| Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2022) |
| Date | 17 May 2024 |
There are 296k males and 222k females in Maldives. The percentage of the male population is 57.09%, compared to 42.91% of the female population. Maldives has 73k more males than females. The sex ratio in Maldives in 2024 will be 133.060 males per 100 females. Maldives has the seventh-lowest female-to-male ratio in the world.
| Year | Population | Growth (%) |
|---|---|---|
| 1950 | 74,484 | 1.73 |
| 1955 | 81,823 | 2.04 |
| 1960 | 91,650 | 2.47 |
| 1965 | 104,566 | 4.00 |
| 1970 | 123,243 | 3.04 |
| 1975 | 143,126 | 3.01 |
| 1980 | 164,887 | 2.86 |
| 1985 | 190,383 | 3.49 |
| 1990 | 224,957 | 3.23 |
| 1995 | 258,208 | 2.27 |
| 2000 | 282,507 | 1.65 |
| 2005 | 307,018 | 1.59 |
| 2010 | 361,575 | 3.52 |
| 2015 | 435,582 | 4.33 |
| 2020 | 514,438 | 1.38 |
| 2021 | 521,457 | 1.33 |
| 2022 | 523,787 | -0.44 |
| 2023 | 521,021 | -0.62 |
| 2024 | 517,887 | -0.58 |
| Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
| 1950 | 1,779 | 3,083 | 23.852 | 41.338 |
| 1955 | 2,171 | 3,855 | 26.519 | 47.092 |
| 1960 | 2,456 | 4,762 | 26.776 | 51.927 |
| 1965 | 2,520 | 5,300 | 24.259 | 51.021 |
| 1970 | 2,469 | 5,944 | 20.064 | 48.302 |
| 1975 | 2,269 | 6,700 | 15.841 | 46.784 |
| 1980 | 2,088 | 7,712 | 12.628 | 46.636 |
| 1985 | 1,936 | 9,058 | 10.151 | 47.495 |
| 1990 | 1,782 | 9,297 | 7.916 | 41.294 |
| 1995 | 1,513 | 7,903 | 5.854 | 30.575 |
| 2000 | 1,259 | 5,799 | 4.458 | 20.539 |
| 2005 | 1,143 | 5,829 | 3.724 | 18.989 |
| 2010 | 1,116 | 7,592 | 3.112 | 21.165 |
| 2015 | 1,167 | 7,498 | 2.718 | 17.465 |
| 2020 | 1,542 | 7,490 | 3.001 | 14.576 |
| 2021 | 1,573 | 7,337 | 3.020 | 14.088 |
| 2022 | 1,466 | 7,197 | 2.777 | 13.638 |
| 2023 | 1,477 | 6,875 | 2.811 | 13.089 |
| 2024 | 1,490 | 6,554 | 2.856 | 12.559 |
| Year | Population | Urban (%) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Urban | Rural | ||
| 1950 | 7,823 | 65,891 | 10.612 |
| 1955 | 8,680 | 71,034 | 10.889 |
| 1960 | 10,043 | 79,844 | 11.173 |
| 1965 | 11,775 | 90,991 | 11.458 |
| 1970 | 13,768 | 102,000 | 11.893 |
| 1975 | 23,623 | 112,896 | 17.304 |
| 1980 | 35,241 | 123,144 | 22.250 |
| 1985 | 48,340 | 141,297 | 25.491 |
| 1990 | 57,679 | 165,536 | 25.840 |
| 1995 | 65,143 | 188,939 | 25.638 |
| 2000 | 77,683 | 202,701 | 27.706 |
| 2005 | 107,606 | 211,230 | 33.750 |
| 2010 | 132,805 | 231,706 | 36.434 |
| 2015 | 161,207 | 257,196 | 38.529 |
| 2020 | 186,634 | 272,275 | 40.669 |
| 2021 | 191,444 | 274,338 | 41.102 |
| 2022 | 196,187 | 276,147 | 41.536 |
| 2023 | 200,834 | 277,674 | 41.971 |
| 2024 | 205,383 | 278,926 | 42.407 |
| Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons | Share (%) | ||||
| 00-04 | 17,951 | 17,109 | 35,060 | 6.77 | 104.921 |
| 05-09 | 19,596 | 18,811 | 38,407 | 7.42 | 104.173 |
| 10-14 | 20,152 | 18,077 | 38,229 | 7.38 | 111.479 |
| 15-19 | 16,312 | 15,111 | 31,422 | 6.07 | 107.948 |
| 20-24 | 15,025 | 13,581 | 28,606 | 5.52 | 110.633 |
| 25-29 | 23,548 | 18,359 | 41,907 | 8.09 | 128.264 |
| 30-34 | 36,690 | 22,695 | 59,385 | 11.47 | 161.666 |
| 35-39 | 41,143 | 23,966 | 65,109 | 12.57 | 171.672 |
| 40-44 | 31,015 | 19,148 | 50,162 | 9.69 | 161.975 |
| 45-49 | 21,346 | 13,703 | 35,049 | 6.77 | 155.776 |
| 50-54 | 16,125 | 11,293 | 27,418 | 5.29 | 142.788 |
| 55-59 | 12,236 | 9,346 | 21,582 | 4.17 | 130.922 |
| 60-64 | 9,439 | 7,767 | 17,206 | 3.32 | 121.527 |
| 65-69 | 6,512 | 5,494 | 12,005 | 2.32 | 118.529 |
| 70-74 | 3,476 | 2,925 | 6,401 | 1.24 | 118.838 |
| 75-79 | 2,199 | 2,081 | 4,280 | 0.83 | 105.670 |
| 80-84 | 1,619 | 1,560 | 3,178 | 0.61 | 103.782 |
| 85-89 | 895 | 861 | 1,756 | 0.34 | 103.949 |
| 90-94 | 317 | 265 | 581 | 0.11 | 119.623 |
| 95-99 | 68 | 53 | 121 | 0.02 | 128.302 |
| 100+ | 13 | 9 | 22 | 0.00 | 144.444 |
| Total | 295,677 | 222,214 | 517,886 | 133.060 | |