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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Syria	Malta	Syria
1960	326,550	4,673,500	-	-
1961	325,250	4,815,466	-0.4%	3.04%
1962	323,900	4,959,340	-0.42%	2.99%
1963	322,550	5,110,467	-0.42%	3.05%
1964	321,250	5,269,087	-0.4%	3.1%
1965	318,800	5,435,267	-0.76%	3.15%
1966	315,200	5,609,047	-1.13%	3.2%
1967	311,550	5,790,198	-1.16%	3.23%
1968	307,900	5,978,742	-1.17%	3.26%
1969	304,300	6,175,166	-1.17%	3.29%
1970	302,650	6,380,609	-0.54%	3.33%
1971	302,700	6,598,094	0.02%	3.41%
1972	302,450	6,826,024	-0.08%	3.45%
1973	302,200	7,060,321	-0.08%	3.43%
1974	301,996	7,302,160	-0.07%	3.43%
1975	304,222	7,554,364	0.74%	3.45%
1976	305,774	7,817,320	0.51%	3.48%
1977	306,970	8,090,501	0.39%	3.49%
1978	310,182	8,372,759	1.05%	3.49%
1979	313,342	8,661,909	1.02%	3.45%
1980	316,645	8,957,663	1.05%	3.41%
1981	318,982	9,260,189	0.74%	3.38%
1982	325,898	9,572,511	2.17%	3.37%
1983	330,524	9,904,809	1.42%	3.47%
1984	330,593	10,258,398	0.02%	3.57%
1985	336,452	10,625,672	1.77%	3.58%
1986	342,121	11,002,844	1.68%	3.55%
1987	344,485	11,388,923	0.69%	3.51%
1988	347,325	11,782,264	0.82%	3.45%
1989	350,722	12,179,060	0.98%	3.37%
1990	354,170	12,579,208	0.98%	3.29%
1991	363,845	12,980,821	2.73%	3.19%
1992	367,618	13,385,571	1.04%	3.12%
1993	371,308	13,795,686	1%	3.06%
1994	374,797	14,208,583	0.94%	2.99%
1995	377,419	14,616,801	0.7%	2.87%
1996	379,905	15,018,104	0.66%	2.75%
1997	382,791	15,417,542	0.76%	2.66%
1998	385,287	15,820,413	0.65%	2.61%
1999	387,578	16,228,061	0.59%	2.58%
2000	390,087	16,637,888	0.65%	2.53%
2001	393,028	17,051,338	0.75%	2.48%
2002	395,969	17,468,332	0.75%	2.45%
2003	398,582	17,889,296	0.66%	2.41%
2004	401,268	18,336,875	0.67%	2.5%
2005	403,834	18,814,091	0.64%	2.6%
2006	405,308	19,637,022	0.37%	4.37%
2007	406,724	20,884,125	0.35%	6.35%
2008	409,379	21,636,564	0.65%	3.6%
2009	412,477	21,976,969	0.76%	1.57%
2010	414,508	22,482,421	0.49%	2.3%
2011	416,268	22,878,098	0.42%	1.76%
2012	420,028	22,759,763	0.9%	-0.52%
2013	424,810	21,666,917	1.14%	-4.8%
2014	433,481	20,273,659	2.04%	-6.43%
2015	444,220	19,424,618	2.48%	-4.19%
2016	454,505	19,193,834	2.32%	-1.19%
2017	467,106	19,224,668	2.77%	0.16%
2018	483,903	19,577,845	3.6%	1.84%
2019	503,912	20,353,534	4.13%	3.96%
2020	515,490	21,049,429	2.3%	3.42%
2021	518,150	21,628,839	0.52%	2.75%
2022	531,113	22,462,173	2.5%	3.85%
2023	552,747	23,594,623	4.07%	5.04%
2024	568,847	24,672,760	2.91%	4.57%
2025	574,955	25,620,422	1.07%	3.84%
2026	578,756	26,472,499	0.66%	3.33%
2027	580,829	27,261,544	0.36%	2.98%
2028	582,657	28,006,558	0.31%	2.73%
2029	584,129	28,719,309	0.25%	2.54%
2030	585,315	29,395,545	0.2%	2.35%
2031	586,254	30,029,824	0.16%	2.16%
2032	586,948	30,633,661	0.12%	2.01%
2033	587,297	31,212,478	0.06%	1.89%
2034	587,151	31,768,138	-0.02%	1.78%
2035	586,661	32,294,792	-0.08%	1.66%
2036	586,003	32,788,153	-0.11%	1.53%
2037	585,174	33,258,407	-0.14%	1.43%
2038	584,125	33,710,718	-0.18%	1.36%
2039	582,893	34,131,238	-0.21%	1.25%
2040	581,634	34,533,185	-0.22%	1.18%
2041	580,285	34,916,936	-0.23%	1.11%
2042	578,871	35,279,863	-0.24%	1.04%
2043	577,384	35,623,325	-0.26%	0.97%
2044	575,789	35,944,394	-0.28%	0.9%
2045	574,143	36,265,295	-0.29%	0.89%
2046	572,420	36,583,260	-0.3%	0.88%
2047	570,534	36,878,640	-0.33%	0.81%
2048	568,553	37,171,029	-0.35%	0.79%
2049	566,709	37,477,690	-0.32%	0.83%
2050	564,751	37,793,378	-0.35%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.