Population in Malta compared to the Netherlands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and the Netherlands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Netherlands	Malta	Netherlands
1960	326,550	11,486,631	-	-
1961	325,250	11,638,712	-0.4%	1.32%
1962	323,900	11,805,689	-0.42%	1.43%
1963	322,550	11,965,966	-0.42%	1.36%
1964	321,250	12,127,120	-0.4%	1.35%
1965	318,800	12,294,732	-0.76%	1.38%
1966	315,200	12,456,251	-1.13%	1.31%
1967	311,550	12,598,201	-1.16%	1.14%
1968	307,900	12,729,721	-1.17%	1.04%
1969	304,300	12,877,984	-1.17%	1.16%
1970	302,650	13,038,526	-0.54%	1.25%
1971	302,700	13,194,497	0.02%	1.2%
1972	302,450	13,328,593	-0.08%	1.02%
1973	302,200	13,439,322	-0.08%	0.83%
1974	301,996	13,545,056	-0.07%	0.79%
1975	304,222	13,666,335	0.74%	0.9%
1976	305,774	13,774,037	0.51%	0.79%
1977	306,970	13,856,185	0.39%	0.6%
1978	310,182	13,941,700	1.05%	0.62%
1979	313,342	14,038,270	1.02%	0.69%
1980	316,645	14,149,800	1.05%	0.79%
1981	318,982	14,247,208	0.74%	0.69%
1982	325,898	14,312,690	2.17%	0.46%
1983	330,524	14,367,070	1.42%	0.38%
1984	330,593	14,424,211	0.02%	0.4%
1985	336,452	14,491,632	1.77%	0.47%
1986	342,121	14,572,278	1.68%	0.56%
1987	344,485	14,665,037	0.69%	0.64%
1988	347,325	14,760,094	0.82%	0.65%
1989	350,722	14,848,907	0.98%	0.6%
1990	354,170	14,951,510	0.98%	0.69%
1991	363,845	15,069,798	2.73%	0.79%
1992	367,618	15,184,166	1.04%	0.76%
1993	371,308	15,290,368	1%	0.7%
1994	374,797	15,382,838	0.94%	0.6%
1995	377,419	15,459,006	0.7%	0.5%
1996	379,905	15,530,498	0.66%	0.46%
1997	382,791	15,610,650	0.76%	0.52%
1998	385,287	15,707,209	0.65%	0.62%
1999	387,578	15,812,088	0.59%	0.67%
2000	390,087	15,925,513	0.65%	0.72%
2001	393,028	16,046,180	0.75%	0.76%
2002	395,969	16,148,929	0.75%	0.64%
2003	398,582	16,225,302	0.66%	0.47%
2004	401,268	16,281,779	0.67%	0.35%
2005	403,834	16,319,868	0.64%	0.23%
2006	405,308	16,346,101	0.37%	0.16%
2007	406,724	16,381,696	0.35%	0.22%
2008	409,379	16,445,593	0.65%	0.39%
2009	412,477	16,530,388	0.76%	0.52%
2010	414,508	16,615,394	0.49%	0.51%
2011	416,268	16,693,074	0.42%	0.47%
2012	420,028	16,754,962	0.9%	0.37%
2013	424,810	16,804,432	1.14%	0.3%
2014	433,481	16,865,008	2.04%	0.36%
2015	444,220	16,939,923	2.48%	0.44%
2016	454,505	17,030,314	2.32%	0.53%
2017	467,106	17,131,296	2.77%	0.59%
2018	483,903	17,231,624	3.6%	0.59%
2019	503,912	17,344,874	4.13%	0.66%
2020	515,490	17,441,500	2.3%	0.56%
2021	518,150	17,533,044	0.52%	0.52%
2022	531,113	17,700,982	2.5%	0.96%
2023	552,747	17,877,117	4.07%	1%
2024	574,346	17,994,237	3.91%	0.66%
2025	580,514	18,110,800	1.07%	0.65%
2026	584,351	18,211,436	0.66%	0.56%
2027	586,444	18,299,531	0.36%	0.48%
2028	588,290	18,379,573	0.31%	0.44%
2029	589,776	18,452,044	0.25%	0.39%
2030	590,973	18,515,913	0.2%	0.35%
2031	591,921	18,571,934	0.16%	0.3%
2032	592,622	18,621,087	0.12%	0.26%
2033	592,974	18,664,975	0.06%	0.24%
2034	592,827	18,702,456	-0.02%	0.2%
2035	592,332	18,733,223	-0.08%	0.16%
2036	591,668	18,760,054	-0.11%	0.14%
2037	590,830	18,781,793	-0.14%	0.12%
2038	589,771	18,798,283	-0.18%	0.09%
2039	588,528	18,810,276	-0.21%	0.06%
2040	587,256	18,817,745	-0.22%	0.04%
2041	585,895	18,820,870	-0.23%	0.02%
2042	584,467	18,819,607	-0.24%	-0.007%
2043	582,966	18,815,261	-0.26%	-0.02%
2044	581,355	18,807,564	-0.28%	-0.04%
2045	579,693	18,797,005	-0.29%	-0.06%
2046	577,954	18,785,724	-0.3%	-0.06%
2047	576,050	18,771,651	-0.33%	-0.07%
2048	574,050	18,754,325	-0.35%	-0.09%
2049	572,187	18,735,299	-0.32%	-0.1%
2050	570,210	18,714,579	-0.35%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.