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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Rwanda	Malta	Rwanda
1960	326,550	3,022,294	-	-
1961	325,250	3,106,779	-0.4%	2.8%
1962	323,900	3,186,025	-0.42%	2.55%
1963	322,550	3,258,890	-0.42%	2.29%
1964	321,250	3,334,834	-0.4%	2.33%
1965	318,800	3,423,210	-0.76%	2.65%
1966	315,200	3,521,626	-1.13%	2.87%
1967	311,550	3,629,577	-1.16%	3.07%
1968	307,900	3,744,010	-1.17%	3.15%
1969	304,300	3,861,271	-1.17%	3.13%
1970	302,650	3,980,669	-0.54%	3.09%
1971	302,700	4,100,044	0.02%	3%
1972	302,450	4,220,335	-0.08%	2.93%
1973	302,200	4,345,047	-0.08%	2.96%
1974	301,996	4,474,228	-0.07%	2.97%
1975	304,222	4,607,728	0.74%	2.98%
1976	305,774	4,745,954	0.51%	3%
1977	306,970	4,888,240	0.39%	3%
1978	310,182	5,035,171	1.05%	3.01%
1979	313,342	5,189,541	1.02%	3.07%
1980	316,645	5,353,259	1.05%	3.15%
1981	318,982	5,527,230	0.74%	3.25%
1982	325,898	5,711,549	2.17%	3.33%
1983	330,524	5,905,311	1.42%	3.39%
1984	330,593	6,107,627	0.02%	3.43%
1985	336,452	6,317,228	1.77%	3.43%
1986	342,121	6,531,881	1.68%	3.4%
1987	344,485	6,749,493	0.69%	3.33%
1988	347,325	6,968,071	0.82%	3.24%
1989	350,722	7,184,706	0.98%	3.11%
1990	354,170	7,375,307	0.98%	2.65%
1991	363,845	7,526,966	2.73%	2.06%
1992	367,618	7,683,266	1.04%	2.08%
1993	371,308	7,981,132	1%	3.88%
1994	374,797	6,792,352	0.94%	-14.9%
1995	377,419	5,674,118	0.7%	-16.5%
1996	379,905	6,708,764	0.66%	18.2%
1997	382,791	7,755,238	0.76%	15.6%
1998	385,287	8,081,681	0.65%	4.21%
1999	387,578	8,147,912	0.59%	0.82%
2000	390,087	8,213,931	0.65%	0.81%
2001	393,028	8,287,094	0.75%	0.89%
2002	395,969	8,400,180	0.75%	1.36%
2003	398,582	8,586,875	0.66%	2.22%
2004	401,268	8,816,844	0.67%	2.68%
2005	403,834	9,054,528	0.64%	2.7%
2006	405,308	9,299,246	0.37%	2.7%
2007	406,724	9,549,933	0.35%	2.7%
2008	409,379	9,804,269	0.65%	2.66%
2009	412,477	10,060,432	0.76%	2.61%
2010	414,508	10,317,553	0.49%	2.56%
2011	416,268	10,573,733	0.42%	2.48%
2012	420,028	10,829,901	0.9%	2.42%
2013	424,810	11,093,340	1.14%	2.43%
2014	433,481	11,364,757	2.04%	2.45%
2015	444,220	11,640,022	2.48%	2.42%
2016	454,505	11,919,183	2.32%	2.4%
2017	467,106	12,202,060	2.77%	2.37%
2018	483,903	12,487,996	3.6%	2.34%
2019	503,912	12,776,103	4.13%	2.31%
2020	515,490	13,065,837	2.3%	2.27%
2021	518,150	13,355,260	0.52%	2.22%
2022	531,113	13,651,030	2.5%	2.21%
2023	552,747	13,954,471	4.07%	2.22%
2024	568,847	14,256,567	2.91%	2.16%
2025	574,955	14,569,343	1.07%	2.19%
2026	578,756	14,889,694	0.66%	2.2%
2027	580,829	15,214,324	0.36%	2.18%
2028	582,657	15,536,461	0.31%	2.12%
2029	584,129	15,844,649	0.25%	1.98%
2030	585,315	16,154,698	0.2%	1.96%
2031	586,254	16,473,106	0.16%	1.97%
2032	586,948	16,771,820	0.12%	1.81%
2033	587,297	17,073,475	0.06%	1.8%
2034	587,151	17,402,250	-0.02%	1.93%
2035	586,661	17,746,315	-0.08%	1.98%
2036	586,003	18,076,769	-0.11%	1.86%
2037	585,174	18,395,838	-0.14%	1.77%
2038	584,125	18,729,778	-0.18%	1.82%
2039	582,893	19,076,783	-0.21%	1.85%
2040	581,634	19,440,762	-0.22%	1.91%
2041	580,285	19,806,170	-0.23%	1.88%
2042	578,871	20,153,979	-0.24%	1.76%
2043	577,384	20,500,826	-0.26%	1.72%
2044	575,789	20,837,079	-0.28%	1.64%
2045	574,143	21,152,650	-0.29%	1.51%
2046	572,420	21,459,144	-0.3%	1.45%
2047	570,534	21,764,578	-0.33%	1.42%
2048	568,553	22,086,112	-0.35%	1.48%
2049	566,709	22,403,887	-0.32%	1.44%
2050	564,751	22,707,896	-0.35%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.