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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Tonga	Malta	Tonga
1960	326,550	66,170	-	-
1961	325,250	68,037	-0.4%	2.82%
1962	323,900	69,940	-0.42%	2.8%
1963	322,550	71,885	-0.42%	2.78%
1964	321,250	73,879	-0.4%	2.77%
1965	318,800	75,924	-0.76%	2.77%
1966	315,200	78,002	-1.13%	2.74%
1967	311,550	79,814	-1.16%	2.32%
1968	307,900	81,353	-1.17%	1.93%
1969	304,300	82,885	-1.17%	1.88%
1970	302,650	84,401	-0.54%	1.83%
1971	302,700	85,896	0.02%	1.77%
1972	302,450	87,356	-0.08%	1.7%
1973	302,200	88,805	-0.08%	1.66%
1974	301,996	90,683	-0.07%	2.11%
1975	304,222	93,017	0.74%	2.57%
1976	305,774	95,325	0.51%	2.48%
1977	306,970	96,725	0.39%	1.47%
1978	310,182	97,204	1.05%	0.5%
1979	313,342	97,544	1.02%	0.35%
1980	316,645	97,769	1.05%	0.23%
1981	318,982	97,909	0.74%	0.14%
1982	325,898	97,980	2.17%	0.07%
1983	330,524	97,998	1.42%	0.02%
1984	330,593	97,990	0.02%	-0.008%
1985	336,452	97,984	1.77%	-0.006%
1986	342,121	98,010	1.68%	0.03%
1987	344,485	98,376	0.69%	0.37%
1988	347,325	98,969	0.82%	0.6%
1989	350,722	99,403	0.98%	0.44%
1990	354,170	99,700	0.98%	0.3%
1991	363,845	99,895	2.73%	0.2%
1992	367,618	100,022	1.04%	0.13%
1993	371,308	100,103	1%	0.08%
1994	374,797	100,166	0.94%	0.06%
1995	377,419	100,225	0.7%	0.06%
1996	379,905	100,275	0.66%	0.05%
1997	382,791	100,674	0.76%	0.4%
1998	385,287	101,388	0.65%	0.71%
1999	387,578	102,046	0.59%	0.65%
2000	390,087	102,677	0.65%	0.62%
2001	393,028	103,288	0.75%	0.6%
2002	395,969	103,874	0.75%	0.57%
2003	398,582	104,464	0.66%	0.57%
2004	401,268	105,071	0.67%	0.58%
2005	403,834	105,671	0.64%	0.57%
2006	405,308	106,253	0.37%	0.55%
2007	406,724	106,726	0.35%	0.45%
2008	409,379	107,020	0.65%	0.28%
2009	412,477	107,203	0.76%	0.17%
2010	414,508	107,400	0.49%	0.18%
2011	416,268	107,570	0.42%	0.16%
2012	420,028	107,460	0.9%	-0.1%
2013	424,810	107,078	1.14%	-0.36%
2014	433,481	106,609	2.04%	-0.44%
2015	444,220	106,095	2.48%	-0.48%
2016	454,505	105,524	2.32%	-0.54%
2017	467,106	105,356	2.77%	-0.16%
2018	483,903	105,567	3.6%	0.2%
2019	503,912	105,669	4.13%	0.1%
2020	515,490	105,704	2.3%	0.03%
2021	518,150	105,490	0.52%	-0.2%
2022	531,113	105,042	2.5%	-0.42%
2023	552,747	104,597	4.07%	-0.42%
2024	574,346	104,175	3.91%	-0.4%
2025	580,514	103,744	1.07%	-0.41%
2026	584,351	103,290	0.66%	-0.44%
2027	586,444	102,899	0.36%	-0.38%
2028	588,290	102,568	0.31%	-0.32%
2029	589,776	102,280	0.25%	-0.28%
2030	590,973	102,069	0.2%	-0.21%
2031	591,921	101,927	0.16%	-0.14%
2032	592,622	101,837	0.12%	-0.09%
2033	592,974	101,807	0.06%	-0.03%
2034	592,827	101,806	-0.02%	-0.001%
2035	592,332	101,833	-0.08%	0.03%
2036	591,668	101,895	-0.11%	0.06%
2037	590,830	101,993	-0.14%	0.1%
2038	589,771	102,173	-0.18%	0.18%
2039	588,528	102,367	-0.21%	0.19%
2040	587,256	102,568	-0.22%	0.2%
2041	585,895	102,805	-0.23%	0.23%
2042	584,467	103,038	-0.24%	0.23%
2043	582,966	103,306	-0.26%	0.26%
2044	581,355	103,612	-0.28%	0.3%
2045	579,693	103,928	-0.29%	0.3%
2046	577,954	104,232	-0.3%	0.29%
2047	576,050	104,502	-0.33%	0.26%
2048	574,050	104,744	-0.35%	0.23%
2049	572,187	104,975	-0.32%	0.22%
2050	570,210	105,193	-0.35%	0.21%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while Tonga gained 424 people (a 0.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while Tonga's population decreased by -2,351 (a 2.22% decline).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. Tonga was ranked 182nd in 2005 and ranked 183rd 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 Tonga will increase by 1.4% to 105,193 people and will still be ranked 183rd.