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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Dominica was 66,205 in 2024 vs 574,346 people in Malta in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Dominica's population is 65,870 people compared to 583,596 in Malta.

Population statistics:

  • Malta's population is 8.86 times bigger than Dominica's.
  • Dominica is ranked the 188th most populous country in the world, while Malta is the 167th.
  • The countries together account for 0.008% of the world: 0.0008% for Dominica vs 0.007% for Malta.
  • For the last 10 years, Dominica has had an average growth rate of -0.47% per year vs +2.78% in Malta.
  • Since 2005, the population of Dominica has decreased from 68.7K people to 65.9K (4.17% decline), while Malta has grown from 404K to 584K (44.5% growth).
  • Malta is projected to reach its peak in 2033 at 593K people, while Dominica's population already peaked in 1980 at 73.1K people and is projected to decrease to 49.1K people by 2100.

Dominica vs Malta: live population counter

Dominica Malta
Current population
65870
583596
Population rank 188/197 167/197
Percent of world population 0.0008% 0.007%
One net population change
1.2 days
24.3 minutes
One birth every
11.9 hours
1.96 hours
One death every
10.3 hours
2.17 hours
One migration net change every
1.82 days
1.39 hours
Annual migration change -200 +6,323
Daily growth/decline -1 +59
Annual growth/decline -305 +21,599
Annual growth/decline rate -0.46% +3.91%
Population growth rate rank 183/197 7/197

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

Dominica
Population

Growth rate
Malta
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Dominica Malta Dominica Malta
1960 59,372 326,550 - -
1961 60,209 325,250 1.41% -0.4%
1962 60,948 323,900 1.23% -0.42%
1963 61,739 322,550 1.3% -0.42%
1964 62,587 321,250 1.37% -0.4%
1965 63,505 318,800 1.47% -0.76%
1966 64,507 315,200 1.58% -1.13%
1967 65,585 311,550 1.67% -1.16%
1968 66,732 307,900 1.75% -1.17%
1969 67,934 304,300 1.8% -1.17%
1970 68,908 302,650 1.43% -0.54%
1971 69,532 302,700 0.91% 0.02%
1972 70,060 302,450 0.76% -0.08%
1973 70,585 302,200 0.75% -0.08%
1974 71,091 301,996 0.72% -0.07%
1975 71,570 304,222 0.67% 0.74%
1976 72,017 305,774 0.62% 0.51%
1977 72,406 306,970 0.54% 0.39%
1978 72,724 310,182 0.44% 1.05%
1979 72,959 313,342 0.32% 1.02%
1980 73,083 316,645 0.17% 1.05%
1981 72,986 318,982 -0.13% 0.74%
1982 72,688 325,898 -0.41% 2.17%
1983 72,365 330,524 -0.44% 1.42%
1984 72,056 330,593 -0.43% 0.02%
1985 71,744 336,452 -0.43% 1.77%
1986 71,406 342,121 -0.47% 1.68%
1987 71,023 344,485 -0.54% 0.69%
1988 70,608 347,325 -0.58% 0.82%
1989 70,153 350,722 -0.64% 0.98%
1990 69,627 354,170 -0.75% 0.98%
1991 69,296 363,845 -0.48% 2.73%
1992 69,325 367,618 0.04% 1.04%
1993 69,433 371,308 0.16% 1%
1994 69,477 374,797 0.06% 0.94%
1995 69,469 377,419 -0.01% 0.7%
1996 69,410 379,905 -0.08% 0.66%
1997 69,299 382,791 -0.16% 0.76%
1998 69,124 385,287 -0.25% 0.65%
1999 68,870 387,578 -0.37% 0.59%
2000 68,511 390,087 -0.52% 0.65%
2001 68,288 393,028 -0.33% 0.75%
2002 68,367 395,969 0.12% 0.75%
2003 68,531 398,582 0.24% 0.66%
2004 68,649 401,268 0.17% 0.67%
2005 68,734 403,834 0.12% 0.64%
2006 68,806 405,308 0.1% 0.37%
2007 68,847 406,724 0.06% 0.35%
2008 68,854 409,379 0.01% 0.65%
2009 68,864 412,477 0.01% 0.76%
2010 68,859 414,508 -0.007% 0.49%
2011 69,053 416,268 0.28% 0.42%
2012 69,118 420,028 0.09% 0.9%
2013 69,715 424,810 0.86% 1.14%
2014 70,373 433,481 0.94% 2.04%
2015 70,410 444,220 0.05% 2.48%
2016 69,606 454,505 -1.14% 2.32%
2017 68,496 467,106 -1.59% 2.77%
2018 68,174 483,903 -0.47% 3.6%
2019 67,880 503,912 -0.43% 4.13%
2020 67,573 515,490 -0.45% 2.3%
2021 67,202 518,150 -0.55% 0.52%
2022 66,826 531,113 -0.56% 2.5%
2023 66,510 552,747 -0.47% 4.07%
2024 66,205 574,346 -0.46% 3.91%
2025 65,870 580,514 -0.51% 1.07%
2026 65,508 584,351 -0.55% 0.66%
2027 65,160 586,444 -0.53% 0.36%
2028 64,808 588,290 -0.54% 0.31%
2029 64,475 589,776 -0.51% 0.25%
2030 64,169 590,973 -0.47% 0.2%
2031 63,949 591,921 -0.34% 0.16%
2032 63,825 592,622 -0.19% 0.12%
2033 63,775 592,974 -0.08% 0.06%
2034 63,756 592,827 -0.03% -0.02%
2035 63,764 592,332 0.01% -0.08%
2036 63,757 591,668 -0.01% -0.11%
2037 63,770 590,830 0.02% -0.14%
2038 63,784 589,771 0.02% -0.18%
2039 63,792 588,528 0.01% -0.21%
2040 63,798 587,256 0.009% -0.22%
2041 63,804 585,895 0.009% -0.23%
2042 63,778 584,467 -0.04% -0.24%
2043 63,731 582,966 -0.07% -0.26%
2044 63,677 581,355 -0.08% -0.28%
2045 63,630 579,693 -0.07% -0.29%
2046 63,575 577,954 -0.09% -0.3%
2047 63,501 576,050 -0.12% -0.33%
2048 63,411 574,050 -0.14% -0.35%
2049 63,303 572,187 -0.17% -0.32%
2050 63,191 570,210 -0.18% -0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Dominica increased by 1,676 people (a 2.44% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Dominica lost -4,540 (a 6.45% decline), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Dominica was ranked 187th most populous country in 2005 and is 188th 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) Dominica's population will shrink by 4.07% to 63,191 people and will still be ranked 188th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.

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