Population of Maldives

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date	23 Aug 2021

The current population of Maldives is 537,758 as of September 29, 2023, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Maldives is projected at 543,617 or 543.6 thousands as of July 1, 2021. The total population in Maldives is projected at 540,544 or 540.6 thousands people for the year 2020. Maldives ranks number 173rd in the world by population in the list of 235 countries/territories. Maldives is ranked 50th among 51 countries in Asia.

Maldives's population peak will be 2058 with 594.0 thousand mn people after Maldives's population will be decreased year by year. The Maldives population is projected to reach 519.3 thousand in 2030 and increase further to 586.1 thousand in 2050, and it will decrease by 490.1 thousand by 2100. Maldives accounts for 0.0069 percent of the world population. However, its global share will decline by 0.0067% in 2023 and is projected to decline at 0.0045% by 2100.

Maldives was at 180th position globally in 1950, and its rank is projected to increase at 177th in 2100.

Maldives population projections

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2020	540,544	9,591	1.81	0.0069
2021	543,617	3,073	0.57	0.0069
2022	540,985	-2,632	-0.48	0.0068
2023	534,677	-6,308	-1.17	0.0067
2024	527,654	-7,023	-1.31	0.0065
2025	522,128	-5,526	-1.05	0.0064
2026	518,720	-3,408	-0.65	0.0063
2027	516,999	-1,721	-0.33	0.0062
2028	516,816	-183	-0.04	0.0061
2029	517,726	910	0.18	0.0061
2030	519,341	1,615	0.31	0.0061
2031	521,823	2,482	0.48	0.0061
2032	525,328	3,505	0.67	0.0060
2033	529,520	4,192	0.80	0.0060
2034	533,919	4,399	0.83	0.0061
2035	538,166	4,247	0.80	0.0061
2036	542,113	3,947	0.73	0.0061
2037	545,810	3,697	0.68	0.0061
2038	549,316	3,506	0.64	0.0061
2039	552,777	3,461	0.63	0.0060
2040	556,277	3,500	0.63	0.0060
2041	559,812	3,535	0.64	0.0060
2042	563,293	3,481	0.62	0.0060
2043	566,695	3,402	0.60	0.0060
2044	569,987	3,292	0.58	0.0060
2045	573,131	3,144	0.55	0.0060
2046	576,114	2,983	0.52	0.0060
2047	578,922	2,808	0.49	0.0060
2048	581,550	2,628	0.45	0.0060
2049	583,944	2,394	0.41	0.0060
2050	586,100	2,156	0.37	0.0060
2051	588,000	1,900	0.32	0.0060
2052	589,650	1,650	0.28	0.0060
2053	591,035	1,385	0.23	0.0060
2054	592,155	1,120	0.19	0.0060
2055	593,004	849	0.14	0.0060
2056	593,578	574	0.10	0.0059
2057	593,884	306	0.05	0.0059
2058	593,940	56	0.01	0.0059
2059	593,745	-195	-0.03	0.0059
2060	593,316	-429	-0.07	0.0058
2061	592,657	-659	-0.11	0.0058
2062	591,783	-874	-0.15	0.0058
2063	590,695	-1,088	-0.18	0.0058
2064	589,420	-1,275	-0.22	0.0057
2065	587,943	-1,477	-0.25	0.0057
2066	586,289	-1,654	-0.28	0.0057
2067	584,466	-1,823	-0.31	0.0056
2068	582,469	-1,997	-0.34	0.0056
2069	580,317	-2,152	-0.37	0.0056
2070	578,006	-2,311	-0.40	0.0055
2071	575,547	-2,459	-0.43	0.0055
2072	572,948	-2,599	-0.45	0.0055
2073	570,213	-2,735	-0.48	0.0054
2074	567,354	-2,859	-0.50	0.0054
2075	564,381	-2,973	-0.52	0.0053
2076	561,292	-3,089	-0.55	0.0053
2077	558,118	-3,174	-0.57	0.0053
2078	554,853	-3,265	-0.59	0.0052
2079	551,524	-3,329	-0.60	0.0052
2080	548,118	-3,406	-0.62	0.0051
2081	544,659	-3,459	-0.63	0.0051
2082	541,181	-3,478	-0.64	0.0051
2083	537,686	-3,495	-0.65	0.0050
2084	534,206	-3,480	-0.65	0.0050
2085	530,761	-3,445	-0.64	0.0049
2086	527,366	-3,395	-0.64	0.0049
2087	524,040	-3,326	-0.63	0.0049
2088	520,788	-3,252	-0.62	0.0048
2089	517,643	-3,145	-0.60	0.0048
2090	514,606	-3,037	-0.59	0.0048
2091	511,694	-2,912	-0.57	0.0047
2092	508,903	-2,791	-0.55	0.0047
2093	506,239	-2,664	-0.52	0.0047
2094	503,676	-2,563	-0.51	0.0046
2095	501,216	-2,460	-0.49	0.0046
2096	498,846	-2,370	-0.47	0.0046
2097	496,551	-2,295	-0.46	0.0046
2098	494,331	-2,220	-0.45	0.0045
2099	492,167	-2,164	-0.44	0.0045
2100	490,061	-2,106	-0.43	0.0045

