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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Portugal	Malta	Portugal
1960	326,550	8,857,716	-	-
1961	325,250	8,929,316	-0.4%	0.81%
1962	323,900	8,993,985	-0.42%	0.72%
1963	322,550	9,030,355	-0.42%	0.4%
1964	321,250	9,035,365	-0.4%	0.06%
1965	318,800	8,998,595	-0.76%	-0.41%
1966	315,200	8,930,990	-1.13%	-0.75%
1967	311,550	8,874,520	-1.16%	-0.63%
1968	307,900	8,836,650	-1.17%	-0.43%
1969	304,300	8,757,705	-1.17%	-0.89%
1970	302,650	8,680,431	-0.54%	-0.88%
1971	302,700	8,643,756	0.02%	-0.42%
1972	302,450	8,630,430	-0.08%	-0.15%
1973	302,200	8,633,100	-0.08%	0.03%
1974	301,996	8,754,365	-0.07%	1.4%
1975	304,222	9,093,470	0.74%	3.87%
1976	305,774	9,355,810	0.51%	2.88%
1977	306,970	9,455,675	0.39%	1.07%
1978	310,182	9,558,250	1.05%	1.08%
1979	313,342	9,661,265	1.02%	1.08%
1980	316,645	9,766,312	1.05%	1.09%
1981	318,982	9,851,362	0.74%	0.87%
1982	325,898	9,911,771	2.17%	0.61%
1983	330,524	9,957,865	1.42%	0.47%
1984	330,593	9,996,232	0.02%	0.39%
1985	336,452	10,023,613	1.77%	0.27%
1986	342,121	10,032,734	1.68%	0.09%
1987	344,485	10,030,031	0.69%	-0.03%
1988	347,325	10,019,610	0.82%	-0.1%
1989	350,722	10,005,000	0.98%	-0.15%
1990	354,170	9,983,218	0.98%	-0.22%
1991	363,845	9,960,235	2.73%	-0.23%
1992	367,618	9,952,494	1.04%	-0.08%
1993	371,308	9,964,675	1%	0.12%
1994	374,797	9,991,525	0.94%	0.27%
1995	377,419	10,026,176	0.7%	0.35%
1996	379,905	10,063,945	0.66%	0.38%
1997	382,791	10,108,977	0.76%	0.45%
1998	385,287	10,160,196	0.65%	0.51%
1999	387,578	10,217,828	0.59%	0.57%
2000	390,087	10,289,898	0.65%	0.71%
2001	393,028	10,362,722	0.75%	0.71%
2002	395,969	10,419,631	0.75%	0.55%
2003	398,582	10,458,821	0.66%	0.38%
2004	401,268	10,483,861	0.67%	0.24%
2005	403,834	10,503,330	0.64%	0.19%
2006	405,308	10,522,288	0.37%	0.18%
2007	406,724	10,542,964	0.35%	0.2%
2008	409,379	10,558,177	0.65%	0.14%
2009	412,477	10,568,247	0.76%	0.1%
2010	414,508	10,573,100	0.49%	0.05%
2011	416,268	10,557,560	0.42%	-0.15%
2012	420,028	10,514,844	0.9%	-0.4%
2013	424,810	10,457,295	1.14%	-0.55%
2014	433,481	10,401,062	2.04%	-0.54%
2015	444,220	10,358,076	2.48%	-0.41%
2016	454,505	10,325,452	2.32%	-0.31%
2017	467,106	10,300,300	2.77%	-0.24%
2018	483,903	10,283,822	3.6%	-0.16%
2019	503,912	10,286,263	4.13%	0.02%
2020	515,490	10,297,081	2.3%	0.11%
2021	518,150	10,361,831	0.52%	0.63%
2022	531,113	10,434,332	2.5%	0.7%
2023	552,747	10,578,174	4.07%	1.38%
2024	568,847	10,694,681	2.91%	1.1%
2025	574,955	10,680,873	1.07%	-0.13%
2026	578,756	10,663,982	0.66%	-0.16%
2027	580,829	10,646,150	0.36%	-0.17%
2028	582,657	10,625,957	0.31%	-0.19%
2029	584,129	10,604,587	0.25%	-0.2%
2030	585,315	10,584,552	0.2%	-0.19%
2031	586,254	10,564,548	0.16%	-0.19%
2032	586,948	10,542,600	0.12%	-0.21%
2033	587,297	10,519,640	0.06%	-0.22%
2034	587,151	10,496,056	-0.02%	-0.22%
2035	586,661	10,472,033	-0.08%	-0.23%
2036	586,003	10,447,836	-0.11%	-0.23%
2037	585,174	10,423,350	-0.14%	-0.23%
2038	584,125	10,398,185	-0.18%	-0.24%
2039	582,893	10,371,223	-0.21%	-0.26%
2040	581,634	10,342,789	-0.22%	-0.27%
2041	580,285	10,314,869	-0.23%	-0.27%
2042	578,871	10,287,416	-0.24%	-0.27%
2043	577,384	10,257,925	-0.26%	-0.29%
2044	575,789	10,226,892	-0.28%	-0.3%
2045	574,143	10,195,202	-0.29%	-0.31%
2046	572,420	10,162,323	-0.3%	-0.32%
2047	570,534	10,128,572	-0.33%	-0.33%
2048	568,553	10,094,854	-0.35%	-0.33%
2049	566,709	10,059,522	-0.32%	-0.35%
2050	564,751	10,022,734	-0.35%	-0.37%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Portugal lost 196,836 people (a 1.87% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 338,530 (a 3.28% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Portugal was ranked 78th in 2006 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.01% to 10,022,734 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.