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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Iceland	Malta	Iceland	Malta
1960	175,574	326,550	-	-
1961	179,029	325,250	1.97%	-0.4%
1962	182,378	323,900	1.87%	-0.42%
1963	185,653	322,550	1.8%	-0.42%
1964	188,983	321,250	1.79%	-0.4%
1965	192,286	318,800	1.75%	-0.76%
1966	195,570	315,200	1.71%	-1.13%
1967	198,751	311,550	1.63%	-1.16%
1968	201,488	307,900	1.38%	-1.17%
1969	203,369	304,300	0.93%	-1.17%
1970	204,438	302,650	0.53%	-0.54%
1971	206,098	302,700	0.81%	0.02%
1972	209,137	302,450	1.47%	-0.08%
1973	212,317	302,200	1.52%	-0.08%
1974	215,209	301,996	1.36%	-0.07%
1975	217,979	304,222	1.29%	0.74%
1976	220,154	305,774	1%	0.51%
1977	221,799	306,970	0.75%	0.39%
1978	223,537	310,182	0.78%	1.05%
1979	225,735	313,342	0.98%	1.02%
1980	228,138	316,645	1.06%	1.05%
1981	230,755	318,982	1.15%	0.74%
1982	233,860	325,898	1.35%	2.17%
1983	236,977	330,524	1.33%	1.42%
1984	239,511	330,593	1.07%	0.02%
1985	241,405	336,452	0.79%	1.77%
1986	243,180	342,121	0.74%	1.68%
1987	245,859	344,485	1.1%	0.69%
1988	249,740	347,325	1.58%	0.82%
1989	252,852	350,722	1.25%	0.98%
1990	254,826	354,170	0.78%	0.98%
1991	257,797	363,845	1.17%	2.73%
1992	261,057	367,618	1.26%	1.04%
1993	263,725	371,308	1.02%	1%
1994	266,021	374,797	0.87%	0.94%
1995	267,468	377,419	0.54%	0.7%
1996	268,916	379,905	0.54%	0.66%
1997	271,128	382,791	0.82%	0.76%
1998	274,047	385,287	1.08%	0.65%
1999	277,381	387,578	1.22%	0.59%
2000	281,205	390,087	1.38%	0.65%
2001	284,968	393,028	1.34%	0.75%
2002	287,523	395,969	0.9%	0.75%
2003	289,521	398,582	0.69%	0.66%
2004	292,074	401,268	0.88%	0.67%
2005	296,734	403,834	1.6%	0.64%
2006	303,782	405,308	2.38%	0.37%
2007	311,566	406,724	2.56%	0.35%
2008	317,414	409,379	1.88%	0.65%
2009	318,499	412,477	0.34%	0.76%
2010	318,041	414,508	-0.14%	0.49%
2011	319,014	416,268	0.31%	0.42%
2012	320,716	420,028	0.53%	0.9%
2013	323,764	424,810	0.95%	1.14%
2014	327,386	433,481	1.12%	2.04%
2015	330,815	444,220	1.05%	2.48%
2016	335,439	454,505	1.4%	2.32%
2017	343,400	467,106	2.37%	2.77%
2018	352,721	483,903	2.71%	3.6%
2019	360,563	503,912	2.22%	4.13%
2020	366,463	515,490	1.64%	2.3%
2021	372,520	518,150	1.65%	0.52%
2022	382,003	531,113	2.55%	2.5%
2023	393,349	552,747	2.97%	4.07%
2024	404,610	574,346	2.86%	3.91%
2025	409,614	580,514	1.24%	1.07%
2026	413,792	584,351	1.02%	0.66%
2027	417,406	586,444	0.87%	0.36%
2028	420,691	588,290	0.79%	0.31%
2029	423,592	589,776	0.69%	0.25%
2030	426,158	590,973	0.61%	0.2%
2031	428,479	591,921	0.54%	0.16%
2032	430,544	592,622	0.48%	0.12%
2033	432,406	592,974	0.43%	0.06%
2034	434,083	592,827	0.39%	-0.02%
2035	435,646	592,332	0.36%	-0.08%
2036	437,132	591,668	0.34%	-0.11%
2037	438,466	590,830	0.31%	-0.14%
2038	439,670	589,771	0.27%	-0.18%
2039	440,754	588,528	0.25%	-0.21%
2040	441,687	587,256	0.21%	-0.22%
2041	442,487	585,895	0.18%	-0.23%
2042	443,200	584,467	0.16%	-0.24%
2043	443,884	582,966	0.15%	-0.26%
2044	444,457	581,355	0.13%	-0.28%
2045	444,812	579,693	0.08%	-0.29%
2046	445,028	577,954	0.05%	-0.3%
2047	445,183	576,050	0.03%	-0.33%
2048	445,283	574,050	0.02%	-0.35%
2049	445,335	572,187	0.01%	-0.32%
2050	445,330	570,210	-0.001%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Iceland increased by 34,081 people (a 11.5% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Iceland gained 82,155 (a 24.8% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Iceland was ranked 172nd most populous country in 2005 and is still 172nd 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) Iceland's population will grow by 7.84% to 445,330 people with a rank change from 172nd to 173rd. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.