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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Eritrea	Malta	Eritrea	Malta
1960	972,547	326,550	-	-
1961	995,573	325,250	2.37%	-0.4%
1962	1,019,788	323,900	2.43%	-0.42%
1963	1,045,092	322,550	2.48%	-0.42%
1964	1,071,287	321,250	2.51%	-0.4%
1965	1,098,335	318,800	2.52%	-0.76%
1966	1,124,957	315,200	2.42%	-1.13%
1967	1,152,339	311,550	2.43%	-1.16%
1968	1,181,737	307,900	2.55%	-1.17%
1969	1,212,005	304,300	2.56%	-1.17%
1970	1,243,453	302,650	2.59%	-0.54%
1971	1,276,154	302,700	2.63%	0.02%
1972	1,309,235	302,450	2.59%	-0.08%
1973	1,342,669	302,200	2.55%	-0.08%
1974	1,375,688	301,996	2.46%	-0.07%
1975	1,408,210	304,222	2.36%	0.74%
1976	1,443,807	305,774	2.53%	0.51%
1977	1,482,565	306,970	2.68%	0.39%
1978	1,522,378	310,182	2.69%	1.05%
1979	1,563,332	313,342	2.69%	1.02%
1980	1,605,797	316,645	2.72%	1.05%
1981	1,649,939	318,982	2.75%	0.74%
1982	1,695,461	325,898	2.76%	2.17%
1983	1,736,160	330,524	2.4%	1.42%
1984	1,771,730	330,593	2.05%	0.02%
1985	1,807,816	336,452	2.04%	1.77%
1986	1,845,164	342,121	2.07%	1.68%
1987	1,888,669	344,485	2.36%	0.69%
1988	1,938,255	347,325	2.63%	0.82%
1989	1,987,017	350,722	2.52%	0.98%
1990	2,032,737	354,170	2.3%	0.98%
1991	1,919,571	363,845	-5.57%	2.73%
1992	1,798,748	367,618	-6.29%	1.04%
1993	1,856,006	371,308	3.18%	1%
1994	1,913,915	374,797	3.12%	0.94%
1995	2,025,267	377,419	5.82%	0.7%
1996	2,128,464	379,905	5.1%	0.66%
1997	2,152,135	382,791	1.11%	0.76%
1998	2,180,419	385,287	1.31%	0.65%
1999	2,212,780	387,578	1.48%	0.59%
2000	2,247,031	390,087	1.55%	0.65%
2001	2,312,079	393,028	2.89%	0.75%
2002	2,392,978	395,969	3.5%	0.75%
2003	2,493,903	398,582	4.22%	0.66%
2004	2,598,284	401,268	4.19%	0.67%
2005	2,661,215	403,834	2.42%	0.64%
2006	2,703,502	405,308	1.59%	0.37%
2007	2,743,222	406,724	1.47%	0.35%
2008	2,816,327	409,379	2.66%	0.65%
2009	2,887,885	412,477	2.54%	0.76%
2010	2,945,186	414,508	1.98%	0.49%
2011	2,998,485	416,268	1.81%	0.42%
2012	3,036,988	420,028	1.28%	0.9%
2013	3,074,360	424,810	1.23%	1.14%
2014	3,095,173	433,481	0.68%	2.04%
2015	3,105,546	444,220	0.34%	2.48%
2016	3,124,698	454,505	0.62%	2.32%
2017	3,150,347	467,106	0.82%	2.77%
2018	3,192,760	483,903	1.35%	3.6%
2019	3,240,194	503,912	1.49%	4.13%
2020	3,291,271	515,490	1.58%	2.3%
2021	3,350,183	518,150	1.79%	0.52%
2022	3,409,447	531,113	1.77%	2.5%
2023	3,470,390	552,747	1.79%	4.07%
2024	3,535,603	574,346	1.88%	3.91%
2025	3,606,996	580,514	2.02%	1.07%
2026	3,682,659	584,351	2.1%	0.66%
2027	3,760,368	586,444	2.11%	0.36%
2028	3,840,135	588,290	2.12%	0.31%
2029	3,920,467	589,776	2.09%	0.25%
2030	4,002,671	590,973	2.1%	0.2%
2031	4,085,037	591,921	2.06%	0.16%
2032	4,166,507	592,622	1.99%	0.12%
2033	4,249,501	592,974	1.99%	0.06%
2034	4,334,727	592,827	2.01%	-0.02%
2035	4,420,915	592,332	1.99%	-0.08%
2036	4,509,755	591,668	2.01%	-0.11%
2037	4,601,933	590,830	2.04%	-0.14%
2038	4,692,340	589,771	1.96%	-0.18%
2039	4,780,469	588,528	1.88%	-0.21%
2040	4,868,668	587,256	1.84%	-0.22%
2041	4,954,481	585,895	1.76%	-0.23%
2042	5,039,298	584,467	1.71%	-0.24%
2043	5,124,256	582,966	1.69%	-0.26%
2044	5,207,858	581,355	1.63%	-0.28%
2045	5,292,756	579,693	1.63%	-0.29%
2046	5,375,963	577,954	1.57%	-0.3%
2047	5,456,488	576,050	1.5%	-0.33%
2048	5,537,538	574,050	1.49%	-0.35%
2049	5,617,348	572,187	1.44%	-0.32%
2050	5,696,052	570,210	1.4%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Eritrea increased by 444,331 people (a 16.7% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Eritrea gained 562,228 (a 18.1% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 136th most populous country in 2005 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 55.3% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.