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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Qatar	Malta	Qatar
1960	326,550	36,010	-	-
1961	325,250	39,680	-0.4%	10.2%
1962	323,900	44,630	-0.42%	12.5%
1963	322,550	50,380	-0.42%	12.9%
1964	321,250	56,867	-0.4%	12.9%
1965	318,800	64,065	-0.76%	12.7%
1966	315,200	72,192	-1.13%	12.7%
1967	311,550	81,439	-1.16%	12.8%
1968	307,900	91,749	-1.17%	12.7%
1969	304,300	103,025	-1.17%	12.3%
1970	302,650	116,350	-0.54%	12.9%
1971	302,700	131,346	0.02%	12.9%
1972	302,450	146,506	-0.08%	11.5%
1973	302,200	161,841	-0.08%	10.5%
1974	301,996	177,362	-0.07%	9.59%
1975	304,222	193,087	0.74%	8.87%
1976	305,774	209,052	0.51%	8.27%
1977	306,970	225,285	0.39%	7.77%
1978	310,182	241,808	1.05%	7.33%
1979	313,342	258,670	1.02%	6.97%
1980	316,645	275,913	1.05%	6.67%
1981	318,982	293,553	0.74%	6.39%
1982	325,898	311,537	2.17%	6.13%
1983	330,524	329,709	1.42%	5.83%
1984	330,593	347,878	0.02%	5.51%
1985	336,452	365,940	1.77%	5.19%
1986	342,121	382,422	1.68%	4.5%
1987	344,485	397,005	0.69%	3.81%
1988	347,325	411,264	0.82%	3.59%
1989	350,722	425,646	0.98%	3.5%
1990	354,170	440,175	0.98%	3.41%
1991	363,845	454,853	2.73%	3.33%
1992	367,618	469,657	1.04%	3.25%
1993	371,308	484,545	1%	3.17%
1994	374,797	499,459	0.94%	3.08%
1995	377,419	514,325	0.7%	2.98%
1996	379,905	529,019	0.66%	2.86%
1997	382,791	550,500	0.76%	4.06%
1998	385,287	580,540	0.65%	5.46%
1999	387,578	612,500	0.59%	5.51%
2000	390,087	644,989	0.65%	5.3%
2001	393,028	677,925	0.75%	5.11%
2002	395,969	711,205	0.75%	4.91%
2003	398,582	744,682	0.66%	4.71%
2004	401,268	773,332	0.67%	3.85%
2005	403,834	825,408	0.64%	6.73%
2006	405,308	972,831	0.37%	17.9%
2007	406,724	1,208,595	0.35%	24.2%
2008	409,379	1,426,938	0.65%	18.1%
2009	412,477	1,608,903	0.76%	12.8%
2010	414,508	1,616,832	0.49%	0.49%
2011	416,268	1,624,761	0.42%	0.49%
2012	420,028	1,722,438	0.9%	6.01%
2013	424,810	1,916,426	1.14%	11.3%
2014	433,481	2,151,745	2.04%	12.3%
2015	444,220	2,344,557	2.48%	8.96%
2016	454,505	2,477,113	2.32%	5.65%
2017	467,106	2,545,820	2.77%	2.77%
2018	483,903	2,580,734	3.6%	1.37%
2019	503,912	2,638,657	4.13%	2.24%
2020	515,490	2,794,148	2.3%	5.89%
2021	518,150	2,504,910	0.52%	-10.4%
2022	531,113	2,657,333	2.5%	6.08%
2023	552,747	2,656,032	4.07%	-0.05%
2024	574,346	2,857,822	3.91%	7.6%
2025	580,514	2,921,065	1.07%	2.21%
2026	584,351	2,975,134	0.66%	1.85%
2027	586,444	3,019,526	0.36%	1.49%
2028	588,290	3,057,695	0.31%	1.26%
2029	589,776	3,092,803	0.25%	1.15%
2030	590,973	3,125,174	0.2%	1.05%
2031	591,921	3,156,754	0.16%	1.01%
2032	592,622	3,189,188	0.12%	1.03%
2033	592,974	3,222,500	0.06%	1.04%
2034	592,827	3,256,691	-0.02%	1.06%
2035	592,332	3,291,711	-0.08%	1.08%
2036	591,668	3,327,585	-0.11%	1.09%
2037	590,830	3,364,333	-0.14%	1.1%
2038	589,771	3,401,906	-0.18%	1.12%
2039	588,528	3,440,293	-0.21%	1.13%
2040	587,256	3,479,439	-0.22%	1.14%
2041	585,895	3,519,302	-0.23%	1.15%
2042	584,467	3,559,840	-0.24%	1.15%
2043	582,966	3,601,019	-0.26%	1.16%
2044	581,355	3,642,784	-0.28%	1.16%
2045	579,693	3,685,111	-0.29%	1.16%
2046	577,954	3,727,959	-0.3%	1.16%
2047	576,050	3,771,287	-0.33%	1.16%
2048	574,050	3,815,108	-0.35%	1.16%
2049	572,187	3,859,368	-0.32%	1.16%
2050	570,210	3,904,074	-0.35%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.