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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Nigeria	Malta	Nigeria
1960	326,550	45,053,782	-	-
1961	325,250	45,989,310	-0.4%	2.08%
1962	323,900	46,965,292	-0.42%	2.12%
1963	322,550	47,973,575	-0.42%	2.15%
1964	321,250	49,012,016	-0.4%	2.16%
1965	318,800	50,086,764	-0.76%	2.19%
1966	315,200	51,188,234	-1.13%	2.2%
1967	311,550	52,293,065	-1.16%	2.16%
1968	307,900	53,432,783	-1.17%	2.18%
1969	304,300	54,631,914	-1.17%	2.24%
1970	302,650	55,893,838	-0.54%	2.31%
1971	302,700	57,214,684	0.02%	2.36%
1972	302,450	58,601,748	-0.08%	2.42%
1973	302,200	60,082,139	-0.08%	2.53%
1974	301,996	61,679,144	-0.07%	2.66%
1975	304,222	63,410,815	0.74%	2.81%
1976	305,774	65,258,009	0.51%	2.91%
1977	306,970	67,234,590	0.39%	3.03%
1978	310,182	69,326,532	1.05%	3.11%
1979	313,342	71,498,242	1.02%	3.13%
1980	316,645	73,764,641	1.05%	3.17%
1981	318,982	76,068,103	0.74%	3.12%
1982	325,898	78,378,701	2.17%	3.04%
1983	330,524	80,438,260	1.42%	2.63%
1984	330,593	82,526,443	0.02%	2.6%
1985	336,452	84,897,973	1.77%	2.87%
1986	342,121	87,235,953	1.68%	2.75%
1987	344,485	89,591,716	0.69%	2.7%
1988	347,325	92,020,090	0.82%	2.71%
1989	350,722	94,531,014	0.98%	2.73%
1990	354,170	97,120,925	0.98%	2.74%
1991	363,845	99,720,162	2.73%	2.68%
1992	367,618	102,372,770	1.04%	2.66%
1993	371,308	105,122,069	1%	2.69%
1994	374,797	107,935,714	0.94%	2.68%
1995	377,419	110,819,428	0.7%	2.67%
1996	379,905	113,754,779	0.66%	2.65%
1997	382,791	116,754,792	0.76%	2.64%
1998	385,287	119,846,254	0.65%	2.65%
1999	387,578	123,047,320	0.59%	2.67%
2000	390,087	126,382,494	0.65%	2.71%
2001	393,028	129,862,595	0.75%	2.75%
2002	395,969	133,471,989	0.75%	2.78%
2003	398,582	137,202,644	0.66%	2.8%
2004	401,268	141,057,045	0.67%	2.81%
2005	403,834	145,017,253	0.64%	2.81%
2006	405,308	149,077,334	0.37%	2.8%
2007	406,724	153,267,261	0.35%	2.81%
2008	409,379	157,595,014	0.65%	2.82%
2009	412,477	162,049,464	0.76%	2.83%
2010	414,508	166,642,886	0.49%	2.83%
2011	416,268	171,379,598	0.42%	2.84%
2012	420,028	176,200,625	0.9%	2.81%
2013	424,810	181,049,443	1.14%	2.75%
2014	433,481	185,896,915	2.04%	2.68%
2015	444,220	190,671,878	2.48%	2.57%
2016	454,505	195,443,700	2.32%	2.5%
2017	467,106	200,254,579	2.77%	2.46%
2018	483,903	204,938,755	3.6%	2.34%
2019	503,912	209,485,641	4.13%	2.22%
2020	515,490	213,996,181	2.3%	2.15%
2021	518,150	218,529,286	0.52%	2.12%
2022	531,113	223,150,896	2.5%	2.11%
2023	552,747	227,882,945	4.07%	2.12%
2024	574,346	232,679,478	3.91%	2.1%
2025	580,514	237,527,783	1.07%	2.08%
2026	584,351	242,431,830	0.66%	2.06%
2027	586,444	247,374,258	0.36%	2.04%
2028	588,290	252,346,128	0.31%	2.01%
2029	589,776	257,352,638	0.25%	1.98%
2030	590,973	262,380,975	0.2%	1.95%
2031	591,921	267,421,079	0.16%	1.92%
2032	592,622	272,483,635	0.12%	1.89%
2033	592,974	277,555,116	0.06%	1.86%
2034	592,827	282,622,388	-0.02%	1.83%
2035	592,332	287,685,757	-0.08%	1.79%
2036	591,668	292,739,390	-0.11%	1.76%
2037	590,830	297,773,236	-0.14%	1.72%
2038	589,771	302,782,350	-0.18%	1.68%
2039	588,528	307,764,754	-0.21%	1.65%
2040	587,256	312,710,403	-0.22%	1.61%
2041	585,895	317,607,237	-0.23%	1.57%
2042	584,467	322,450,302	-0.24%	1.52%
2043	582,966	327,243,941	-0.26%	1.49%
2044	581,355	331,983,354	-0.28%	1.45%
2045	579,693	336,662,502	-0.29%	1.41%
2046	577,954	341,281,757	-0.3%	1.37%
2047	576,050	345,844,004	-0.33%	1.34%
2048	574,050	350,347,757	-0.35%	1.3%
2049	572,187	354,792,418	-0.32%	1.27%
2050	570,210	359,185,550	-0.35%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.