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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Italy	Malta	Italy	Malta
1960	50,199,700	326,550	-	-
1961	50,536,350	325,250	0.67%	-0.4%
1962	50,879,450	323,900	0.68%	-0.42%
1963	51,252,000	322,550	0.73%	-0.42%
1964	51,675,350	321,250	0.83%	-0.4%
1965	52,112,350	318,800	0.85%	-0.76%
1966	52,519,000	315,200	0.78%	-1.13%
1967	52,900,500	311,550	0.73%	-1.16%
1968	53,235,750	307,900	0.63%	-1.17%
1969	53,537,950	304,300	0.57%	-1.17%
1970	53,821,850	302,650	0.53%	-0.54%
1971	54,073,490	302,700	0.47%	0.02%
1972	54,381,345	302,450	0.57%	-0.08%
1973	54,751,406	302,200	0.68%	-0.08%
1974	55,110,868	301,996	0.66%	-0.07%
1975	55,441,001	304,222	0.6%	0.74%
1976	55,718,260	305,774	0.5%	0.51%
1977	55,955,411	306,970	0.43%	0.39%
1978	56,155,143	310,182	0.36%	1.05%
1979	56,317,749	313,342	0.29%	1.02%
1980	56,433,883	316,645	0.21%	1.05%
1981	56,501,675	318,982	0.12%	0.74%
1982	56,543,548	325,898	0.07%	2.17%
1983	56,564,074	330,524	0.04%	1.42%
1984	56,576,718	330,593	0.02%	0.02%
1985	56,593,071	336,452	0.03%	1.77%
1986	56,596,155	342,121	0.005%	1.68%
1987	56,601,931	344,485	0.01%	0.69%
1988	56,629,288	347,325	0.05%	0.82%
1989	56,671,781	350,722	0.08%	0.98%
1990	56,719,240	354,170	0.08%	0.98%
1991	56,758,521	363,845	0.07%	2.73%
1992	56,797,087	367,618	0.07%	1.04%
1993	56,831,821	371,308	0.06%	1%
1994	56,843,400	374,797	0.02%	0.94%
1995	56,844,303	377,419	0.002%	0.7%
1996	56,860,281	379,905	0.03%	0.66%
1997	56,890,372	382,791	0.05%	0.76%
1998	56,906,744	385,287	0.03%	0.65%
1999	56,916,317	387,578	0.02%	0.59%
2000	56,942,108	390,087	0.05%	0.65%
2001	56,976,981	393,028	0.06%	0.75%
2002	57,089,824	395,969	0.2%	0.75%
2003	57,399,184	398,582	0.54%	0.66%
2004	57,828,179	401,268	0.75%	0.67%
2005	58,166,682	403,834	0.59%	0.64%
2006	58,399,861	405,308	0.4%	0.37%
2007	58,756,247	406,724	0.61%	0.35%
2008	59,211,181	409,379	0.77%	0.65%
2009	59,555,454	412,477	0.58%	0.76%
2010	59,819,407	414,508	0.44%	0.49%
2011	60,026,841	416,268	0.35%	0.42%
2012	60,191,247	420,028	0.27%	0.9%
2013	60,311,613	424,810	0.2%	1.14%
2014	60,320,707	433,481	0.02%	2.04%
2015	60,229,605	444,220	-0.15%	2.48%
2016	60,115,223	454,505	-0.19%	2.32%
2017	60,002,252	467,106	-0.19%	2.77%
2018	60,148,658	483,903	0.24%	3.6%
2019	59,729,081	503,912	-0.7%	4.13%
2020	59,438,851	515,490	-0.49%	2.3%
2021	59,133,173	518,150	-0.51%	0.52%
2022	59,013,667	531,113	-0.2%	2.5%
2023	58,984,216	552,747	-0.05%	4.07%
2024	58,952,704	568,847	-0.05%	2.91%
2025	58,757,388	574,955	-0.33%	1.07%
2026	58,538,738	578,756	-0.37%	0.66%
2027	58,302,912	580,829	-0.4%	0.36%
2028	58,061,557	582,657	-0.41%	0.31%
2029	57,818,364	584,129	-0.42%	0.25%
2030	57,565,087	585,315	-0.44%	0.2%
2031	57,300,892	586,254	-0.46%	0.16%
2032	57,038,998	586,948	-0.46%	0.12%
2033	56,780,656	587,297	-0.45%	0.06%
2034	56,516,874	587,151	-0.46%	-0.02%
2035	56,247,746	586,661	-0.48%	-0.08%
2036	55,978,207	586,003	-0.48%	-0.11%
2037	55,705,993	585,174	-0.49%	-0.14%
2038	55,429,408	584,125	-0.5%	-0.18%
2039	55,146,340	582,893	-0.51%	-0.21%
2040	54,858,102	581,634	-0.52%	-0.22%
2041	54,570,785	580,285	-0.52%	-0.23%
2042	54,276,735	578,871	-0.54%	-0.24%
2043	53,966,605	577,384	-0.57%	-0.26%
2044	53,649,281	575,789	-0.59%	-0.28%
2045	53,327,530	574,143	-0.6%	-0.29%
2046	52,995,336	572,420	-0.62%	-0.3%
2047	52,650,393	570,534	-0.65%	-0.33%
2048	52,294,685	568,553	-0.68%	-0.35%
2049	51,929,700	566,709	-0.7%	-0.32%
2050	51,549,925	564,751	-0.73%	-0.35%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Italy increased by 1,715,362 people (a 2.94% growth), while Malta gained 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Italy lost -1,576,485 (a 2.62% decline), while Malta's population increased by 124,273 (a 27.3% growth).

Italy was ranked 23rd most populous country in 2006 and is 26th 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) Italy's population will shrink by 11.9% to 51,549,925 people with a rank change from 26th to 40th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.42% to 564,751 people and rank change from 167th to 168th.