	13,893,000	304,222	1.24%	0.74%
1976	14,033,000	305,774	1.01%	0.51%
1977	14,192,000	306,970	1.13%	0.39%
1978	14,358,000	310,182	1.17%	1.05%
1979	14,514,000	313,342	1.09%	1.02%
1980	14,692,000	316,645	1.23%	1.05%
1981	14,923,260	318,982	1.57%	0.74%
1982	15,184,247	325,898	1.75%	2.17%
1983	15,393,472	330,524	1.38%	1.42%
1984	15,579,391	330,593	1.21%	0.02%
1985	15,788,312	336,452	1.34%	1.77%
1986	16,018,350	342,121	1.46%	1.68%
1987	16,263,874	344,485	1.53%	0.69%
1988	16,532,164	347,325	1.65%	0.82%
1989	16,814,416	350,722	1.71%	0.98%
1990	17,065,128	354,170	1.49%	0.98%
1991	17,284,036	363,845	1.28%	2.73%
1992	17,478,635	367,618	1.13%	1.04%
1993	17,634,808	371,308	0.89%	1%
1994	17,805,468	374,797	0.97%	0.94%
1995	18,004,882	377,419	1.12%	0.7%
1996	18,224,767	379,905	1.22%	0.66%
1997	18,423,037	382,791	1.09%	0.76%
1998	18,607,584	385,287	1%	0.65%
1999	18,812,264	387,578	1.1%	0.59%
2000	19,028,802	390,087	1.15%	0.65%
2001	19,274,701	393,028	1.29%	0.75%
2002	19,495,210	395,969	1.14%	0.75%
2003	19,720,737	398,582	1.16%	0.66%
2004	19,932,722	401,268	1.07%	0.67%
2005	20,176,844	403,834	1.22%	0.64%
2006	20,450,966	405,308	1.36%	0.37%
2007	20,827,622	406,724	1.84%	0.35%
2008	21,249,199	409,379	2.02%	0.65%
2009	21,691,653	412,477	2.08%	0.76%
2010	22,031,750	414,508	1.57%	0.49%
2011	22,340,024	416,268	1.4%	0.42%
2012	22,733,465	420,028	1.76%	0.9%
2013	23,128,129	424,810	1.74%	1.14%
2014	23,475,686	433,481	1.5%	2.04%
2015	23,815,995	444,220	1.45%	2.48%
2016	24,190,907	454,505	1.57%	2.32%
2017	24,592,588	467,106	1.66%	2.77%
2018	24,963,258	483,903	1.51%	3.6%
2019	25,334,826	503,912	1.49%	4.13%
2020	25,649,248	515,490	1.24%	2.3%
2021	25,685,412	518,150	0.14%	0.52%
2022	26,014,399	531,113	1.28%	2.5%
2023	26,652,777	552,747	2.45%	4.07%
2024	27,204,809	574,346	2.07%	3.91%
2025	27,470,426	580,514	0.98%	1.07%
2026	27,728,157	584,351	0.94%	0.66%
2027	27,979,877	586,444	0.91%	0.36%
2028	28,228,958	588,290	0.89%	0.31%
2029	28,471,054	589,776	0.86%	0.25%
2030	28,707,292	590,973	0.83%	0.2%
2031	28,940,769	591,921	0.81%	0.16%
2032	29,169,013	592,622	0.79%	0.12%
2033	29,392,748	592,974	0.77%	0.06%
2034	29,614,137	592,827	0.75%	-0.02%
2035	29,835,307	592,332	0.75%	-0.08%
2036	30,056,752	591,668	0.74%	-0.11%
2037	30,273,692	590,830	0.72%	-0.14%
2038	30,488,994	589,771	0.71%	-0.18%
2039	30,703,245	588,528	0.7%	-0.21%
2040	30,916,122	587,256	0.69%	-0.22%
2041	31,132,858	585,895	0.7%	-0.23%
2042	31,352,893	584,467	0.71%	-0.24%
2043	31,572,750	582,966	0.7%	-0.26%
2044	31,790,565	581,355	0.69%	-0.28%
2045	32,009,555	579,693	0.69%	-0.29%
2046	32,232,946	577,954	0.7%	-0.3%
2047	32,452,651	576,050	0.68%	-0.33%
2048	32,672,016	574,050	0.68%	-0.35%
2049	32,891,546	572,187	0.67%	-0.32%
2050	33,105,190	570,210	0.65%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Malta was ranked 168th in 2005 and ranked 167th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.