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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Moldova	Malta	Moldova
1960	326,550	2,058,020	-	-
1961	325,250	2,103,327	-0.4%	2.2%
1962	323,900	2,147,227	-0.42%	2.09%
1963	322,550	2,188,895	-0.42%	1.94%
1964	321,250	2,228,000	-0.4%	1.79%
1965	318,800	2,265,287	-0.76%	1.67%
1966	315,200	2,301,871	-1.13%	1.61%
1967	311,550	2,337,695	-1.16%	1.56%
1968	307,900	2,373,073	-1.17%	1.51%
1969	304,300	2,408,469	-1.17%	1.49%
1970	302,650	2,437,590	-0.54%	1.21%
1971	302,700	2,460,611	0.02%	0.94%
1972	302,450	2,484,742	-0.08%	0.98%
1973	302,200	2,510,584	-0.08%	1.04%
1974	301,996	2,538,164	-0.07%	1.1%
1975	304,222	2,566,998	0.74%	1.14%
1976	305,774	2,596,491	0.51%	1.15%
1977	306,970	2,626,298	0.39%	1.15%
1978	310,182	2,656,211	1.05%	1.14%
1979	313,342	2,683,035	1.02%	1.01%
1980	316,645	2,708,675	1.05%	0.96%
1981	318,982	2,735,987	0.74%	1.01%
1982	325,898	2,763,101	2.17%	0.99%
1983	330,524	2,791,207	1.42%	1.02%
1984	330,593	2,820,518	0.02%	1.05%
1985	336,452	2,850,787	1.77%	1.07%
1986	342,121	2,883,057	1.68%	1.13%
1987	344,485	2,916,306	0.69%	1.15%
1988	347,325	2,948,891	0.82%	1.12%
1989	350,722	2,970,039	0.98%	0.72%
1990	354,170	2,977,912	0.98%	0.27%
1991	363,845	2,981,566	2.73%	0.12%
1992	367,618	2,980,965	1.04%	-0.02%
1993	371,308	2,975,966	1%	-0.17%
1994	374,797	2,966,745	0.94%	-0.31%
1995	377,419	2,953,200	0.7%	-0.46%
1996	379,905	2,947,293	0.66%	-0.2%
1997	382,791	2,936,413	0.76%	-0.37%
1998	385,287	2,935,227	0.65%	-0.04%
1999	387,578	2,930,622	0.59%	-0.16%
2000	390,087	2,924,668	0.65%	-0.2%
2001	393,028	2,918,135	0.75%	-0.22%
2002	395,969	2,911,385	0.75%	-0.23%
2003	398,582	2,903,198	0.66%	-0.28%
2004	401,268	2,896,023	0.67%	-0.25%
2005	403,834	2,888,985	0.64%	-0.24%
2006	405,308	2,880,967	0.37%	-0.28%
2007	406,724	2,874,299	0.35%	-0.23%
2008	409,379	2,868,833	0.65%	-0.19%
2009	412,477	2,865,213	0.76%	-0.13%
2010	414,508	2,862,354	0.49%	-0.1%
2011	416,268	2,860,699	0.42%	-0.06%
2012	420,028	2,860,324	0.9%	-0.01%
2013	424,810	2,859,558	1.14%	-0.03%
2014	433,481	2,857,815	2.04%	-0.06%
2015	444,220	2,835,978	2.48%	-0.76%
2016	454,505	2,803,186	2.32%	-1.16%
2017	467,106	2,755,189	2.77%	-1.71%
2018	483,903	2,707,203	3.6%	-1.74%
2019	503,912	2,664,224	4.13%	-1.59%
2020	515,490	2,635,130	2.3%	-1.09%
2021	518,150	2,595,809	0.52%	-1.49%
2022	531,113	2,528,654	2.5%	-2.59%
2023	552,747	2,457,783	4.07%	-2.8%
2024	568,847	2,402,306	2.91%	-2.26%
2025	574,955	2,371,543	1.07%	-1.28%
2026	578,756	2,343,963	0.66%	-1.16%
2027	580,829	2,321,110	0.36%	-0.97%
2028	582,657	2,298,239	0.31%	-0.99%
2029	584,129	2,275,251	0.25%	-1%
2030	585,315	2,252,131	0.2%	-1.02%
2031	586,254	2,229,191	0.16%	-1.02%
2032	586,948	2,206,559	0.12%	-1.02%
2033	587,297	2,183,929	0.06%	-1.03%
2034	587,151	2,161,282	-0.02%	-1.04%
2035	586,661	2,138,754	-0.08%	-1.04%
2036	586,003	2,116,659	-0.11%	-1.03%
2037	585,174	2,095,127	-0.14%	-1.02%
2038	584,125	2,074,054	-0.18%	-1.01%
2039	582,893	2,053,352	-0.21%	-1%
2040	581,634	2,033,323	-0.22%	-0.98%
2041	580,285	2,014,222	-0.23%	-0.94%
2042	578,871	1,995,750	-0.24%	-0.92%
2043	577,384	1,977,688	-0.26%	-0.9%
2044	575,789	1,960,241	-0.28%	-0.88%
2045	574,143	1,943,187	-0.29%	-0.87%
2046	572,420	1,926,432	-0.3%	-0.86%
2047	570,534	1,910,142	-0.33%	-0.85%
2048	568,553	1,894,069	-0.35%	-0.84%
2049	566,709	1,877,822	-0.32%	-0.86%
2050	564,751	1,861,554	-0.35%	-0.87%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Moldova lost 77,781 people (a 2.7% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Moldova's population decreased by -459,223 (a 16.4% decline).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Moldova was ranked 134th in 2006 and ranked 144th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Malta's population will shrink by 2.42% to 564,751 people with a rank change from 167th to 168th. The population of Moldova will decrease by 20.6% to 1,861,554 people and rank change from 144th to 150th.