Population in Malta compared to Saudi Arabia: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and Saudi Arabia: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Saudi Arabia	Malta	Saudi Arabia
1960	326,550	2,435,403	-	-
1961	325,250	2,526,347	-0.4%	3.73%
1962	323,900	2,620,910	-0.42%	3.74%
1963	322,550	2,719,341	-0.42%	3.76%
1964	321,250	2,821,968	-0.4%	3.77%
1965	318,800	2,928,771	-0.76%	3.78%
1966	315,200	3,039,887	-1.13%	3.79%
1967	311,550	3,157,242	-1.16%	3.86%
1968	307,900	3,282,711	-1.17%	3.97%
1969	304,300	3,417,114	-1.17%	4.09%
1970	302,650	3,562,470	-0.54%	4.25%
1971	302,700	3,724,031	0.02%	4.54%
1972	302,450	3,905,722	-0.08%	4.88%
1973	302,200	4,106,344	-0.08%	5.14%
1974	301,996	4,323,632	-0.07%	5.29%
1975	304,222	4,556,287	0.74%	5.38%
1976	305,774	4,807,933	0.51%	5.52%
1977	306,970	5,083,048	0.39%	5.72%
1978	310,182	5,381,902	1.05%	5.88%
1979	313,342	5,703,698	1.02%	5.98%
1980	316,645	6,047,997	1.05%	6.04%
1981	318,982	6,420,551	0.74%	6.16%
1982	325,898	6,824,486	2.17%	6.29%
1983	330,524	7,252,941	1.42%	6.28%
1984	330,593	7,697,307	0.02%	6.13%
1985	336,452	8,151,779	1.77%	5.9%
1986	342,121	8,628,639	1.68%	5.85%
1987	344,485	9,130,194	0.69%	5.81%
1988	347,325	9,629,165	0.82%	5.47%
1989	350,722	10,128,394	0.98%	5.18%
1990	354,170	10,640,691	0.98%	5.06%
1991	363,845	11,160,744	2.73%	4.89%
1992	367,618	11,686,676	1.04%	4.71%
1993	371,308	12,215,862	1%	4.53%
1994	374,797	12,750,040	0.94%	4.37%
1995	377,419	13,289,245	0.7%	4.23%
1996	379,905	13,831,009	0.66%	4.08%
1997	382,791	14,374,943	0.76%	3.93%
1998	385,287	14,922,185	0.65%	3.81%
1999	387,578	15,472,075	0.59%	3.69%
2000	390,087	16,177,722	0.65%	4.56%
2001	393,028	17,041,397	0.75%	5.34%
2002	395,969	17,910,910	0.75%	5.1%
2003	398,582	18,786,767	0.66%	4.89%
2004	401,268	19,669,480	0.67%	4.7%
2005	403,834	20,559,890	0.64%	4.53%
2006	405,308	21,459,144	0.37%	4.37%
2007	406,724	22,368,313	0.35%	4.24%
2008	409,379	23,287,877	0.65%	4.11%
2009	412,477	24,217,654	0.76%	3.99%
2010	414,508	23,978,487	0.49%	-0.99%
2011	416,268	25,091,867	0.42%	4.64%
2012	420,028	26,168,861	0.9%	4.29%
2013	424,810	27,624,004	1.14%	5.56%
2014	433,481	28,309,273	2.04%	2.48%
2015	444,220	29,816,382	2.48%	5.32%
2016	454,505	30,954,198	2.32%	3.82%
2017	467,106	30,977,355	2.77%	0.07%
2018	483,903	30,196,281	3.6%	-2.52%
2019	503,912	30,063,799	4.13%	-0.44%
2020	515,490	31,552,510	2.3%	4.95%
2021	518,150	30,784,383	0.52%	-2.43%
2022	531,113	32,175,224	2.5%	4.52%
2023	552,747	33,702,731	4.07%	4.75%
2024	574,346	35,300,280	3.91%	4.74%
2025	580,514	35,927,625	1.07%	1.78%
2026	584,351	36,550,694	0.66%	1.73%
2027	586,444	37,167,513	0.36%	1.69%
2028	588,290	37,775,810	0.31%	1.64%
2029	589,776	38,364,377	0.25%	1.56%
2030	590,973	38,918,375	0.2%	1.44%
2031	591,921	39,450,880	0.16%	1.37%
2032	592,622	39,983,934	0.12%	1.35%
2033	592,974	40,517,599	0.06%	1.33%
2034	592,827	41,052,423	-0.02%	1.32%
2035	592,332	41,588,429	-0.08%	1.31%
2036	591,668	42,125,184	-0.11%	1.29%
2037	590,830	42,661,908	-0.14%	1.27%
2038	589,771	43,198,420	-0.18%	1.26%
2039	588,528	43,734,316	-0.21%	1.24%
2040	587,256	44,269,571	-0.22%	1.22%
2041	585,895	44,804,338	-0.23%	1.21%
2042	584,467	45,338,111	-0.24%	1.19%
2043	582,966	45,870,896	-0.26%	1.18%
2044	581,355	46,403,116	-0.28%	1.16%
2045	579,693	46,934,822	-0.29%	1.15%
2046	577,954	47,465,267	-0.3%	1.13%
2047	576,050	47,993,976	-0.33%	1.11%
2048	574,050	48,521,364	-0.35%	1.1%
2049	572,187	49,047,461	-0.32%	1.08%
2050	570,210	49,572,202	-0.35%	1.07%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Saudi Arabia gained 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Saudi Arabia's population increased by 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st in 2005 and ranked 44th 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 Saudi Arabia will increase by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people and rank change from 44th to 43rd.