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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Spain	Malta	Spain
1960	326,550	30,455,000	-	-
1961	325,250	30,739,250	-0.4%	0.93%
1962	323,900	31,023,366	-0.42%	0.92%
1963	322,550	31,296,651	-0.42%	0.88%
1964	321,250	31,609,195	-0.4%	1%
1965	318,800	31,954,292	-0.76%	1.09%
1966	315,200	32,283,194	-1.13%	1.03%
1967	311,550	32,682,947	-1.16%	1.24%
1968	307,900	33,113,134	-1.17%	1.32%
1969	304,300	33,441,054	-1.17%	0.99%
1970	302,650	33,814,531	-0.54%	1.12%
1971	302,700	34,224,490	0.02%	1.21%
1972	302,450	34,604,469	-0.08%	1.11%
1973	302,200	34,988,947	-0.08%	1.11%
1974	301,996	35,373,335	-0.07%	1.1%
1975	304,222	35,757,900	0.74%	1.09%
1976	305,774	36,137,812	0.51%	1.06%
1977	306,970	36,511,638	0.39%	1.03%
1978	310,182	36,864,898	1.05%	0.97%
1979	313,342	37,191,330	1.02%	0.89%
1980	316,645	37,491,165	1.05%	0.81%
1981	318,982	37,758,631	0.74%	0.71%
1982	325,898	37,986,012	2.17%	0.6%
1983	330,524	38,171,525	1.42%	0.49%
1984	330,593	38,330,364	0.02%	0.42%
1985	336,452	38,469,512	1.77%	0.36%
1986	342,121	38,584,624	1.68%	0.3%
1987	344,485	38,684,815	0.69%	0.26%
1988	347,325	38,766,939	0.82%	0.21%
1989	350,722	38,827,764	0.98%	0.16%
1990	354,170	38,867,322	0.98%	0.1%
1991	363,845	38,966,376	2.73%	0.25%
1992	367,618	39,157,685	1.04%	0.49%
1993	371,308	39,361,262	1%	0.52%
1994	374,797	39,549,108	0.94%	0.48%
1995	377,419	39,724,050	0.7%	0.44%
1996	379,905	39,889,852	0.66%	0.42%
1997	382,791	40,057,389	0.76%	0.42%
1998	385,287	40,223,509	0.65%	0.41%
1999	387,578	40,386,875	0.59%	0.41%
2000	390,087	40,567,864	0.65%	0.45%
2001	393,028	40,850,412	0.75%	0.7%
2002	395,969	41,431,558	0.75%	1.42%
2003	398,582	42,187,645	0.66%	1.82%
2004	401,268	42,921,895	0.67%	1.74%
2005	403,834	43,653,155	0.64%	1.7%
2006	405,308	44,397,319	0.37%	1.7%
2007	406,724	45,226,803	0.35%	1.87%
2008	409,379	45,954,106	0.65%	1.61%
2009	412,477	46,362,946	0.76%	0.89%
2010	414,508	46,576,897	0.49%	0.46%
2011	416,268	46,742,697	0.42%	0.36%
2012	420,028	46,773,055	0.9%	0.06%
2013	424,810	46,604,197	1.14%	-0.36%
2014	433,481	46,460,733	2.04%	-0.31%
2015	444,220	46,422,303	2.48%	-0.08%
2016	454,505	46,458,139	2.32%	0.08%
2017	467,106	46,571,232	2.77%	0.24%
2018	483,903	46,782,011	3.6%	0.45%
2019	503,912	47,118,501	4.13%	0.72%
2020	515,490	47,359,424	2.3%	0.51%
2021	518,150	47,443,821	0.52%	0.18%
2022	531,113	47,786,102	2.5%	0.72%
2023	552,747	48,347,910	4.07%	1.18%
2024	574,346	48,807,137	3.91%	0.95%
2025	580,514	48,786,181	1.07%	-0.04%
2026	584,351	48,746,279	0.66%	-0.08%
2027	586,444	48,696,847	0.36%	-0.1%
2028	588,290	48,642,132	0.31%	-0.11%
2029	589,776	48,578,166	0.25%	-0.13%
2030	590,973	48,501,513	0.2%	-0.16%
2031	591,921	48,412,854	0.16%	-0.18%
2032	592,622	48,321,195	0.12%	-0.19%
2033	592,974	48,230,054	0.06%	-0.19%
2034	592,827	48,136,421	-0.02%	-0.19%
2035	592,332	48,036,650	-0.08%	-0.21%
2036	591,668	47,929,957	-0.11%	-0.22%
2037	590,830	47,819,257	-0.14%	-0.23%
2038	589,771	47,706,580	-0.18%	-0.24%
2039	588,528	47,588,878	-0.21%	-0.25%
2040	587,256	47,463,597	-0.22%	-0.26%
2041	585,895	47,332,618	-0.23%	-0.28%
2042	584,467	47,194,588	-0.24%	-0.29%
2043	582,966	47,052,293	-0.26%	-0.3%
2044	581,355	46,902,636	-0.28%	-0.32%
2045	579,693	46,738,565	-0.29%	-0.35%
2046	577,954	46,564,383	-0.3%	-0.37%
2047	576,050	46,381,681	-0.33%	-0.39%
2048	574,050	46,190,642	-0.35%	-0.41%
2049	572,187	45,985,428	-0.32%	-0.44%
2050	570,210	45,769,362	-0.35%	-0.47%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Spain gained 2,769,148 people (a 6.34% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Spain's population increased by 2,363,878 (a 5.09% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Spain was ranked 28th in 2005 and ranked 32nd 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 Spain will decrease by 6.18% to 45,769,362 people and rank change from 32nd to 47th.