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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Malta	Fiji	Malta
1960	404,887	326,550	-	-
1961	417,406	325,250	3.09%	-0.4%
1962	430,536	323,900	3.15%	-0.42%
1963	444,276	322,550	3.19%	-0.42%
1964	458,324	321,250	3.16%	-0.4%
1965	472,575	318,800	3.11%	-0.76%
1966	486,487	315,200	2.94%	-1.13%
1967	498,873	311,550	2.55%	-1.16%
1968	510,002	307,900	2.23%	-1.17%
1969	520,797	304,300	2.12%	-1.17%
1970	531,188	302,650	2%	-0.54%
1971	541,121	302,700	1.87%	0.02%
1972	550,499	302,450	1.73%	-0.08%
1973	559,222	302,200	1.58%	-0.08%
1974	567,489	301,996	1.48%	-0.07%
1975	575,906	304,222	1.48%	0.74%
1976	585,534	305,774	1.67%	0.51%
1977	597,805	306,970	2.1%	0.39%
1978	612,091	310,182	2.39%	1.05%
1979	626,862	313,342	2.41%	1.02%
1980	641,975	316,645	2.41%	1.05%
1981	657,471	318,982	2.41%	0.74%
1982	673,414	325,898	2.42%	2.17%
1983	689,835	330,524	2.44%	1.42%
1984	706,716	330,593	2.45%	0.02%
1985	723,761	336,452	2.41%	1.77%
1986	739,306	342,121	2.15%	1.68%
1987	750,540	344,485	1.52%	0.69%
1988	758,697	347,325	1.09%	0.82%
1989	766,321	350,722	1%	0.98%
1990	773,316	354,170	0.91%	0.98%
1991	779,656	363,845	0.82%	2.73%
1992	785,346	367,618	0.73%	1.04%
1993	790,369	371,308	0.64%	1%
1994	794,771	374,797	0.56%	0.94%
1995	798,746	377,419	0.5%	0.7%
1996	803,789	379,905	0.63%	0.66%
1997	812,139	382,791	1.04%	0.76%
1998	822,258	385,287	1.25%	0.65%
1999	831,828	387,578	1.16%	0.59%
2000	840,909	390,087	1.09%	0.65%
2001	849,596	393,028	1.03%	0.75%
2002	858,049	395,969	0.99%	0.75%
2003	866,286	398,582	0.96%	0.66%
2004	874,366	401,268	0.93%	0.67%
2005	882,379	403,834	0.92%	0.64%
2006	890,365	405,308	0.91%	0.37%
2007	897,832	406,724	0.84%	0.35%
2008	903,399	409,379	0.62%	0.65%
2009	907,239	412,477	0.43%	0.76%
2010	910,419	414,508	0.35%	0.49%
2011	912,989	416,268	0.28%	0.42%
2012	914,918	420,028	0.21%	0.9%
2013	916,352	424,810	0.16%	1.14%
2014	917,585	433,481	0.13%	2.04%
2015	918,578	444,220	0.11%	2.48%
2016	919,166	454,505	0.06%	2.32%
2017	918,759	467,106	-0.04%	2.77%
2018	917,180	483,903	-0.17%	3.6%
2019	914,899	503,912	-0.25%	4.13%
2020	914,963	515,490	0.007%	2.3%
2021	916,711	518,150	0.19%	0.52%
2022	919,422	531,113	0.3%	2.5%
2023	924,145	552,747	0.51%	4.07%
2024	928,784	574,346	0.5%	3.91%
2025	933,141	580,514	0.47%	1.07%
2026	937,268	584,351	0.44%	0.66%
2027	941,304	586,444	0.43%	0.36%
2028	945,347	588,290	0.43%	0.31%
2029	949,269	589,776	0.41%	0.25%
2030	953,095	590,973	0.4%	0.2%
2031	956,685	591,921	0.38%	0.16%
2032	960,056	592,622	0.35%	0.12%
2033	963,339	592,974	0.34%	0.06%
2034	966,516	592,827	0.33%	-0.02%
2035	969,613	592,332	0.32%	-0.08%
2036	972,641	591,668	0.31%	-0.11%
2037	975,643	590,830	0.31%	-0.14%
2038	978,533	589,771	0.3%	-0.18%
2039	981,270	588,528	0.28%	-0.21%
2040	983,842	587,256	0.26%	-0.22%
2041	986,409	585,895	0.26%	-0.23%
2042	988,810	584,467	0.24%	-0.24%
2043	990,851	582,966	0.21%	-0.26%
2044	992,731	581,355	0.19%	-0.28%
2045	994,437	579,693	0.17%	-0.29%
2046	995,957	577,954	0.15%	-0.3%
2047	997,319	576,050	0.14%	-0.33%
2048	998,544	574,050	0.12%	-0.35%
2049	999,530	572,187	0.1%	-0.32%
2050	1,000,244	570,210	0.07%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Fiji increased by 36,199 people (a 4.1% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Fiji gained 17,878 (a 1.95% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Fiji was ranked 157th most populous country in 2005 and is 159th 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) Fiji's population will grow by 6.81% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.