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	568,847	64,007,187	2.91%	1.26%
2025	574,955	64,747,317	1.07%	1.16%
2026	578,756	65,453,086	0.66%	1.09%
2027	580,829	66,143,018	0.36%	1.05%
2028	582,657	66,830,384	0.31%	1.04%
2029	584,129	67,506,850	0.25%	1.01%
2030	585,315	68,161,357	0.2%	0.97%
2031	586,254	68,798,574	0.16%	0.93%
2032	586,948	69,426,441	0.12%	0.91%
2033	587,297	70,040,484	0.06%	0.88%
2034	587,151	70,641,572	-0.02%	0.86%
2035	586,661	71,234,749	-0.08%	0.84%
2036	586,003	71,816,372	-0.11%	0.82%
2037	585,174	72,387,807	-0.14%	0.8%
2038	584,125	72,949,611	-0.18%	0.78%
2039	582,893	73,496,152	-0.21%	0.75%
2040	581,634	74,035,615	-0.22%	0.73%
2041	580,285	74,575,444	-0.23%	0.73%
2042	578,871	75,111,899	-0.24%	0.72%
2043	577,384	75,641,512	-0.26%	0.71%
2044	575,789	76,164,461	-0.28%	0.69%
2045	574,143	76,681,448	-0.29%	0.68%
2046	572,420	77,199,542	-0.3%	0.68%
2047	570,534	77,716,650	-0.33%	0.67%
2048	568,553	78,215,323	-0.35%	0.64%
2049	566,709	78,699,584	-0.32%	0.62%
2050	564,751	79,177,329	-0.35%	0.61%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while South Africa gained 7,261,274 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while South Africa's population increased by 8,201,075 (a 14.3% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2006 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.