Population in Malta compared to the United States: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and the United States: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	United States	Malta	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	326,550	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	325,250	183,691,481	-0.4%	1.67%
1962	323,900	186,537,737	-0.42%	1.55%
1963	322,550	189,241,798	-0.42%	1.45%
1964	321,250	191,888,791	-0.4%	1.4%
1965	318,800	194,302,963	-0.76%	1.26%
1966	315,200	196,560,338	-1.13%	1.16%
1967	311,550	198,712,056	-1.16%	1.09%
1968	307,900	200,706,052	-1.17%	1%
1969	304,300	202,676,946	-1.17%	0.98%
1970	302,650	205,052,174	-0.54%	1.17%
1971	302,700	207,660,677	0.02%	1.27%
1972	302,450	209,896,021	-0.08%	1.08%
1973	302,200	211,908,788	-0.08%	0.96%
1974	301,996	213,853,928	-0.07%	0.92%
1975	304,222	215,973,199	0.74%	0.99%
1976	305,774	218,035,164	0.51%	0.95%
1977	306,970	220,239,425	0.39%	1.01%
1978	310,182	222,584,545	1.05%	1.06%
1979	313,342	225,055,487	1.02%	1.11%
1980	316,645	226,542,250	1.05%	0.66%
1981	318,982	229,465,744	0.74%	1.29%
1982	325,898	231,664,432	2.17%	0.96%
1983	330,524	233,792,014	1.42%	0.92%
1984	330,593	235,824,908	0.02%	0.87%
1985	336,452	237,923,734	1.77%	0.89%
1986	342,121	240,132,831	1.68%	0.93%
1987	344,485	242,288,936	0.69%	0.9%
1988	347,325	244,499,004	0.82%	0.91%
1989	350,722	246,819,222	0.98%	0.95%
1990	354,170	250,131,894	0.98%	1.34%
1991	363,845	253,492,503	2.73%	1.34%
1992	367,618	256,894,189	1.04%	1.34%
1993	371,308	260,255,352	1%	1.31%
1994	374,797	263,435,673	0.94%	1.22%
1995	377,419	266,557,091	0.7%	1.18%
1996	379,905	269,667,391	0.66%	1.17%
1997	382,791	272,911,760	0.76%	1.2%
1998	385,287	276,115,288	0.65%	1.17%
1999	387,578	279,294,713	0.59%	1.15%
2000	390,087	282,162,411	0.65%	1.03%
2001	393,028	284,968,955	0.75%	0.99%
2002	395,969	287,625,193	0.75%	0.93%
2003	398,582	290,107,933	0.66%	0.86%
2004	401,268	292,805,298	0.67%	0.93%
2005	403,834	295,516,599	0.64%	0.93%
2006	405,308	298,379,912	0.37%	0.97%
2007	406,724	301,231,207	0.35%	0.96%
2008	409,379	304,093,966	0.65%	0.95%
2009	412,477	306,771,529	0.76%	0.88%
2010	414,508	309,327,143	0.49%	0.83%
2011	416,268	311,583,481	0.42%	0.73%
2012	420,028	313,877,662	0.9%	0.74%
2013	424,810	316,059,947	1.14%	0.7%
2014	433,481	318,386,329	2.04%	0.74%
2015	444,220	320,738,994	2.48%	0.74%
2016	454,505	323,071,755	2.32%	0.73%
2017	467,106	325,122,128	2.77%	0.63%
2018	483,903	326,838,199	3.6%	0.53%
2019	503,912	328,329,953	4.13%	0.46%
2020	515,490	331,526,933	2.3%	0.97%
2021	518,150	331,893,745	0.52%	0.11%
2022	531,113	333,271,411	2.5%	0.42%
2023	552,747	334,914,895	4.07%	0.49%
2024	568,847	340,110,988	2.91%	1.55%
2025	574,955	341,931,772	1.07%	0.54%
2026	578,756	343,664,369	0.66%	0.51%
2027	580,829	345,331,185	0.36%	0.49%
2028	582,657	346,981,137	0.31%	0.48%
2029	584,129	348,601,982	0.25%	0.47%
2030	585,315	350,176,974	0.2%	0.45%
2031	586,254	351,725,612	0.16%	0.44%
2032	586,948	353,249,060	0.12%	0.43%
2033	587,297	354,749,644	0.06%	0.42%
2034	587,151	356,234,239	-0.02%	0.42%
2035	586,661	357,694,316	-0.08%	0.41%
2036	586,003	359,119,002	-0.11%	0.4%
2037	585,174	360,517,853	-0.14%	0.39%
2038	584,125	361,895,407	-0.18%	0.38%
2039	582,893	363,229,908	-0.21%	0.37%
2040	581,634	364,512,364	-0.22%	0.35%
2041	580,285	365,753,139	-0.23%	0.34%
2042	578,871	366,969,419	-0.24%	0.33%
2043	577,384	368,146,925	-0.26%	0.32%
2044	575,789	369,258,123	-0.28%	0.3%
2045	574,143	370,318,770	-0.29%	0.29%
2046	572,420	371,328,255	-0.3%	0.27%
2047	570,534	372,299,116	-0.33%	0.26%
2048	568,553	373,230,539	-0.35%	0.25%
2049	566,709	374,119,803	-0.32%	0.24%
2050	564,751	374,986,259	-0.35%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Malta increased by 49,197 people (a 12.1% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Malta gained 124,273 (a 27.3% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2006 and is 167th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.