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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Palau	Malta	Palau
1960	326,550	9,328	-	-
1961	325,250	9,555	-0.4%	2.43%
1962	323,900	9,793	-0.42%	2.49%
1963	322,550	10,037	-0.42%	2.49%
1964	321,250	10,292	-0.4%	2.54%
1965	318,800	10,547	-0.76%	2.48%
1966	315,200	10,805	-1.13%	2.45%
1967	311,550	10,988	-1.16%	1.69%
1968	307,900	11,080	-1.17%	0.84%
1969	304,300	11,159	-1.17%	0.71%
1970	302,650	11,368	-0.54%	1.87%
1971	302,700	11,759	0.02%	3.44%
1972	302,450	12,194	-0.08%	3.7%
1973	302,200	12,552	-0.08%	2.94%
1974	301,996	12,687	-0.07%	1.08%
1975	304,222	12,655	0.74%	-0.25%
1976	305,774	12,598	0.51%	-0.45%
1977	306,970	12,525	0.39%	-0.58%
1978	310,182	12,440	1.05%	-0.68%
1979	313,342	12,337	1.02%	-0.83%
1980	316,645	12,271	1.05%	-0.53%
1981	318,982	12,402	0.74%	1.07%
1982	325,898	12,694	2.17%	2.35%
1983	330,524	13,006	1.42%	2.46%
1984	330,593	13,337	0.02%	2.54%
1985	336,452	13,688	1.77%	2.63%
1986	342,121	14,024	1.68%	2.45%
1987	344,485	14,334	0.69%	2.21%
1988	347,325	14,645	0.82%	2.17%
1989	350,722	14,945	0.98%	2.05%
1990	354,170	15,259	0.98%	2.1%
1991	363,845	15,614	2.73%	2.33%
1992	367,618	15,989	1.04%	2.4%
1993	371,308	16,372	1%	2.4%
1994	374,797	16,770	0.94%	2.43%
1995	377,419	17,195	0.7%	2.53%
1996	379,905	17,654	0.66%	2.67%
1997	382,791	18,108	0.76%	2.57%
1998	385,287	18,524	0.65%	2.3%
1999	387,578	18,901	0.59%	2.04%
2000	390,087	19,178	0.65%	1.47%
2001	393,028	19,352	0.75%	0.91%
2002	395,969	19,503	0.75%	0.78%
2003	398,582	19,659	0.66%	0.8%
2004	401,268	19,820	0.67%	0.82%
2005	403,834	19,819	0.64%	-0.005%
2006	405,308	19,593	0.37%	-1.14%
2007	406,724	19,302	0.35%	-1.49%
2008	409,379	19,009	0.65%	-1.52%
2009	412,477	18,709	0.76%	-1.58%
2010	414,508	18,396	0.49%	-1.67%
2011	416,268	18,078	0.42%	-1.73%
2012	420,028	17,765	0.9%	-1.73%
2013	424,810	17,648	1.14%	-0.66%
2014	433,481	17,715	2.04%	0.38%
2015	444,220	17,770	2.48%	0.31%
2016	454,505	17,797	2.32%	0.15%
2017	467,106	17,812	2.77%	0.08%
2018	483,903	17,814	3.6%	0.01%
2019	503,912	17,798	4.13%	-0.09%
2020	515,490	17,792	2.3%	-0.03%
2021	518,150	17,783	0.52%	-0.05%
2022	531,113	17,759	2.5%	-0.13%
2023	552,747	17,727	4.07%	-0.18%
2024	568,847	17,695	2.91%	-0.18%
2025	574,955	17,663	1.07%	-0.18%
2026	578,756	17,618	0.66%	-0.25%
2027	580,829	17,564	0.36%	-0.31%
2028	582,657	17,504	0.31%	-0.34%
2029	584,129	17,436	0.25%	-0.39%
2030	585,315	17,376	0.2%	-0.34%
2031	586,254	17,299	0.16%	-0.44%
2032	586,948	17,228	0.12%	-0.41%
2033	587,297	17,163	0.06%	-0.38%
2034	587,151	17,092	-0.02%	-0.41%
2035	586,661	17,012	-0.08%	-0.47%
2036	586,003	16,940	-0.11%	-0.43%
2037	585,174	16,858	-0.14%	-0.48%
2038	584,125	16,779	-0.18%	-0.47%
2039	582,893	16,689	-0.21%	-0.54%
2040	581,634	16,604	-0.22%	-0.51%
2041	580,285	16,510	-0.23%	-0.57%
2042	578,871	16,403	-0.24%	-0.65%
2043	577,384	16,302	-0.26%	-0.61%
2044	575,789	16,202	-0.28%	-0.62%
2045	574,143	16,097	-0.29%	-0.65%
2046	572,420	15,977	-0.3%	-0.74%
2047	570,534	15,863	-0.33%	-0.71%
2048	568,553	15,749	-0.35%	-0.72%
2049	566,709	15,632	-0.32%	-0.74%
2050	564,751	15,515	-0.35%	-0.75%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Palau lost 1,796 people (a 9.17% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -179 (a 1.01% decline).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Palau was ranked 194th in 2006 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 11.9% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.