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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Barbados	Malta	Barbados	Malta
1960	230,893	326,550	-	-
1961	233,148	325,250	0.98%	-0.4%
1962	235,224	323,900	0.89%	-0.42%
1963	237,557	322,550	0.99%	-0.42%
1964	239,958	321,250	1.01%	-0.4%
1965	242,417	318,800	1.02%	-0.76%
1966	244,996	315,200	1.06%	-1.13%
1967	247,091	311,550	0.86%	-1.16%
1968	248,540	307,900	0.59%	-1.17%
1969	249,444	304,300	0.36%	-1.17%
1970	249,387	302,650	-0.02%	-0.54%
1971	249,168	302,700	-0.09%	0.02%
1972	249,658	302,450	0.2%	-0.08%
1973	250,322	302,200	0.27%	-0.08%
1974	250,777	301,996	0.18%	-0.07%
1975	251,175	304,222	0.16%	0.74%
1976	251,442	305,774	0.11%	0.51%
1977	251,626	306,970	0.07%	0.39%
1978	251,551	310,182	-0.03%	1.05%
1979	251,269	313,342	-0.11%	1.02%
1980	251,524	316,645	0.1%	1.05%
1981	252,270	318,982	0.3%	0.74%
1982	253,095	325,898	0.33%	2.17%
1983	253,992	330,524	0.35%	1.42%
1984	254,920	330,593	0.37%	0.02%
1985	255,820	336,452	0.35%	1.77%
1986	256,618	342,121	0.31%	1.68%
1987	257,279	344,485	0.26%	0.69%
1988	257,763	347,325	0.19%	0.82%
1989	258,109	350,722	0.13%	0.98%
1990	258,582	354,170	0.18%	0.98%
1991	259,373	363,845	0.31%	2.73%
1992	260,267	367,618	0.34%	1.04%
1993	261,027	371,308	0.29%	1%
1994	261,620	374,797	0.23%	0.94%
1995	262,039	377,419	0.16%	0.7%
1996	262,284	379,905	0.09%	0.66%
1997	262,392	382,791	0.04%	0.76%
1998	262,436	385,287	0.02%	0.65%
1999	262,517	387,578	0.03%	0.59%
2000	262,063	390,087	-0.17%	0.65%
2001	262,425	393,028	0.14%	0.75%
2002	264,148	395,969	0.66%	0.75%
2003	265,776	398,582	0.62%	0.66%
2004	267,298	401,268	0.57%	0.67%
2005	268,706	403,834	0.53%	0.64%
2006	270,002	405,308	0.48%	0.37%
2007	271,288	406,724	0.48%	0.35%
2008	272,714	409,379	0.53%	0.65%
2009	274,123	412,477	0.52%	0.76%
2010	275,243	414,508	0.41%	0.49%
2011	276,139	416,268	0.33%	0.42%
2012	276,938	420,028	0.29%	0.9%
2013	277,665	424,810	0.26%	1.14%
2014	278,348	433,481	0.25%	2.04%
2015	278,990	444,220	0.23%	2.48%
2016	279,598	454,505	0.22%	2.32%
2017	280,171	467,106	0.2%	2.77%
2018	280,711	483,903	0.19%	3.6%
2019	281,207	503,912	0.18%	4.13%
2020	281,698	515,490	0.17%	2.3%
2021	282,147	518,150	0.16%	0.52%
2022	282,318	531,113	0.06%	2.5%
2023	282,336	552,747	0.006%	4.07%
2024	282,467	568,847	0.05%	2.91%
2025	282,618	574,955	0.05%	1.07%
2026	282,718	578,756	0.04%	0.66%
2027	282,779	580,829	0.02%	0.36%
2028	282,792	582,657	0.005%	0.31%
2029	282,689	584,129	-0.04%	0.25%
2030	282,486	585,315	-0.07%	0.2%
2031	282,203	586,254	-0.1%	0.16%
2032	281,846	586,948	-0.13%	0.12%
2033	281,402	587,297	-0.16%	0.06%
2034	280,904	587,151	-0.18%	-0.02%
2035	280,344	586,661	-0.2%	-0.08%
2036	279,697	586,003	-0.23%	-0.11%
2037	278,962	585,174	-0.26%	-0.14%
2038	278,147	584,125	-0.29%	-0.18%
2039	277,276	582,893	-0.31%	-0.21%
2040	276,345	581,634	-0.34%	-0.22%
2041	275,351	580,285	-0.36%	-0.23%
2042	274,293	578,871	-0.38%	-0.24%
2043	273,145	577,384	-0.42%	-0.26%
2044	271,954	575,789	-0.44%	-0.28%
2045	270,773	574,143	-0.43%	-0.29%
2046	269,533	572,420	-0.46%	-0.3%
2047	268,224	570,534	-0.49%	-0.33%
2048	266,887	568,553	-0.5%	-0.35%
2049	265,548	566,709	-0.5%	-0.32%
2050	264,216	564,751	-0.5%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Barbados increased by 9,596 people (a 3.55% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Barbados gained 3,120 (a 1.12% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Barbados was ranked 174th most populous country in 2006 and is 175th in 2026. Malta was ranked 168th in 2006 and ranked 167th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Barbados' population will shrink by 6.54% to 264,216 people with a rank change from 175th to 177th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.