Malta
Population growth in Malta
Population growth in Malta: 2.41% a year in 1950 and 1.29% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 1.29% a year
- Since 1950
- −1.12 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 89 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.81% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.81% a year in 2100, between -6.38% a year and 3.46% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 4.17% a year in 2019, the lowest -0.58% a year in 1966.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Malta | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1.29 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 0.5 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 0.95 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 1.42 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 4.17 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 3.69 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 3.3 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 2.16 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 2.41 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 2.36 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 0.42 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 0.44 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 0.49 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.45 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 0.44 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 0.43 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 0.41 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.42 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.61 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.62 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.64 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.67 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.71 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.73 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 0.78 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.8 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.78 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 0.79 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 0.8 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 0.82 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 0.89 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 0.93 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 0.93 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 0.92 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 0.93 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 0.89 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 0.86 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 0.83 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 0.59 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 0.56 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 0.57 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 0.56 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 0.54 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 0.55 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 0.56 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 0.56 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 0.56 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 0.55 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 0.55 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 0.52 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 0.47 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 0.41 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 0.39 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 0.39 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 0.38 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 0.39 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | -0.57 | 2 |
| 1966 | -0.58 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | -0.48 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | -0.37 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | -0.25 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | -0.16 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | -0.06 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 0.07 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 0.21 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 0.36 | 2 |
| 1957 | 1.3 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 1.32 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 1.38 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 1.4 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 1.42 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 1.47 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 1.48 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.41 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Malta | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 1.190.45–2.09 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 0.95-0.04–2.15 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 0.37-0.88–1.76 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 0.34-1.02–1.96 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 0.29-1.19–2.07 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 0.22-1.43–2.03 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 0.18-1.5–2.1 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 0.14-1.61–2.22 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 0.1-1.64–2.25 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 0.02-1.85–2.22 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -0.07-1.95–2.27 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -0.1-1.88–2.32 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -0.13-2.12–2.3 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -0.16-2.19–2.35 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -0.2-2.17–2.38 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.22-2.35–2.46 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.22-2.32–2.62 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.25-2.37–2.68 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.24-2.44–2.74 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.27-2.48–2.85 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.28-2.64–2.8 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.3-2.7–2.8 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.3-2.76–2.84 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.36-2.84–2.79 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.33-2.86–2.81 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.32-2.81–2.9 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.37-2.88–2.8 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.41-3.01–2.92 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.4-3.01–3.03 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.39-3.05–3.05 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.38-2.91–3 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.43-2.99–3.03 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.44-2.99–3.11 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.42-3.04–3.01 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.45-3.1–3.25 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.5-3.12–3.16 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.52-3.06–3.04 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.53-3.17–3.16 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.58-3.2–3.17 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.58-3.26–3.19 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.62-3.39–3.21 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | -0.66-3.29–3.41 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | -0.69-3.35–3.43 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | -0.73-3.41–3.31 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | -0.77-3.46–3.27 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | -0.79-3.52–3.17 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | -0.8-3.56–3.52 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | -0.84-3.68–3.45 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | -0.86-3.77–3.4 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | -0.88-3.91–3.22 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | -0.9-4.04–3.39 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | -0.93-4.14–3.36 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | -1.01-4.24–3.24 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | -1.01-4.19–3.25 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | -1.02-4.23–3.41 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | -1.04-4.46–3.32 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | -1.06-4.56–3.29 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | -1.09-4.76–3.23 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | -1.06-4.73–3.23 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | -1.09-4.7–3.15 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -1.07-4.89–3.18 | -0 |
| 2085 | -1.06-5.11–3.3 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -1.08-5.27–3.26 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -1.05-5.34–3.31 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.99-5.47–3.39 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -1-5.75–3.52 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -1-5.82–3.24 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.98-5.87–3.4 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.94-6–3.45 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.93-6.13–3.54 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.93-6.1–3.21 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.92-6.19–3.37 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.86-6.26–3.21 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.84-6.36–3.25 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.82-6.25–3.45 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.83-6.3–3.34 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.81-6.38–3.46 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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- Military spending0.45% of GDP in 2025
- Military spending in US dollars$117M in 2025
- Military spending per person$230 in 2025
- Military share of state spending1.3% of government spending in 2025
- Armed forces personnel2,000 people in 2020
- National power0.01% of world capability in 2022
- Armed forces, share of workers0.73% of the labour force in 2020
- Arms imports45 million TIV in 2023
- Arms exports5 million TIV in 2015