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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Samoa	Malta	Samoa
1960	326,550	112,490	-	-
1961	325,250	115,496	-0.4%	2.67%
1962	323,900	118,597	-0.42%	2.68%
1963	322,550	121,764	-0.42%	2.67%
1964	321,250	124,894	-0.4%	2.57%
1965	318,800	127,978	-0.76%	2.47%
1966	315,200	131,073	-1.13%	2.42%
1967	311,550	133,764	-1.16%	2.05%
1968	307,900	136,020	-1.17%	1.69%
1969	304,300	138,233	-1.17%	1.63%
1970	302,650	140,400	-0.54%	1.57%
1971	302,700	142,503	0.02%	1.5%
1972	302,450	144,538	-0.08%	1.43%
1973	302,200	146,516	-0.08%	1.37%
1974	301,996	149,431	-0.07%	1.99%
1975	304,222	153,344	0.74%	2.62%
1976	305,774	157,113	0.51%	2.46%
1977	306,970	159,753	0.39%	1.68%
1978	310,182	161,375	1.05%	1.02%
1979	313,342	162,882	1.02%	0.93%
1980	316,645	164,322	1.05%	0.88%
1981	318,982	165,678	0.74%	0.83%
1982	325,898	166,484	2.17%	0.49%
1983	330,524	166,714	1.42%	0.14%
1984	330,593	166,796	0.02%	0.05%
1985	336,452	166,849	1.77%	0.03%
1986	342,121	167,061	1.68%	0.13%
1987	344,485	167,661	0.69%	0.36%
1988	347,325	168,346	0.82%	0.41%
1989	350,722	168,768	0.98%	0.25%
1990	354,170	169,042	0.98%	0.16%
1991	363,845	169,368	2.73%	0.19%
1992	367,618	170,331	1.04%	0.57%
1993	371,308	171,774	1%	0.85%
1994	374,797	173,159	0.94%	0.81%
1995	377,419	174,571	0.7%	0.82%
1996	379,905	176,071	0.66%	0.86%
1997	382,791	177,547	0.76%	0.84%
1998	385,287	178,905	0.65%	0.76%
1999	387,578	180,275	0.59%	0.77%
2000	390,087	181,685	0.65%	0.78%
2001	393,028	183,166	0.75%	0.82%
2002	395,969	184,471	0.75%	0.71%
2003	398,582	185,430	0.66%	0.52%
2004	401,268	186,249	0.67%	0.44%
2005	403,834	186,978	0.64%	0.39%
2006	405,308	187,709	0.37%	0.39%
2007	406,724	188,753	0.35%	0.56%
2008	409,379	190,107	0.65%	0.72%
2009	412,477	191,513	0.76%	0.74%
2010	414,508	193,023	0.49%	0.79%
2011	416,268	194,713	0.42%	0.88%
2012	420,028	196,498	0.9%	0.92%
2013	424,810	198,268	1.14%	0.9%
2014	433,481	200,037	2.04%	0.89%
2015	444,220	201,782	2.48%	0.87%
2016	454,505	203,499	2.32%	0.85%
2017	467,106	205,415	2.77%	0.94%
2018	483,903	207,582	3.6%	1.05%
2019	503,912	209,780	4.13%	1.06%
2020	515,490	211,944	2.3%	1.03%
2021	518,150	213,779	0.52%	0.87%
2022	531,113	215,261	2.5%	0.69%
2023	552,747	216,663	4.07%	0.65%
2024	574,346	218,019	3.91%	0.63%
2025	580,514	219,302	1.07%	0.59%
2026	584,351	220,530	0.66%	0.56%
2027	586,444	221,772	0.36%	0.56%
2028	588,290	223,104	0.31%	0.6%
2029	589,776	224,504	0.25%	0.63%
2030	590,973	225,968	0.2%	0.65%
2031	591,921	227,581	0.16%	0.71%
2032	592,622	229,298	0.12%	0.75%
2033	592,974	231,110	0.06%	0.79%
2034	592,827	233,061	-0.02%	0.84%
2035	592,332	235,172	-0.08%	0.91%
2036	591,668	237,415	-0.11%	0.95%
2037	590,830	239,730	-0.14%	0.98%
2038	589,771	242,155	-0.18%	1.01%
2039	588,528	244,653	-0.21%	1.03%
2040	587,256	247,196	-0.22%	1.04%
2041	585,895	249,796	-0.23%	1.05%
2042	584,467	252,427	-0.24%	1.05%
2043	582,966	255,023	-0.26%	1.03%
2044	581,355	257,609	-0.28%	1.01%
2045	579,693	260,250	-0.29%	1.03%
2046	577,954	262,849	-0.3%	1%
2047	576,050	265,365	-0.33%	0.96%
2048	574,050	267,836	-0.35%	0.93%
2049	572,187	270,291	-0.32%	0.92%
2050	570,210	272,711	-0.35%	0.9%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Samoa gained 14,804 people (a 7.92% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Samoa's population increased by 18,506 (a 9.17% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Samoa was ranked 176th in 2005 and ranked 177th 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 Samoa will increase by 23.8% to 272,711 people and rank change from 177th to 176th.