Population in Malta compared to New Zealand: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and New Zealand: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	New Zealand	Malta	New Zealand
1960	326,550	2,371,800	-	-
1961	325,250	2,419,700	-0.4%	2.02%
1962	323,900	2,482,000	-0.42%	2.57%
1963	322,550	2,531,800	-0.42%	2.01%
1964	321,250	2,585,400	-0.4%	2.12%
1965	318,800	2,628,400	-0.76%	1.66%
1966	315,200	2,675,900	-1.13%	1.81%
1967	311,550	2,724,100	-1.16%	1.8%
1968	307,900	2,748,100	-1.17%	0.88%
1969	304,300	2,772,800	-1.17%	0.9%
1970	302,650	2,810,700	-0.54%	1.37%
1971	302,700	2,853,000	0.02%	1.5%
1972	302,450	2,903,900	-0.08%	1.78%
1973	302,200	2,961,300	-0.08%	1.98%
1974	301,996	3,023,700	-0.07%	2.11%
1975	304,222	3,083,100	0.74%	1.96%
1976	305,774	3,110,500	0.51%	0.89%
1977	306,970	3,120,200	0.39%	0.31%
1978	310,182	3,121,200	1.05%	0.03%
1979	313,342	3,109,000	1.02%	-0.39%
1980	316,645	3,112,900	1.05%	0.13%
1981	318,982	3,124,900	0.74%	0.39%
1982	325,898	3,156,100	2.17%	1%
1983	330,524	3,199,300	1.42%	1.37%
1984	330,593	3,227,100	0.02%	0.87%
1985	336,452	3,247,100	1.77%	0.62%
1986	342,121	3,246,300	1.68%	-0.02%
1987	344,485	3,274,400	0.69%	0.87%
1988	347,325	3,283,400	0.82%	0.27%
1989	350,722	3,299,200	0.98%	0.48%
1990	354,170	3,329,800	0.98%	0.93%
1991	363,845	3,495,100	2.73%	4.96%
1992	367,618	3,531,700	1.04%	1.05%
1993	371,308	3,572,200	1%	1.15%
1994	374,797	3,620,000	0.94%	1.34%
1995	377,419	3,673,400	0.7%	1.48%
1996	379,905	3,732,000	0.66%	1.6%
1997	382,791	3,781,300	0.76%	1.32%
1998	385,287	3,815,000	0.65%	0.89%
1999	387,578	3,835,100	0.59%	0.53%
2000	390,087	3,857,700	0.65%	0.59%
2001	393,028	3,880,500	0.75%	0.59%
2002	395,969	3,948,500	0.75%	1.75%
2003	398,582	4,027,200	0.66%	1.99%
2004	401,268	4,087,500	0.67%	1.5%
2005	403,834	4,133,900	0.64%	1.14%
2006	405,308	4,184,600	0.37%	1.23%
2007	406,724	4,223,800	0.35%	0.94%
2008	409,379	4,259,800	0.65%	0.85%
2009	412,477	4,302,600	0.76%	1%
2010	414,508	4,350,700	0.49%	1.12%
2011	416,268	4,384,000	0.42%	0.77%
2012	420,028	4,408,100	0.9%	0.55%
2013	424,810	4,442,100	1.14%	0.77%
2014	433,481	4,516,500	2.04%	1.67%
2015	444,220	4,609,400	2.48%	2.06%
2016	454,505	4,714,100	2.32%	2.27%
2017	467,106	4,813,600	2.77%	2.11%
2018	483,903	4,900,600	3.6%	1.81%
2019	503,912	4,979,200	4.13%	1.6%
2020	515,490	5,090,200	2.3%	2.23%
2021	518,150	5,111,300	0.52%	0.41%
2022	531,113	5,117,100	2.5%	0.11%
2023	552,747	5,245,000	4.07%	2.5%
2024	574,346	5,338,500	3.91%	1.78%
2025	580,514	5,377,360	1.07%	0.73%
2026	584,351	5,413,790	0.66%	0.68%
2027	586,444	5,447,979	0.36%	0.63%
2028	588,290	5,479,675	0.31%	0.58%
2029	589,776	5,509,133	0.25%	0.54%
2030	590,973	5,536,522	0.2%	0.5%
2031	591,921	5,562,256	0.16%	0.46%
2032	592,622	5,586,456	0.12%	0.44%
2033	592,974	5,609,501	0.06%	0.41%
2034	592,827	5,631,457	-0.02%	0.39%
2035	592,332	5,652,480	-0.08%	0.37%
2036	591,668	5,673,146	-0.11%	0.37%
2037	590,830	5,693,185	-0.14%	0.35%
2038	589,771	5,713,185	-0.18%	0.35%
2039	588,528	5,732,750	-0.21%	0.34%
2040	587,256	5,751,482	-0.22%	0.33%
2041	585,895	5,770,413	-0.23%	0.33%
2042	584,467	5,789,187	-0.24%	0.33%
2043	582,966	5,806,468	-0.26%	0.3%
2044	581,355	5,822,166	-0.28%	0.27%
2045	579,693	5,836,730	-0.29%	0.25%
2046	577,954	5,849,932	-0.3%	0.23%
2047	576,050	5,861,661	-0.33%	0.2%
2048	574,050	5,872,796	-0.35%	0.19%
2049	572,187	5,882,711	-0.32%	0.17%
2050	570,210	5,892,766	-0.35%	0.17%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while New Zealand gained 475,500 people (a 11.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while New Zealand's population increased by 797,223 (a 17.3% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2005 and ranked 124th 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 New Zealand will increase by 8.99% to 5,892,766 people and rank change from 124th to 122nd.