Barbados vs Malta: Natural population growth rate
Barbados
0.1%
in 2023
Malta
0.1%
in 2023
Barbados rank
175th
Malta rank
177th
Natural population growth rate over time
- Barbados
- Malta
How they compare
Barbados currently reports 0.1% against 0.1% in Malta, a difference of 0.0%.
That makes Barbados's figure about 1.1 times Malta's.
The two have swapped places 10 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Barbados ahead.
Barbados ranks 175th and Malta ranks 177th of 236 countries.
Barbados has averaged higher in every one of the 8 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Barbados | Malta | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 2.1% | 1.8% | 0.3% | Barbados |
| 1960s | 2.3% | 1.1% | 1.2% | Barbados |
| 1970s | 1.4% | 0.9% | 0.5% | Barbados |
| 1980s | 0.9% | 0.8% | 0.1% | Barbados |
| 1990s | 0.6% | 0.6% | 0.0% | Barbados |
| 2000s | 0.4% | 0.2% | 0.2% | Barbados |
| 2010s | 0.3% | 0.2% | 0.0% | Barbados |
| 2020s | 0.1% | 0.1% | 0.0% | Barbados |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher natural population growth rate, Barbados or Malta?
- Barbados, at 0.1% against 0.1% in Malta as of 2023.
- What is the difference in natural population growth rate between Barbados and Malta?
- 0.0%, with Barbados ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Barbados and Malta?
- 74 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2023.
- How do Barbados and Malta rank globally for natural population growth rate?
- Barbados ranks 175th and Malta ranks 177th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data, published as Natural population growth rate. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Births minus deaths, as a share of the population. This is the part of population change that comes only from births and deaths, ignoring migration.