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	574,346	10,701,636	3.91%	1.17%
2025	580,514	10,687,819	1.07%	-0.13%
2026	584,351	10,670,917	0.66%	-0.16%
2027	586,444	10,653,073	0.36%	-0.17%
2028	588,290	10,632,868	0.31%	-0.19%
2029	589,776	10,611,484	0.25%	-0.2%
2030	590,973	10,591,436	0.2%	-0.19%
2031	591,921	10,571,418	0.16%	-0.19%
2032	592,622	10,549,456	0.12%	-0.21%
2033	592,974	10,526,482	0.06%	-0.22%
2034	592,827	10,502,882	-0.02%	-0.22%
2035	592,332	10,478,843	-0.08%	-0.23%
2036	591,668	10,454,630	-0.11%	-0.23%
2037	590,830	10,430,128	-0.14%	-0.23%
2038	589,771	10,404,947	-0.18%	-0.24%
2039	588,528	10,377,968	-0.21%	-0.26%
2040	587,256	10,349,515	-0.22%	-0.27%
2041	585,895	10,321,577	-0.23%	-0.27%
2042	584,467	10,294,106	-0.24%	-0.27%
2043	582,966	10,264,596	-0.26%	-0.29%
2044	581,355	10,233,543	-0.28%	-0.3%
2045	579,693	10,201,832	-0.29%	-0.31%
2046	577,954	10,168,932	-0.3%	-0.32%
2047	576,050	10,135,159	-0.33%	-0.33%
2048	574,050	10,101,419	-0.35%	-0.33%
2049	572,187	10,066,064	-0.32%	-0.35%
2050	570,210	10,029,252	-0.35%	-0.37%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Portugal lost 145,254 people (a 1.38% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Portugal's population increased by 329,743 (a 3.18% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Portugal was ranked 76th in 2005 and ranked 92nd 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 Portugal will decrease by 6.16% to 10,029,252 people and rank change from 92nd to 97th.