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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Somalia	Malta	Somalia
1960	326,550	2,876,331	-	-
1961	325,250	2,952,054	-0.4%	2.63%
1962	323,900	3,030,091	-0.42%	2.64%
1963	322,550	3,110,361	-0.42%	2.65%
1964	321,250	3,192,796	-0.4%	2.65%
1965	318,800	3,277,874	-0.76%	2.66%
1966	315,200	3,365,106	-1.13%	2.66%
1967	311,550	3,454,537	-1.16%	2.66%
1968	307,900	3,546,590	-1.17%	2.66%
1969	304,300	3,641,015	-1.17%	2.66%
1970	302,650	3,738,448	-0.54%	2.68%
1971	302,700	3,837,691	0.02%	2.65%
1972	302,450	3,939,436	-0.08%	2.65%
1973	302,200	4,045,592	-0.08%	2.69%
1974	301,996	4,151,842	-0.07%	2.63%
1975	304,222	4,257,535	0.74%	2.55%
1976	305,774	4,365,812	0.51%	2.54%
1977	306,970	4,484,050	0.39%	2.71%
1978	310,182	4,814,892	1.05%	7.38%
1979	313,342	5,449,117	1.02%	13.2%
1980	316,645	5,936,154	1.05%	8.94%
1981	318,982	5,982,849	0.74%	0.79%
1982	325,898	6,003,840	2.17%	0.35%
1983	330,524	6,198,430	1.42%	3.24%
1984	330,593	6,428,389	0.02%	3.71%
1985	336,452	6,693,289	1.77%	4.12%
1986	342,121	6,974,788	1.68%	4.21%
1987	344,485	7,228,302	0.69%	3.63%
1988	347,325	7,235,360	0.82%	0.1%
1989	350,722	7,114,817	0.98%	-1.67%
1990	354,170	7,082,811	0.98%	-0.45%
1991	363,845	6,813,760	2.73%	-3.8%
1992	367,618	6,495,107	1.04%	-4.68%
1993	371,308	6,681,399	1%	2.87%
1994	374,797	7,026,797	0.94%	5.17%
1995	377,419	7,285,007	0.7%	3.67%
1996	379,905	7,554,474	0.66%	3.7%
1997	382,791	7,824,525	0.76%	3.57%
1998	385,287	8,155,417	0.65%	4.23%
1999	387,578	8,492,059	0.59%	4.13%
2000	390,087	8,838,713	0.65%	4.08%
2001	393,028	9,198,493	0.75%	4.07%
2002	395,969	9,550,063	0.75%	3.82%
2003	398,582	9,909,157	0.66%	3.76%
2004	401,268	10,280,998	0.67%	3.75%
2005	403,834	10,644,228	0.64%	3.53%
2006	405,308	10,975,502	0.37%	3.11%
2007	406,724	11,322,582	0.35%	3.16%
2008	409,379	11,663,084	0.65%	3.01%
2009	412,477	11,961,201	0.76%	2.56%
2010	414,508	12,261,756	0.49%	2.51%
2011	416,268	12,348,830	0.42%	0.71%
2012	420,028	12,461,160	0.9%	0.91%
2013	424,810	12,869,594	1.14%	3.28%
2014	433,481	13,339,491	2.04%	3.65%
2015	444,220	13,806,963	2.48%	3.5%
2016	454,505	14,348,740	2.32%	3.92%
2017	467,106	14,916,629	2.77%	3.96%
2018	483,903	15,452,487	3.6%	3.59%
2019	503,912	16,030,971	4.13%	3.74%
2020	515,490	16,651,191	2.3%	3.87%
2021	518,150	17,271,431	0.52%	3.72%
2022	531,113	17,801,897	2.5%	3.07%
2023	552,747	18,358,615	4.07%	3.13%
2024	568,847	19,009,151	2.91%	3.54%
2025	574,955	19,654,737	1.07%	3.4%
2026	578,756	20,305,905	0.66%	3.31%
2027	580,829	20,959,056	0.36%	3.22%
2028	582,657	21,601,810	0.31%	3.07%
2029	584,129	22,247,714	0.25%	2.99%
2030	585,315	22,915,042	0.2%	3%
2031	586,254	23,589,793	0.16%	2.94%
2032	586,948	24,258,789	0.12%	2.84%
2033	587,297	24,921,830	0.06%	2.73%
2034	587,151	25,593,666	-0.02%	2.7%
2035	586,661	26,294,943	-0.08%	2.74%
2036	586,003	27,009,199	-0.11%	2.72%
2037	585,174	27,731,170	-0.14%	2.67%
2038	584,125	28,455,755	-0.18%	2.61%
2039	582,893	29,167,897	-0.21%	2.5%
2040	581,634	29,896,286	-0.22%	2.5%
2041	580,285	30,635,956	-0.23%	2.47%
2042	578,871	31,350,028	-0.24%	2.33%
2043	577,384	32,057,980	-0.26%	2.26%
2044	575,789	32,780,417	-0.28%	2.25%
2045	574,143	33,510,163	-0.29%	2.23%
2046	572,420	34,248,030	-0.3%	2.2%
2047	570,534	34,996,366	-0.33%	2.19%
2048	568,553	35,743,960	-0.35%	2.14%
2049	566,709	36,474,683	-0.32%	2.04%
2050	564,751	37,206,497	-0.35%	2.01%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Somalia gained 3,373,238 people (a 30.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Somalia's population increased by 5,964,303 (a 41.6% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Somalia was ranked 75th in 2006 and ranked 66th 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 Somalia will increase by 83.2% to 37,206,497 people and rank change from 66th to 57th.