Population in Malta compared to South Africa: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and South Africa: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	South Africa	Malta	South Africa
1960	326,550	16,440,172	-	-
1961	325,250	16,908,035	-0.4%	2.85%
1962	323,900	17,418,522	-0.42%	3.02%
1963	322,550	17,954,564	-0.42%	3.08%
1964	321,250	18,511,361	-0.4%	3.1%
1965	318,800	19,089,380	-0.76%	3.12%
1966	315,200	19,690,087	-1.13%	3.15%
1967	311,550	20,314,066	-1.16%	3.17%
1968	307,900	20,957,287	-1.17%	3.17%
1969	304,300	21,614,676	-1.17%	3.14%
1970	302,650	22,279,984	-0.54%	3.08%
1971	302,700	22,942,143	0.02%	2.97%
1972	302,450	23,609,456	-0.08%	2.91%
1973	302,200	24,294,263	-0.08%	2.9%
1974	301,996	24,989,108	-0.07%	2.86%
1975	304,222	25,690,940	0.74%	2.81%
1976	305,774	26,395,450	0.51%	2.74%
1977	306,970	27,118,952	0.39%	2.74%
1978	310,182	27,869,507	1.05%	2.77%
1979	313,342	28,634,162	1.02%	2.74%
1980	316,645	29,518,857	1.05%	3.09%
1981	318,982	30,541,044	0.74%	3.46%
1982	325,898	31,615,339	2.17%	3.52%
1983	330,524	32,739,304	1.42%	3.56%
1984	330,593	33,892,788	0.02%	3.52%
1985	336,452	35,042,093	1.77%	3.39%
1986	342,121	36,180,515	1.68%	3.25%
1987	344,485	37,326,190	0.69%	3.17%
1988	347,325	38,480,649	0.82%	3.09%
1989	350,722	39,628,575	0.98%	2.98%
1990	354,170	40,746,268	0.98%	2.82%
1991	363,845	41,687,898	2.73%	2.31%
1992	367,618	42,443,509	1.04%	1.81%
1993	371,308	43,297,156	1%	2.01%
1994	374,797	44,004,139	0.94%	1.63%
1995	377,419	44,541,554	0.7%	1.22%
1996	379,905	45,123,018	0.66%	1.31%
1997	382,791	45,666,838	0.76%	1.21%
1998	385,287	46,223,880	0.65%	1.22%
1999	387,578	46,730,335	0.59%	1.1%
2000	390,087	47,159,719	0.65%	0.92%
2001	393,028	47,566,800	0.75%	0.86%
2002	395,969	48,019,415	0.75%	0.95%
2003	398,582	48,500,348	0.66%	1%
2004	401,268	48,991,421	0.67%	1.01%
2005	403,834	49,490,033	0.64%	1.02%
2006	405,308	49,998,277	0.37%	1.03%
2007	406,724	50,528,584	0.35%	1.06%
2008	409,379	51,114,599	0.65%	1.16%
2009	412,477	51,728,516	0.76%	1.2%
2010	414,508	52,344,051	0.49%	1.19%
2011	416,268	52,995,205	0.42%	1.24%
2012	420,028	53,782,567	0.9%	1.49%
2013	424,810	54,678,791	1.14%	1.67%
2014	433,481	55,594,838	2.04%	1.68%
2015	444,220	56,723,537	2.48%	2.03%
2016	454,505	57,259,551	2.32%	0.94%
2017	467,106	57,635,162	2.77%	0.66%
2018	483,903	58,613,001	3.6%	1.7%
2019	503,912	59,587,885	4.13%	1.66%
2020	515,490	60,562,381	2.3%	1.64%
2021	518,150	61,502,603	0.52%	1.55%
2022	531,113	62,378,410	2.5%	1.42%
2023	552,747	63,212,384	4.07%	1.34%
2024	574,346	64,007,187	3.91%	1.26%
2025	580,514	64,747,317	1.07%	1.16%
2026	584,351	65,453,086	0.66%	1.09%
2027	586,444	66,143,018	0.36%	1.05%
2028	588,290	66,830,384	0.31%	1.04%
2029	589,776	67,506,850	0.25%	1.01%
2030	590,973	68,161,357	0.2%	0.97%
2031	591,921	68,798,574	0.16%	0.93%
2032	592,622	69,426,441	0.12%	0.91%
2033	592,974	70,040,484	0.06%	0.88%
2034	592,827	70,641,572	-0.02%	0.86%
2035	592,332	71,234,749	-0.08%	0.84%
2036	591,668	71,816,372	-0.11%	0.82%
2037	590,830	72,387,807	-0.14%	0.8%
2038	589,771	72,949,611	-0.18%	0.78%
2039	588,528	73,496,152	-0.21%	0.75%
2040	587,256	74,035,615	-0.22%	0.73%
2041	585,895	74,575,444	-0.23%	0.73%
2042	584,467	75,111,899	-0.24%	0.72%
2043	582,966	75,641,512	-0.26%	0.71%
2044	581,355	76,164,461	-0.28%	0.69%
2045	579,693	76,681,448	-0.29%	0.68%
2046	577,954	77,199,542	-0.3%	0.68%
2047	576,050	77,716,650	-0.33%	0.67%
2048	574,050	78,215,323	-0.35%	0.64%
2049	572,187	78,699,584	-0.32%	0.62%
2050	570,210	79,177,329	-0.35%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.