Population in Malta compared to the Vatican: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Malta and the Vatican: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Malta	Vatican	Malta	Vatican
1960	326,550	-	-	-
1961	325,250	-	-0.4%	-
1962	323,900	-	-0.42%	-
1963	322,550	-	-0.42%	-
1964	321,250	-	-0.4%	-
1965	318,800	-	-0.76%	-
1966	315,200	-	-1.13%	-
1967	311,550	-	-1.16%	-
1968	307,900	-	-1.17%	-
1969	304,300	-	-1.17%	-
1970	302,650	-	-0.54%	-
1971	302,700	-	0.02%	-
1972	302,450	-	-0.08%	-
1973	302,200	-	-0.08%	-
1974	301,996	-	-0.07%	-
1975	304,222	-	0.74%	-
1976	305,774	-	0.51%	-
1977	306,970	-	0.39%	-
1978	310,182	-	1.05%	-
1979	313,342	-	1.02%	-
1980	316,645	-	1.05%	-
1981	318,982	-	0.74%	-
1982	325,898	-	2.17%	-
1983	330,524	-	1.42%	-
1984	330,593	-	0.02%	-
1985	336,452	-	1.77%	-
1986	342,121	-	1.68%	-
1987	344,485	-	0.69%	-
1988	347,325	-	0.82%	-
1989	350,722	-	0.98%	-
1990	354,170	-	0.98%	-
1991	363,845	-	2.73%	-
1992	367,618	-	1.04%	-
1993	371,308	-	1%	-
1994	374,797	-	0.94%	-
1995	377,419	-	0.7%	-
1996	379,905	-	0.66%	-
1997	382,791	-	0.76%	-
1998	385,287	-	0.65%	-
1999	387,578	-	0.59%	-
2000	390,087	880	0.65%	-
2001	393,028	890	0.75%	1.14%
2002	395,969	900	0.75%	1.12%
2003	398,582	911	0.66%	1.22%
2004	401,268	921	0.67%	1.1%
2005	403,834	921	0.64%	0%
2006	405,308	932	0.37%	1.19%
2007	406,724	821	0.35%	-11.9%
2008	409,379	824	0.65%	0.37%
2009	412,477	826	0.76%	0.24%
2010	414,508	829	0.49%	0.36%
2011	416,268	832	0.42%	0.36%
2012	420,028	836	0.9%	0.48%
2013	424,810	839	1.14%	0.36%
2014	433,481	842	2.04%	0.36%
2015	444,220	1,000	2.48%	18.8%
2016	454,505	-	2.32%	0%
2017	467,106	1,000	2.77%	0%
2018	483,903	-	3.6%	0%
2019	503,912	1,000	4.13%	0%
2020	515,490	987	2.3%	-1.29%
2021	518,150	970	0.52%	-1.68%
2022	531,113	944	2.5%	-2.66%
2023	552,747	922	4.07%	-2.34%
2024	574,346	933	3.91%	1.2%
2025	580,514	939	1.07%	0.59%
2026	584,351	952	0.66%	1.37%
2027	586,444	974	0.36%	2.32%
2028	588,290	985	0.31%	1.13%
2029	589,776	983	0.25%	-0.19%
2030	590,973	976	0.2%	-0.75%
2031	591,921	968	0.16%	-0.75%
2032	592,622	968	0.12%	0%
2033	592,974	988	0.06%	2.09%
2034	592,827	992	-0.02%	0.37%
2035	592,332	1,000	-0.08%	0.74%
2036	591,668	998	-0.11%	-0.18%
2037	590,830	1,003	-0.14%	0.55%
2038	589,771	1,022	-0.18%	1.83%
2039	588,528	1,060	-0.21%	3.78%
2040	587,256	1,095	-0.22%	3.3%
2041	585,895	1,127	-0.23%	2.86%
2042	584,467	1,149	-0.24%	1.96%
2043	582,966	1,169	-0.26%	1.76%
2044	581,355	1,186	-0.28%	1.42%
2045	579,693	1,209	-0.29%	2.02%
2046	577,954	1,224	-0.3%	1.22%
2047	576,050	1,248	-0.33%	1.95%
2048	574,050	1,272	-0.35%	1.92%
2049	572,187	1,296	-0.32%	1.88%
2050	570,210	1,325	-0.35%	2.27%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Malta increased by 40,386 people (a 10% growth), while the Vatican gained 79 people (a 8.58% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Malta gained 139,376 (a 31.4% growth), while the Vatican's population decreased by -51 (a 5.1% decline).

Malta was ranked 168th most populous country in 2005 and is 167th in 2025. The Vatican was ranked 197th in 2005 and still ranked 197th 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 the Vatican will increase by 39.6% to 1,325 people and will still be ranked 197th.