Demographics of Maldives

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Maldives is projected at 0.544 million, up by 0.57% compared with 0.541 million in 2020. Maldives is ranked 173rd in terms of population and 154th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 6.67 thousand births in Maldives in 2021. That is 18 per day, which is ranked 177th. The crude birth rate is 12.61 per 1000 people. There are 1.44 thousand deaths in Maldives in 2021. That is 4 per day, which is ranked 185th. The crude death rate is 2.73 per 1000 people.

0.19 million people are living in urban areas, which is 41.1% of Maldives population. Maldives is ranked 181st in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Maldives in 2021 is 171.31 males per 100 females. There are 0.34 million males and 0.20 million females in Maldives. The percentage of female population is 36.86% compare to 63.14% male population. Maldives has 0.14 million more males than females. Maldives is at 197th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Maldives population

Year Population Growth (%)
195073,716-
195579,7042.16
196089,8732.61
1965102,7102.53
1970115,6882.76
1975136,4183.27
1980158,2713.26
1985189,5403.66
1990223,1593.07
1995254,1442.24
2000279,3962.15
2005319,6042.68
2010365,7303.49
2015454,9144.57
2016475,5054.53
2017496,3984.39
2018515,7043.89
2019530,9572.96
2020540,5421.81
2021543,6200.57
  • Total
  • Crude

Maldives death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,9742,77826.7037.68
19552,2993,96428.6049.36
19602,5294,92928.0454.71
19652,5845,52525.2254.00
19702,4895,88721.2550.35
19752,3136,22517.0045.90
19802,1887,48313.6546.59
19852,1389,06511.2447.75
19901,9369,1588.6841.13
19951,5837,6446.2530.24
20001,3106,0334.6321.39
20051,2436,2433.8919.47
20101,3207,3243.5319.59
20151,3927,4563.0616.42
20201,4316,8352.7313.05
20211,4406,6732.7312.61
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Maldives

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19507,82365,891-10.612
19558,68071,0342.7010.889
196010,04379,8443.1511.173
196511,77590,9913.0411.458
197013,768102,0004.4811.893
197523,623112,89611.1017.304
198035,241123,1446.3322.250
198548,340141,2975.8925.491
199057,679165,5363.1925.840
199565,143188,9392.4825.638
200077,683202,7014.3027.706
2005107,606211,2306.6933.750
2010132,805231,7064.0036.434
2015161,207257,1963.6238.529
2020186,634272,2752.6840.669
2021191,444274,3382.5841.102
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Maldives population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 18,199 16,789 34,988 6.44 108.398
05-09 19,827 17,990 37,817 6.96 110.211
10-14 18,235 16,764 34,999 6.44 108.775
15-19 13,203 13,169 26,372 4.85 100.258
20-24 29,338 14,222 43,560 8.01 206.286
25-29 61,675 19,173 80,848 14.87 321.676
30-34 62,332 22,372 84,704 15.58 278.616
35-39 40,066 20,146 60,212 11.08 198.878
40-44 25,480 14,283 39,763 7.31 178.394
45-49 18,300 11,337 29,637 5.45 161.418
50-54 11,886 9,628 21,514 3.96 123.452
55-59 8,025 8,122 16,147 2.97 98.806
60-64 6,122 6,342 12,464 2.29 96.531
65-69 3,707 3,658 7,365 1.35 101.340
70-74 2,350 2,149 4,499 0.83 109.353
75-79 2,042 1,958 4,000 0.74 104.290
80-84 1,476 1,398 2,874 0.53 105.579
85-89 727 629 1,356 0.25 115.580
90-94 215 188 403 0.07 114.362
95-99 41 45 86 0.02 91.111
100+ 5 7 12 0.00 71.429
Total 343,251 200,369 543,620 171.309