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	568,847	1.88%	2.91%
2025	3,606,996	574,955	2.02%	1.07%
2026	3,682,659	578,756	2.1%	0.66%
2027	3,760,368	580,829	2.11%	0.36%
2028	3,840,135	582,657	2.12%	0.31%
2029	3,920,467	584,129	2.09%	0.25%
2030	4,002,671	585,315	2.1%	0.2%
2031	4,085,037	586,254	2.06%	0.16%
2032	4,166,507	586,948	1.99%	0.12%
2033	4,249,501	587,297	1.99%	0.06%
2034	4,334,727	587,151	2.01%	-0.02%
2035	4,420,915	586,661	1.99%	-0.08%
2036	4,509,755	586,003	2.01%	-0.11%
2037	4,601,933	585,174	2.04%	-0.14%
2038	4,692,340	584,125	1.96%	-0.18%
2039	4,780,469	582,893	1.88%	-0.21%
2040	4,868,668	581,634	1.84%	-0.22%
2041	4,954,481	580,285	1.76%	-0.23%
2042	5,039,298	578,871	1.71%	-0.24%
2043	5,124,256	577,384	1.69%	-0.26%
2044	5,207,858	575,789	1.63%	-0.28%
2045	5,292,756	574,143	1.63%	-0.29%
2046	5,375,963	572,420	1.57%	-0.3%
2047	5,456,488	570,534	1.5%	-0.33%
2048	5,537,538	568,553	1.49%	-0.35%
2049	5,617,348	566,709	1.44%	-0.32%
2050	5,696,052	564,751	1.4%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Eritrea increased by 421,196 people (a 15.6% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Eritrea gained 558,810 (a 17.9% growth), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Eritrea was ranked 135th most populous country in 2006 and is 131st 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) Eritrea's population will grow by 54.6% to 5,696,052 people with a rank change from 131st to 123rd. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.