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	574,346	17,695	3.91%	-0.18%
2025	580,514	17,663	1.07%	-0.18%
2026	584,351	17,618	0.66%	-0.25%
2027	586,444	17,564	0.36%	-0.31%
2028	588,290	17,504	0.31%	-0.34%
2029	589,776	17,436	0.25%	-0.39%
2030	590,973	17,376	0.2%	-0.34%
2031	591,921	17,299	0.16%	-0.44%
2032	592,622	17,228	0.12%	-0.41%
2033	592,974	17,163	0.06%	-0.38%
2034	592,827	17,092	-0.02%	-0.41%
2035	592,332	17,012	-0.08%	-0.47%
2036	591,668	16,940	-0.11%	-0.43%
2037	590,830	16,858	-0.14%	-0.48%
2038	589,771	16,779	-0.18%	-0.47%
2039	588,528	16,689	-0.21%	-0.54%
2040	587,256	16,604	-0.22%	-0.51%
2041	585,895	16,510	-0.23%	-0.57%
2042	584,467	16,403	-0.24%	-0.65%
2043	582,966	16,302	-0.26%	-0.61%
2044	581,355	16,202	-0.28%	-0.62%
2045	579,693	16,097	-0.29%	-0.65%
2046	577,954	15,977	-0.3%	-0.74%
2047	576,050	15,863	-0.33%	-0.71%
2048	574,050	15,749	-0.35%	-0.72%
2049	572,187	15,632	-0.32%	-0.74%
2050	570,210	15,515	-0.35%	-0.75%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Palau lost 2,049 people (a 10.3% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Palau's population decreased by -107 (a 0.6% decline).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Palau was ranked 194th in 2005 and still ranked 194th 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 Palau will decrease by 12.2% to 15,515 people and rank change from 194th to 195th.