Population in Malta compared to Sierra Leone: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and Sierra Leone: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Sierra Leone	Malta	Sierra Leone
1960	326,550	2,268,356	-	-
1961	325,250	2,304,227	-0.4%	1.58%
1962	323,900	2,342,242	-0.42%	1.65%
1963	322,550	2,382,258	-0.42%	1.71%
1964	321,250	2,424,390	-0.4%	1.77%
1965	318,800	2,468,666	-0.76%	1.83%
1966	315,200	2,514,638	-1.13%	1.86%
1967	311,550	2,562,384	-1.16%	1.9%
1968	307,900	2,611,532	-1.17%	1.92%
1969	304,300	2,661,365	-1.17%	1.91%
1970	302,650	2,712,286	-0.54%	1.91%
1971	302,700	2,763,222	0.02%	1.88%
1972	302,450	2,814,388	-0.08%	1.85%
1973	302,200	2,866,955	-0.08%	1.87%
1974	301,996	2,920,459	-0.07%	1.87%
1975	304,222	2,974,657	0.74%	1.86%
1976	305,774	3,028,820	0.51%	1.82%
1977	306,970	3,085,354	0.39%	1.87%
1978	310,182	3,145,517	1.05%	1.95%
1979	313,342	3,207,499	1.02%	1.97%
1980	316,645	3,272,089	1.05%	2.01%
1981	318,982	3,338,940	0.74%	2.04%
1982	325,898	3,408,183	2.17%	2.07%
1983	330,524	3,481,646	1.42%	2.16%
1984	330,593	3,558,758	0.02%	2.21%
1985	336,452	3,638,438	1.77%	2.24%
1986	342,121	3,728,380	1.68%	2.47%
1987	344,485	3,829,718	0.69%	2.72%
1988	347,325	3,934,517	0.82%	2.74%
1989	350,722	4,034,037	0.98%	2.53%
1990	354,170	4,196,828	0.98%	4.04%
1991	363,845	4,246,267	2.73%	1.18%
1992	367,618	4,166,366	1.04%	-1.88%
1993	371,308	4,157,130	1%	-0.22%
1994	374,797	4,173,105	0.94%	0.38%
1995	377,419	4,179,179	0.7%	0.15%
1996	379,905	4,199,210	0.66%	0.48%
1997	382,791	4,253,716	0.76%	1.3%
1998	385,287	4,295,785	0.65%	0.99%
1999	387,578	4,318,043	0.59%	0.52%
2000	390,087	4,423,611	0.65%	2.44%
2001	393,028	4,692,716	0.75%	6.08%
2002	395,969	4,971,435	0.75%	5.94%
2003	398,582	5,177,687	0.66%	4.15%
2004	401,268	5,355,717	0.67%	3.44%
2005	403,834	5,501,712	0.64%	2.73%
2006	405,308	5,624,466	0.37%	2.23%
2007	406,724	5,749,352	0.35%	2.22%
2008	409,379	5,894,722	0.65%	2.53%
2009	412,477	6,055,646	0.76%	2.73%
2010	414,508	6,222,714	0.49%	2.76%
2011	416,268	6,387,251	0.42%	2.64%
2012	420,028	6,551,080	0.9%	2.56%
2013	424,810	6,714,051	1.14%	2.49%
2014	433,481	6,876,385	2.04%	2.42%
2015	444,220	7,037,655	2.48%	2.35%
2016	454,505	7,205,328	2.32%	2.38%
2017	467,106	7,379,299	2.77%	2.41%
2018	483,903	7,554,563	3.6%	2.38%
2019	503,912	7,731,991	4.13%	2.35%
2020	515,490	7,912,558	2.3%	2.34%
2021	518,150	8,094,602	0.52%	2.3%
2022	531,113	8,276,807	2.5%	2.25%
2023	552,747	8,460,512	4.07%	2.22%
2024	568,847	8,642,022	2.91%	2.15%
2025	574,955	8,819,789	1.07%	2.06%
2026	578,756	8,996,743	0.66%	2.01%
2027	580,829	9,174,695	0.36%	1.98%
2028	582,657	9,349,021	0.31%	1.9%
2029	584,129	9,520,811	0.25%	1.84%
2030	585,315	9,694,851	0.2%	1.83%
2031	586,254	9,870,295	0.16%	1.81%
2032	586,948	10,047,193	0.12%	1.79%
2033	587,297	10,221,006	0.06%	1.73%
2034	587,151	10,391,485	-0.02%	1.67%
2035	586,661	10,563,163	-0.08%	1.65%
2036	586,003	10,734,341	-0.11%	1.62%
2037	585,174	10,902,263	-0.14%	1.56%
2038	584,125	11,066,143	-0.18%	1.5%
2039	582,893	11,230,060	-0.21%	1.48%
2040	581,634	11,398,391	-0.22%	1.5%
2041	580,285	11,566,213	-0.23%	1.47%
2042	578,871	11,728,787	-0.24%	1.41%
2043	577,384	11,887,934	-0.26%	1.36%
2044	575,789	12,049,424	-0.28%	1.36%
2045	574,143	12,208,872	-0.29%	1.32%
2046	572,420	12,363,446	-0.3%	1.27%
2047	570,534	12,512,739	-0.33%	1.21%
2048	568,553	12,659,609	-0.35%	1.17%
2049	566,709	12,805,136	-0.32%	1.15%
2050	564,751	12,948,320	-0.35%	1.12%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Sierra Leone gained 1,580,862 people (a 28.1% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Sierra Leone's population increased by 1,793,359 (a 24.9% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Sierra Leone was ranked 106th in 2006 and ranked 102nd 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 Sierra Leone will increase by 43.9% to 12,948,320 people and rank change from 102nd to 91st.