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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Oman	Malta	Oman
1960	326,550	530,485	-	-
1961	325,250	539,854	-0.4%	1.77%
1962	323,900	549,941	-0.42%	1.87%
1963	322,550	560,827	-0.42%	1.98%
1964	321,250	572,577	-0.4%	2.1%
1965	318,800	585,236	-0.76%	2.21%
1966	315,200	598,804	-1.13%	2.32%
1967	311,550	613,318	-1.16%	2.42%
1968	307,900	628,798	-1.17%	2.52%
1969	304,300	645,255	-1.17%	2.62%
1970	302,650	662,680	-0.54%	2.7%
1971	302,700	681,119	0.02%	2.78%
1972	302,450	700,593	-0.08%	2.86%
1973	302,200	721,179	-0.08%	2.94%
1974	301,996	746,988	-0.07%	3.58%
1975	304,222	778,864	0.74%	4.27%
1976	305,774	814,701	0.51%	4.6%
1977	306,970	855,314	0.39%	4.99%
1978	310,182	900,304	1.05%	5.26%
1979	313,342	949,116	1.02%	5.42%
1980	316,645	1,001,248	1.05%	5.49%
1981	318,982	1,057,320	0.74%	5.6%
1982	325,898	1,117,678	2.17%	5.71%
1983	330,524	1,181,459	1.42%	5.71%
1984	330,593	1,247,716	0.02%	5.61%
1985	336,452	1,325,480	1.77%	6.23%
1986	342,121	1,413,419	1.68%	6.63%
1987	344,485	1,500,996	0.69%	6.2%
1988	347,325	1,588,568	0.82%	5.83%
1989	350,722	1,676,228	0.98%	5.52%
1990	354,170	1,763,954	0.98%	5.23%
1991	363,845	1,851,473	2.73%	4.96%
1992	367,618	1,938,238	1.04%	4.69%
1993	371,308	2,021,675	1%	4.3%
1994	374,797	2,081,834	0.94%	2.98%
1995	377,419	2,120,528	0.7%	1.86%
1996	379,905	2,156,926	0.66%	1.72%
1997	382,791	2,190,720	0.76%	1.57%
1998	385,287	2,222,489	0.65%	1.45%
1999	387,578	2,252,909	0.59%	1.37%
2000	390,087	2,282,131	0.65%	1.3%
2001	393,028	2,310,217	0.75%	1.23%
2002	395,969	2,337,140	0.75%	1.17%
2003	398,582	2,363,796	0.66%	1.14%
2004	401,268	2,404,821	0.67%	1.74%
2005	403,834	2,459,802	0.64%	2.29%
2006	405,308	2,514,795	0.37%	2.24%
2007	406,724	2,570,174	0.35%	2.2%
2008	409,379	2,626,529	0.65%	2.19%
2009	412,477	2,684,659	0.76%	2.21%
2010	414,508	2,757,446	0.49%	2.71%
2011	416,268	3,076,763	0.42%	11.6%
2012	420,028	3,547,106	0.9%	15.3%
2013	424,810	3,833,913	1.14%	8.09%
2014	433,481	4,002,439	2.04%	4.4%
2015	444,220	4,184,895	2.48%	4.56%
2016	454,505	4,390,877	2.32%	4.92%
2017	467,106	4,537,396	2.77%	3.34%
2018	483,903	4,597,877	3.6%	1.33%
2019	503,912	4,591,241	4.13%	-0.14%
2020	515,490	4,522,497	2.3%	-1.5%
2021	518,150	4,500,424	0.52%	-0.49%
2022	531,113	4,730,226	2.5%	5.11%
2023	552,747	5,049,269	4.07%	6.74%
2024	568,847	5,281,538	2.91%	4.6%
2025	574,955	5,494,693	1.07%	4.04%
2026	578,756	5,671,451	0.66%	3.22%
2027	580,829	5,814,719	0.36%	2.53%
2028	582,657	5,929,317	0.31%	1.97%
2029	584,129	6,026,178	0.25%	1.63%
2030	585,315	6,112,708	0.2%	1.44%
2031	586,254	6,194,366	0.16%	1.34%
2032	586,948	6,275,465	0.12%	1.31%
2033	587,297	6,356,248	0.06%	1.29%
2034	587,151	6,436,919	-0.02%	1.27%
2035	586,661	6,517,799	-0.08%	1.26%
2036	586,003	6,599,101	-0.11%	1.25%
2037	585,174	6,681,041	-0.14%	1.24%
2038	584,125	6,763,781	-0.18%	1.24%
2039	582,893	6,847,380	-0.21%	1.24%
2040	581,634	6,931,970	-0.22%	1.24%
2041	580,285	7,017,684	-0.23%	1.24%
2042	578,871	7,104,475	-0.24%	1.24%
2043	577,384	7,192,217	-0.26%	1.24%
2044	575,789	7,280,846	-0.28%	1.23%
2045	574,143	7,370,221	-0.29%	1.23%
2046	572,420	7,460,268	-0.3%	1.22%
2047	570,534	7,550,973	-0.33%	1.22%
2048	568,553	7,642,323	-0.35%	1.21%
2049	566,709	7,734,352	-0.32%	1.2%
2050	564,751	7,826,991	-0.35%	1.2%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Oman gained 1,876,082 people (a 74.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Oman's population increased by 1,282,139 (a 29.2% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Oman was ranked 138th in 2006 and ranked 118th 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 Oman will increase by 38% to 7,826,991 people and rank change from 118th to 113th.