Population in Malta compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Marshall Islands	Malta	Marshall Islands
1960	326,550	14,703	-	-
1961	325,250	15,219	-0.4%	3.51%
1962	323,900	15,755	-0.42%	3.52%
1963	322,550	16,302	-0.42%	3.47%
1964	321,250	16,852	-0.4%	3.37%
1965	318,800	17,402	-0.76%	3.26%
1966	315,200	17,927	-1.13%	3.02%
1967	311,550	18,655	-1.16%	4.06%
1968	307,900	19,862	-1.17%	6.47%
1969	304,300	21,305	-1.17%	7.27%
1970	302,650	22,530	-0.54%	5.75%
1971	302,700	23,366	0.02%	3.71%
1972	302,450	23,992	-0.08%	2.68%
1973	302,200	24,581	-0.08%	2.45%
1974	301,996	25,296	-0.07%	2.91%
1975	304,222	26,154	0.74%	3.39%
1976	305,774	27,021	0.51%	3.31%
1977	306,970	27,906	0.39%	3.28%
1978	310,182	28,809	1.05%	3.24%
1979	313,342	29,738	1.02%	3.22%
1980	316,645	30,774	1.05%	3.48%
1981	318,982	32,017	0.74%	4.04%
1982	325,898	33,397	2.17%	4.31%
1983	330,524	34,811	1.42%	4.23%
1984	330,593	36,264	0.02%	4.17%
1985	336,452	37,761	1.77%	4.13%
1986	342,121	39,286	1.68%	4.04%
1987	344,485	40,828	0.69%	3.93%
1988	347,325	42,321	0.82%	3.66%
1989	350,722	43,586	0.98%	2.99%
1990	354,170	44,629	0.98%	2.39%
1991	363,845	45,568	2.73%	2.1%
1992	367,618	46,388	1.04%	1.8%
1993	371,308	47,093	1%	1.52%
1994	374,797	47,712	0.94%	1.31%
1995	377,419	48,266	0.7%	1.16%
1996	379,905	48,775	0.66%	1.05%
1997	382,791	49,259	0.76%	0.99%
1998	385,287	49,717	0.65%	0.93%
1999	387,578	50,202	0.59%	0.98%
2000	390,087	50,706	0.65%	1%
2001	393,028	51,123	0.75%	0.82%
2002	395,969	51,425	0.75%	0.59%
2003	398,582	51,639	0.66%	0.42%
2004	401,268	51,791	0.67%	0.29%
2005	403,834	51,906	0.64%	0.22%
2006	405,308	51,992	0.37%	0.17%
2007	406,724	52,035	0.35%	0.08%
2008	409,379	52,030	0.65%	-0.01%
2009	412,477	52,019	0.76%	-0.02%
2010	414,508	52,044	0.49%	0.05%
2011	416,268	51,907	0.42%	-0.26%
2012	420,028	51,419	0.9%	-0.94%
2013	424,810	50,681	1.14%	-1.44%
2014	433,481	49,796	2.04%	-1.75%
2015	444,220	48,800	2.48%	-2%
2016	454,505	47,709	2.32%	-2.24%
2017	467,106	46,529	2.77%	-2.47%
2018	483,903	45,285	3.6%	-2.67%
2019	503,912	44,007	4.13%	-2.82%
2020	515,490	42,706	2.3%	-2.96%
2021	518,150	41,367	0.52%	-3.14%
2022	531,113	40,077	2.5%	-3.12%
2023	552,747	38,827	4.07%	-3.12%
2024	574,346	37,548	3.91%	-3.29%
2025	580,514	36,281	1.07%	-3.37%
2026	584,351	35,078	0.66%	-3.32%
2027	586,444	33,976	0.36%	-3.14%
2028	588,290	32,977	0.31%	-2.94%
2029	589,776	32,054	0.25%	-2.8%
2030	590,973	31,191	0.2%	-2.69%
2031	591,921	30,420	0.16%	-2.47%
2032	592,622	29,740	0.12%	-2.23%
2033	592,974	29,142	0.06%	-2.01%
2034	592,827	28,608	-0.02%	-1.83%
2035	592,332	28,147	-0.08%	-1.61%
2036	591,668	27,751	-0.11%	-1.41%
2037	590,830	27,405	-0.14%	-1.25%
2038	589,771	27,092	-0.18%	-1.14%
2039	588,528	26,836	-0.21%	-0.94%
2040	587,256	26,598	-0.22%	-0.89%
2041	585,895	26,396	-0.23%	-0.76%
2042	584,467	26,217	-0.24%	-0.68%
2043	582,966	26,054	-0.26%	-0.62%
2044	581,355	25,913	-0.28%	-0.54%
2045	579,693	25,777	-0.29%	-0.52%
2046	577,954	25,653	-0.3%	-0.48%
2047	576,050	25,543	-0.33%	-0.43%
2048	574,050	25,429	-0.35%	-0.45%
2049	572,187	25,311	-0.32%	-0.46%
2050	570,210	25,195	-0.35%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Malta's population will shrink by 2.29% to 570,210 people and will still be ranked 167th. The population of the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.