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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Malta	Liberia	Malta
1960	1,139,522	326,550	-	-
1961	1,167,717	325,250	2.47%	-0.4%
1962	1,197,039	323,900	2.51%	-0.42%
1963	1,227,414	322,550	2.54%	-0.42%
1964	1,258,745	321,250	2.55%	-0.4%
1965	1,291,156	318,800	2.57%	-0.76%
1966	1,324,383	315,200	2.57%	-1.13%
1967	1,358,435	311,550	2.57%	-1.16%
1968	1,393,530	307,900	2.58%	-1.17%
1969	1,429,605	304,300	2.59%	-1.17%
1970	1,466,676	302,650	2.59%	-0.54%
1971	1,504,077	302,700	2.55%	0.02%
1972	1,542,670	302,450	2.57%	-0.08%
1973	1,583,588	302,200	2.65%	-0.08%
1974	1,626,362	301,996	2.7%	-0.07%
1975	1,670,913	304,222	2.74%	0.74%
1976	1,717,060	305,774	2.76%	0.51%
1977	1,766,019	306,970	2.85%	0.39%
1978	1,818,247	310,182	2.96%	1.05%
1979	1,872,713	313,342	3%	1.02%
1980	1,929,253	316,645	3.02%	1.05%
1981	1,986,867	318,982	2.99%	0.74%
1982	2,045,073	325,898	2.93%	2.17%
1983	2,107,113	330,524	3.03%	1.42%
1984	2,173,312	330,593	3.14%	0.02%
1985	2,240,539	336,452	3.09%	1.77%
1986	2,308,511	342,121	3.03%	1.68%
1987	2,377,229	344,485	2.98%	0.69%
1988	2,446,941	347,325	2.93%	0.82%
1989	2,517,858	350,722	2.9%	0.98%
1990	2,223,667	354,170	-11.7%	0.98%
1991	1,956,518	363,845	-12%	2.73%
1992	2,072,461	367,618	5.93%	1.04%
1993	2,155,126	371,308	3.99%	1%
1994	2,149,928	374,797	-0.24%	0.94%
1995	2,169,162	377,419	0.89%	0.7%
1996	2,232,289	379,905	2.91%	0.66%
1997	2,412,989	382,791	8.09%	0.76%
1998	2,670,124	385,287	10.7%	0.65%
1999	2,821,684	387,578	5.68%	0.59%
2000	2,928,117	390,087	3.77%	0.65%
2001	3,015,338	393,028	2.98%	0.75%
2002	3,094,782	395,969	2.63%	0.75%
2003	3,119,532	398,582	0.8%	0.66%
2004	3,156,892	401,268	1.2%	0.67%
2005	3,301,015	403,834	4.57%	0.64%
2006	3,490,787	405,308	5.75%	0.37%
2007	3,669,050	406,724	5.11%	0.35%
2008	3,821,003	409,379	4.14%	0.65%
2009	3,943,028	412,477	3.19%	0.76%
2010	4,058,890	414,508	2.94%	0.49%
2011	4,221,178	416,268	4%	0.42%
2012	4,373,043	420,028	3.6%	0.9%
2013	4,470,239	424,810	2.22%	1.14%
2014	4,564,293	433,481	2.1%	2.04%
2015	4,659,431	444,220	2.08%	2.48%
2016	4,755,608	454,505	2.06%	2.32%
2017	4,848,925	467,106	1.96%	2.77%
2018	4,944,726	483,903	1.98%	3.6%
2019	5,043,721	503,912	2%	4.13%
2020	5,149,463	515,490	2.1%	2.3%
2021	5,259,323	518,150	2.13%	0.52%
2022	5,373,294	531,113	2.17%	2.5%
2023	5,493,031	552,747	2.23%	4.07%
2024	5,612,817	574,346	2.18%	3.91%
2025	5,731,211	580,514	2.11%	1.07%
2026	5,853,958	584,351	2.14%	0.66%
2027	5,986,805	586,444	2.27%	0.36%
2028	6,118,769	588,290	2.2%	0.31%
2029	6,245,093	589,776	2.06%	0.25%
2030	6,366,293	590,973	1.94%	0.2%
2031	6,486,749	591,921	1.89%	0.16%
2032	6,614,257	592,622	1.97%	0.12%
2033	6,744,927	592,974	1.98%	0.06%
2034	6,873,688	592,827	1.91%	-0.02%
2035	7,003,567	592,332	1.89%	-0.08%
2036	7,142,326	591,668	1.98%	-0.11%
2037	7,278,759	590,830	1.91%	-0.14%
2038	7,408,720	589,771	1.79%	-0.18%
2039	7,545,510	588,528	1.85%	-0.21%
2040	7,681,693	587,256	1.8%	-0.22%
2041	7,817,089	585,895	1.76%	-0.23%
2042	7,954,182	584,467	1.75%	-0.24%
2043	8,077,173	582,966	1.55%	-0.26%
2044	8,194,136	581,355	1.45%	-0.28%
2045	8,310,657	579,693	1.42%	-0.29%
2046	8,428,924	577,954	1.42%	-0.3%
2047	8,552,033	576,050	1.46%	-0.33%
2048	8,673,963	574,050	1.43%	-0.35%
2049	8,795,838	572,187	1.41%	-0.32%
2050	8,910,539	570,210	1.3%	-0.35%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Malta gained 40,386 people (a 10% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Malta's population increased by 139,376 (a 31.4% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Malta will decrease by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th.