Population in Malta compared to Sao Tome and Principe: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and Sao Tome and Principe: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Sao Tome	Malta	Sao Tome
1960	326,550	68,012	-	-
1961	325,250	68,707	-0.4%	1.02%
1962	323,900	69,403	-0.42%	1.01%
1963	322,550	70,112	-0.42%	1.02%
1964	321,250	70,865	-0.4%	1.07%
1965	318,800	71,680	-0.76%	1.15%
1966	315,200	72,576	-1.13%	1.25%
1967	311,550	73,596	-1.16%	1.41%
1968	307,900	74,765	-1.17%	1.59%
1969	304,300	76,083	-1.17%	1.76%
1970	302,650	77,626	-0.54%	2.03%
1971	302,700	79,330	0.02%	2.2%
1972	302,450	81,041	-0.08%	2.16%
1973	302,200	82,798	-0.08%	2.17%
1974	301,996	84,672	-0.07%	2.26%
1975	304,222	86,708	0.74%	2.4%
1976	305,774	88,922	0.51%	2.55%
1977	306,970	91,301	0.39%	2.68%
1978	310,182	93,794	1.05%	2.73%
1979	313,342	96,252	1.02%	2.62%
1980	316,645	98,544	1.05%	2.38%
1981	318,982	100,615	0.74%	2.1%
1982	325,898	102,508	2.17%	1.88%
1983	330,524	104,380	1.42%	1.83%
1984	330,593	106,394	0.02%	1.93%
1985	336,452	108,658	1.77%	2.13%
1986	342,121	111,150	1.68%	2.29%
1987	344,485	113,919	0.69%	2.49%
1988	347,325	116,939	0.82%	2.65%
1989	350,722	119,979	0.98%	2.6%
1990	354,170	122,980	0.98%	2.5%
1991	363,845	125,697	2.73%	2.21%
1992	367,618	128,110	1.04%	1.92%
1993	371,308	130,467	1%	1.84%
1994	374,797	132,732	0.94%	1.74%
1995	377,419	134,895	0.7%	1.63%
1996	379,905	136,962	0.66%	1.53%
1997	382,791	138,922	0.76%	1.43%
1998	385,287	140,751	0.65%	1.32%
1999	387,578	142,442	0.59%	1.2%
2000	390,087	144,018	0.65%	1.11%
2001	393,028	146,375	0.75%	1.64%
2002	395,969	149,922	0.75%	2.42%
2003	398,582	153,814	0.66%	2.6%
2004	401,268	157,705	0.67%	2.53%
2005	403,834	161,639	0.64%	2.49%
2006	405,308	165,638	0.37%	2.47%
2007	406,724	169,700	0.35%	2.45%
2008	409,379	173,793	0.65%	2.41%
2009	412,477	177,853	0.76%	2.34%
2010	414,508	181,802	0.49%	2.22%
2011	416,268	185,649	0.42%	2.12%
2012	420,028	189,439	0.9%	2.04%
2013	424,810	193,148	1.14%	1.96%
2014	433,481	196,767	2.04%	1.87%
2015	444,220	200,291	2.48%	1.79%
2016	454,505	203,689	2.32%	1.7%
2017	467,106	206,970	2.77%	1.61%
2018	483,903	210,187	3.6%	1.55%
2019	503,912	213,392	4.13%	1.52%
2020	515,490	217,435	2.3%	1.89%
2021	518,150	221,961	0.52%	2.08%
2022	531,113	226,305	2.5%	1.96%
2023	552,747	230,871	4.07%	2.02%
2024	568,847	235,536	2.91%	2.02%
2025	574,955	240,251	1.07%	2%
2026	578,756	244,987	0.66%	1.97%
2027	580,829	249,783	0.36%	1.96%
2028	582,657	254,657	0.31%	1.95%
2029	584,129	259,597	0.25%	1.94%
2030	585,315	264,560	0.2%	1.91%
2031	586,254	269,566	0.16%	1.89%
2032	586,948	274,643	0.12%	1.88%
2033	587,297	279,761	0.06%	1.86%
2034	587,151	284,911	-0.02%	1.84%
2035	586,661	290,082	-0.08%	1.81%
2036	586,003	295,269	-0.11%	1.79%
2037	585,174	300,439	-0.14%	1.75%
2038	584,125	305,590	-0.18%	1.71%
2039	582,893	310,729	-0.21%	1.68%
2040	581,634	315,833	-0.22%	1.64%
2041	580,285	320,875	-0.23%	1.6%
2042	578,871	325,888	-0.24%	1.56%
2043	577,384	330,908	-0.26%	1.54%
2044	575,789	335,919	-0.28%	1.51%
2045	574,143	340,911	-0.29%	1.49%
2046	572,420	345,883	-0.3%	1.46%
2047	570,534	350,758	-0.33%	1.41%
2048	568,553	355,569	-0.35%	1.37%
2049	566,709	360,353	-0.32%	1.35%
2050	564,751	365,103	-0.35%	1.32%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,051 people (a 23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 41,350 (a 20.3% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2006 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.