Population in Malta compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Sri Lanka	Malta	Sri Lanka
1960	326,550	9,661,389	-	-
1961	325,250	9,899,372	-0.4%	2.46%
1962	323,900	10,143,754	-0.42%	2.47%
1963	322,550	10,395,040	-0.42%	2.48%
1964	321,250	10,653,397	-0.4%	2.49%
1965	318,800	10,916,965	-0.76%	2.47%
1966	315,200	11,183,928	-1.13%	2.45%
1967	311,550	11,457,328	-1.16%	2.44%
1968	307,900	11,736,088	-1.17%	2.43%
1969	304,300	12,013,858	-1.17%	2.37%
1970	302,650	12,287,110	-0.54%	2.27%
1971	302,700	12,551,910	0.02%	2.16%
1972	302,450	12,809,205	-0.08%	2.05%
1973	302,200	13,060,916	-0.08%	1.97%
1974	301,996	13,305,693	-0.07%	1.87%
1975	304,222	13,548,984	0.74%	1.83%
1976	305,774	13,796,770	0.51%	1.83%
1977	306,970	14,049,371	0.39%	1.83%
1978	310,182	14,310,128	1.05%	1.86%
1979	313,342	14,579,614	1.02%	1.88%
1980	316,645	14,847,974	1.05%	1.84%
1981	318,982	15,099,414	0.74%	1.69%
1982	325,898	15,286,567	2.17%	1.24%
1983	330,524	15,388,794	1.42%	0.67%
1984	330,593	15,441,860	0.02%	0.34%
1985	336,452	15,544,154	1.77%	0.66%
1986	342,121	15,731,256	1.68%	1.2%
1987	344,485	15,916,576	0.69%	1.18%
1988	347,325	16,078,621	0.82%	1.02%
1989	350,722	16,248,557	0.98%	1.06%
1990	354,170	16,352,458	0.98%	0.64%
1991	363,845	16,475,354	2.73%	0.75%
1992	367,618	16,739,284	1.04%	1.6%
1993	371,308	17,025,918	1%	1.71%
1994	374,797	17,275,773	0.94%	1.47%
1995	377,419	17,564,068	0.7%	1.67%
1996	379,905	17,905,018	0.66%	1.94%
1997	382,791	18,248,200	0.76%	1.92%
1998	385,287	18,596,003	0.65%	1.91%
1999	387,578	18,944,731	0.59%	1.88%
2000	390,087	19,293,054	0.65%	1.84%
2001	393,028	19,600,362	0.75%	1.59%
2002	395,969	19,805,752	0.75%	1.05%
2003	398,582	19,951,521	0.66%	0.74%
2004	401,268	20,087,605	0.67%	0.68%
2005	403,834	20,216,524	0.64%	0.64%
2006	405,308	20,352,411	0.37%	0.67%
2007	406,724	20,492,545	0.35%	0.69%
2008	409,379	20,629,378	0.65%	0.67%
2009	412,477	20,756,435	0.76%	0.62%
2010	414,508	20,879,089	0.49%	0.59%
2011	416,268	21,009,048	0.42%	0.62%
2012	420,028	21,169,458	0.9%	0.76%
2013	424,810	20,585,000	1.14%	-2.76%
2014	433,481	20,778,000	2.04%	0.94%
2015	444,220	20,970,000	2.48%	0.92%
2016	454,505	21,209,000	2.32%	1.14%
2017	467,106	21,453,000	2.77%	1.15%
2018	483,903	21,670,000	3.6%	1.01%
2019	503,912	21,803,000	4.13%	0.61%
2020	515,490	21,919,000	2.3%	0.53%
2021	518,150	22,156,000	0.52%	1.08%
2022	531,113	22,181,000	2.5%	0.11%
2023	552,747	22,037,000	4.07%	-0.65%
2024	574,346	21,916,000	3.91%	-0.55%
2025	580,514	22,035,440	1.07%	0.54%
2026	584,351	22,148,172	0.66%	0.51%
2027	586,444	22,255,601	0.36%	0.49%
2028	588,290	22,357,682	0.31%	0.46%
2029	589,776	22,453,922	0.25%	0.43%
2030	590,973	22,546,245	0.2%	0.41%
2031	591,921	22,635,106	0.16%	0.39%
2032	592,622	22,720,118	0.12%	0.38%
2033	592,974	22,802,043	0.06%	0.36%
2034	592,827	22,879,527	-0.02%	0.34%
2035	592,332	22,952,739	-0.08%	0.32%
2036	591,668	23,022,027	-0.11%	0.3%
2037	590,830	23,088,877	-0.14%	0.29%
2038	589,771	23,152,480	-0.18%	0.28%
2039	588,528	23,211,633	-0.21%	0.26%
2040	587,256	23,265,986	-0.22%	0.23%
2041	585,895	23,315,260	-0.23%	0.21%
2042	584,467	23,359,578	-0.24%	0.19%
2043	582,966	23,398,752	-0.26%	0.17%
2044	581,355	23,433,096	-0.28%	0.15%
2045	579,693	23,464,943	-0.29%	0.14%
2046	577,954	23,492,738	-0.3%	0.12%
2047	576,050	23,512,629	-0.33%	0.08%
2048	574,050	23,525,953	-0.35%	0.06%
2049	572,187	23,533,940	-0.32%	0.03%
2050	570,210	23,538,230	-0.35%	0.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 753,476 people (a 3.73% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 1,155,995 (a 5.51% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Sri Lanka was ranked 53rd in 2005 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.38% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.