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	574,346	235,536	3.91%	2.02%
2025	580,514	240,251	1.07%	2%
2026	584,351	244,987	0.66%	1.97%
2027	586,444	249,783	0.36%	1.96%
2028	588,290	254,657	0.31%	1.95%
2029	589,776	259,597	0.25%	1.94%
2030	590,973	264,560	0.2%	1.91%
2031	591,921	269,566	0.16%	1.89%
2032	592,622	274,643	0.12%	1.88%
2033	592,974	279,761	0.06%	1.86%
2034	592,827	284,911	-0.02%	1.84%
2035	592,332	290,082	-0.08%	1.81%
2036	591,668	295,269	-0.11%	1.79%
2037	590,830	300,439	-0.14%	1.75%
2038	589,771	305,590	-0.18%	1.71%
2039	588,528	310,729	-0.21%	1.68%
2040	587,256	315,833	-0.22%	1.64%
2041	585,895	320,875	-0.23%	1.6%
2042	584,467	325,888	-0.24%	1.56%
2043	582,966	330,908	-0.26%	1.54%
2044	581,355	335,919	-0.28%	1.51%
2045	579,693	340,911	-0.29%	1.49%
2046	577,954	345,883	-0.3%	1.46%
2047	576,050	350,758	-0.33%	1.41%
2048	574,050	355,569	-0.35%	1.37%
2049	572,187	360,353	-0.32%	1.35%
2050	570,210	365,103	-0.35%	1.32%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe gained 38,652 people (a 23.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Sao Tome and Principe's population increased by 43,764 (a 21.9% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Sao Tome and Principe was ranked 178th in 2005 and ranked 176th 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 Sao Tome and Principe will increase by 49.6% to 365,103 people and rank change from 176th to 175th.