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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Nauru	Malta	Nauru
1960	326,550	4,607	-	-
1961	325,250	4,774	-0.4%	3.62%
1962	323,900	4,979	-0.42%	4.29%
1963	322,550	5,226	-0.42%	4.96%
1964	321,250	5,515	-0.4%	5.53%
1965	318,800	5,832	-0.76%	5.75%
1966	315,200	6,043	-1.13%	3.62%
1967	311,550	6,135	-1.16%	1.52%
1968	307,900	6,328	-1.17%	3.15%
1969	304,300	6,581	-1.17%	4%
1970	302,650	6,710	-0.54%	1.96%
1971	302,700	6,762	0.02%	0.77%
1972	302,450	6,812	-0.08%	0.74%
1973	302,200	6,866	-0.08%	0.79%
1974	301,996	6,923	-0.07%	0.83%
1975	304,222	6,987	0.74%	0.92%
1976	305,774	7,064	0.51%	1.1%
1977	306,970	7,163	0.39%	1.4%
1978	310,182	7,298	1.05%	1.88%
1979	313,342	7,468	1.02%	2.33%
1980	316,645	7,649	1.05%	2.42%
1981	318,982	7,839	0.74%	2.48%
1982	325,898	8,040	2.17%	2.56%
1983	330,524	8,216	1.42%	2.19%
1984	330,593	8,377	0.02%	1.96%
1985	336,452	8,551	1.77%	2.08%
1986	342,121	8,742	1.68%	2.23%
1987	344,485	8,946	0.69%	2.33%
1988	347,325	9,165	0.82%	2.45%
1989	350,722	9,390	0.98%	2.45%
1990	354,170	9,622	0.98%	2.47%
1991	363,845	9,850	2.73%	2.37%
1992	367,618	10,021	1.04%	1.74%
1993	371,308	10,102	1%	0.81%
1994	374,797	10,137	0.94%	0.35%
1995	377,419	10,165	0.7%	0.28%
1996	379,905	10,183	0.66%	0.18%
1997	382,791	10,197	0.76%	0.14%
1998	385,287	10,198	0.65%	0.01%
1999	387,578	10,187	0.59%	-0.11%
2000	390,087	10,168	0.65%	-0.19%
2001	393,028	10,130	0.75%	-0.37%
2002	395,969	10,082	0.75%	-0.47%
2003	398,582	10,059	0.66%	-0.23%
2004	401,268	10,060	0.67%	0.01%
2005	403,834	10,049	0.64%	-0.11%
2006	405,308	10,034	0.37%	-0.15%
2007	406,724	10,020	0.35%	-0.14%
2008	409,379	10,009	0.65%	-0.11%
2009	412,477	10,016	0.76%	0.07%
2010	414,508	10,043	0.49%	0.27%
2011	416,268	10,098	0.42%	0.55%
2012	420,028	10,267	0.9%	1.67%
2013	424,810	10,517	1.14%	2.43%
2014	433,481	10,742	2.04%	2.14%
2015	444,220	10,954	2.48%	1.97%
2016	454,505	11,150	2.32%	1.79%
2017	467,106	11,324	2.77%	1.56%
2018	483,903	11,477	3.6%	1.35%
2019	503,912	11,587	4.13%	0.96%
2020	515,490	11,643	2.3%	0.48%
2021	518,150	11,709	0.52%	0.57%
2022	531,113	11,801	2.5%	0.79%
2023	552,747	11,875	4.07%	0.63%
2024	568,847	11,947	2.91%	0.61%
2025	574,955	12,030	1.07%	0.7%
2026	578,756	12,103	0.66%	0.61%
2027	580,829	12,196	0.36%	0.77%
2028	582,657	12,296	0.31%	0.82%
2029	584,129	12,403	0.25%	0.87%
2030	585,315	12,519	0.2%	0.94%
2031	586,254	12,645	0.16%	1%
2032	586,948	12,785	0.12%	1.11%
2033	587,297	12,921	0.06%	1.06%
2034	587,151	13,071	-0.02%	1.16%
2035	586,661	13,230	-0.08%	1.22%
2036	586,003	13,391	-0.11%	1.21%
2037	585,174	13,541	-0.14%	1.12%
2038	584,125	13,697	-0.18%	1.16%
2039	582,893	13,857	-0.21%	1.17%
2040	581,634	14,041	-0.22%	1.33%
2041	580,285	14,220	-0.23%	1.27%
2042	578,871	14,402	-0.24%	1.28%
2043	577,384	14,579	-0.26%	1.23%
2044	575,789	14,754	-0.28%	1.2%
2045	574,143	14,920	-0.29%	1.13%
2046	572,420	15,098	-0.3%	1.19%
2047	570,534	15,268	-0.33%	1.12%
2048	568,553	15,431	-0.35%	1.07%
2049	566,709	15,595	-0.32%	1.06%
2050	564,751	15,751	-0.35%	1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Nauru gained 1,116 people (a 11.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Nauru's population increased by 954 (a 8.56% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Nauru was ranked 196th in 2006 and ranked 195th 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 Nauru will increase by 30.1% to 15,751 people and rank change from 195th to 194th.