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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Mauritius	Malta	Mauritius
1960	326,550	680,331	-	-
1961	325,250	680,757	-0.4%	0.06%
1962	323,900	700,349	-0.42%	2.88%
1963	322,550	718,861	-0.42%	2.64%
1964	321,250	736,381	-0.4%	2.44%
1965	318,800	753,000	-0.76%	2.26%
1966	315,200	768,813	-1.13%	2.1%
1967	311,550	783,917	-1.16%	1.96%
1968	307,900	798,413	-1.17%	1.85%
1969	304,300	812,405	-1.17%	1.75%
1970	302,650	826,000	-0.54%	1.67%
1971	302,700	839,230	0.02%	1.6%
1972	302,450	852,053	-0.08%	1.53%
1973	302,200	864,819	-0.08%	1.5%
1974	301,996	878,042	-0.07%	1.53%
1975	304,222	892,000	0.74%	1.59%
1976	305,774	906,507	0.51%	1.63%
1977	306,970	921,379	0.39%	1.64%
1978	310,182	933,499	1.05%	1.32%
1979	313,342	949,888	1.02%	1.76%
1980	316,645	966,039	1.05%	1.7%
1981	318,982	980,462	0.74%	1.49%
1982	325,898	992,521	2.17%	1.23%
1983	330,524	1,001,691	1.42%	0.92%
1984	330,593	1,012,221	0.02%	1.05%
1985	336,452	1,020,528	1.77%	0.82%
1986	342,121	1,028,360	1.68%	0.77%
1987	344,485	1,036,082	0.69%	0.75%
1988	347,325	1,043,239	0.82%	0.69%
1989	350,722	1,051,260	0.98%	0.77%
1990	354,170	1,058,775	0.98%	0.71%
1991	363,845	1,070,266	2.73%	1.09%
1992	367,618	1,084,441	1.04%	1.32%
1993	371,308	1,097,374	1%	1.19%
1994	374,797	1,112,846	0.94%	1.41%
1995	377,419	1,122,457	0.7%	0.86%
1996	379,905	1,133,996	0.66%	1.03%
1997	382,791	1,148,284	0.76%	1.26%
1998	385,287	1,160,421	0.65%	1.06%
1999	387,578	1,175,267	0.59%	1.28%
2000	390,087	1,186,873	0.65%	0.99%
2001	393,028	1,196,287	0.75%	0.79%
2002	395,969	1,204,621	0.75%	0.7%
2003	398,582	1,213,370	0.66%	0.73%
2004	401,268	1,221,003	0.67%	0.63%
2005	403,834	1,228,254	0.64%	0.59%
2006	405,308	1,233,996	0.37%	0.47%
2007	406,724	1,239,630	0.35%	0.46%
2008	409,379	1,244,121	0.65%	0.36%
2009	412,477	1,247,429	0.76%	0.27%
2010	414,508	1,250,400	0.49%	0.24%
2011	416,268	1,252,404	0.42%	0.16%
2012	420,028	1,255,882	0.9%	0.28%
2013	424,810	1,258,927	1.14%	0.24%
2014	433,481	1,261,208	2.04%	0.18%
2015	444,220	1,262,879	2.48%	0.13%
2016	454,505	1,263,747	2.32%	0.07%
2017	467,106	1,264,887	2.77%	0.09%
2018	483,903	1,265,577	3.6%	0.05%
2019	503,912	1,265,985	4.13%	0.03%
2020	515,490	1,266,014	2.3%	0.002%
2021	518,150	1,266,334	0.52%	0.03%
2022	531,113	1,262,523	2.5%	-0.3%
2023	552,747	1,261,041	4.07%	-0.12%
2024	574,346	1,259,509	3.91%	-0.12%
2025	580,514	1,256,649	1.07%	-0.23%
2026	584,351	1,253,457	0.66%	-0.25%
2027	586,444	1,250,062	0.36%	-0.27%
2028	588,290	1,246,502	0.31%	-0.28%
2029	589,776	1,242,774	0.25%	-0.3%
2030	590,973	1,238,963	0.2%	-0.31%
2031	591,921	1,234,965	0.16%	-0.32%
2032	592,622	1,230,623	0.12%	-0.35%
2033	592,974	1,225,970	0.06%	-0.38%
2034	592,827	1,220,995	-0.02%	-0.41%
2035	592,332	1,215,701	-0.08%	-0.43%
2036	591,668	1,210,085	-0.11%	-0.46%
2037	590,830	1,204,158	-0.14%	-0.49%
2038	589,771	1,197,926	-0.18%	-0.52%
2039	588,528	1,191,299	-0.21%	-0.55%
2040	587,256	1,184,262	-0.22%	-0.59%
2041	585,895	1,176,870	-0.23%	-0.62%
2042	584,467	1,169,165	-0.24%	-0.65%
2043	582,966	1,161,119	-0.26%	-0.69%
2044	581,355	1,152,733	-0.28%	-0.72%
2045	579,693	1,144,071	-0.29%	-0.75%
2046	577,954	1,135,101	-0.3%	-0.78%
2047	576,050	1,125,881	-0.33%	-0.81%
2048	574,050	1,116,431	-0.35%	-0.84%
2049	572,187	1,106,794	-0.32%	-0.86%
2050	570,210	1,097,042	-0.35%	-0.88%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Mauritius gained 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Mauritius' population decreased by -6,230 (a 0.49% decline).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Mauritius was ranked 151st in 2005 and ranked 157th 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 Mauritius will decrease by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people and rank change from 157th to 160th.