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	568,847	232,679,478	2.91%	2.1%
2025	574,955	237,527,783	1.07%	2.08%
2026	578,756	242,431,830	0.66%	2.06%
2027	580,829	247,374,258	0.36%	2.04%
2028	582,657	252,346,128	0.31%	2.01%
2029	584,129	257,352,638	0.25%	1.98%
2030	585,315	262,380,975	0.2%	1.95%
2031	586,254	267,421,079	0.16%	1.92%
2032	586,948	272,483,635	0.12%	1.89%
2033	587,297	277,555,116	0.06%	1.86%
2034	587,151	282,622,388	-0.02%	1.83%
2035	586,661	287,685,757	-0.08%	1.79%
2036	586,003	292,739,390	-0.11%	1.76%
2037	585,174	297,773,236	-0.14%	1.72%
2038	584,125	302,782,350	-0.18%	1.68%
2039	582,893	307,764,754	-0.21%	1.65%
2040	581,634	312,710,403	-0.22%	1.61%
2041	580,285	317,607,237	-0.23%	1.57%
2042	578,871	322,450,302	-0.24%	1.52%
2043	577,384	327,243,941	-0.26%	1.49%
2044	575,789	331,983,354	-0.28%	1.45%
2045	574,143	336,662,502	-0.29%	1.41%
2046	572,420	341,281,757	-0.3%	1.37%
2047	570,534	345,844,004	-0.33%	1.34%
2048	568,553	350,347,757	-0.35%	1.3%
2049	566,709	354,792,418	-0.32%	1.27%
2050	564,751	359,185,550	-0.35%	1.24%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Nigeria gained 46,366,366 people (a 31.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 47,042,145 (a 24.1% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2006 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.1% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.