Maldives population estimates

Year	Population	Growth		Share (%)
Year	Population	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	73,712	-	-	0.0029
1951	74,221	509	0.69	0.0029
1952	75,188	967	1.30	0.0029
1953	76,482	1,294	1.72	0.0029
1954	78,011	1,529	2.00	0.0029
1955	79,703	1,692	2.17	0.0029
1956	81,514	1,811	2.27	0.0029
1957	83,421	1,907	2.34	0.0029
1958	85,435	2,014	2.41	0.0029
1959	87,577	2,142	2.51	0.0029
1960	89,863	2,286	2.61	0.0030
1961	92,325	2,462	2.74	0.0030
1962	94,905	2,580	2.79	0.0030
1963	97,551	2,646	2.79	0.0030
1964	100,171	2,620	2.69	0.0031
1965	102,718	2,547	2.54	0.0031
1966	105,136	2,418	2.35	0.0031
1967	107,478	2,342	2.23	0.0031
1968	109,891	2,413	2.25	0.0031
1969	112,582	2,691	2.45	0.0031
1970	115,691	3,109	2.76	0.0031
1971	119,302	3,611	3.12	0.0032
1972	123,354	4,052	3.40	0.0032
1973	127,701	4,347	3.52	0.0033
1974	132,104	4,403	3.45	0.0033
1975	136,417	4,313	3.26	0.0033
1976	140,563	4,146	3.04	0.0034
1977	144,631	4,068	2.89	0.0034
1978	148,780	4,149	2.87	0.0035
1979	153,276	4,496	3.02	0.0035
1980	158,272	4,996	3.26	0.0036
1981	163,824	5,552	3.51	0.0036
1982	169,851	6,027	3.68	0.0037
1983	176,244	6,393	3.76	0.0038
1984	182,850	6,606	3.75	0.0038
1985	189,537	6,687	3.66	0.0039
1986	196,264	6,727	3.55	0.0040
1987	203,028	6,764	3.45	0.0040
1988	209,785	6,757	3.33	0.0041
1989	216,510	6,725	3.21	0.0041
1990	223,158	6,648	3.07	0.0042
1991	229,751	6,593	2.95	0.0042
1992	236,265	6,514	2.84	0.0043
1993	242,605	6,340	2.68	0.0043
1994	248,588	5,983	2.47	0.0044
1995	254,139	5,551	2.23	0.0044
1996	259,183	5,044	1.98	0.0044
1997	263,842	4,659	1.80	0.0045
1998	268,455	4,613	1.75	0.0045
1999	273,527	5,072	1.89	0.0045
2000	279,398	5,871	2.15	0.0045
2001	286,306	6,908	2.47	0.0046
2002	294,186	7,880	2.75	0.0047
2003	302,683	8,497	2.89	0.0047
2004	311,265	8,582	2.84	0.0048
2005	319,608	8,343	2.68	0.0049
2006	327,487	7,879	2.47	0.0049
2007	335,169	7,682	2.35	0.0050
2008	343,452	8,283	2.47	0.0051
2009	353,398	9,946	2.90	0.0051
2010	365,734	12,336	3.49	0.0053
2011	380,495	14,761	4.04	0.0054
2012	397,237	16,742	4.40	0.0056
2013	415,593	18,356	4.62	0.0058
2014	435,015	19,422	4.67	0.0060
2015	454,915	19,900	4.57	0.0062
2016	475,512	20,597	4.53	0.0064
2017	496,402	20,890	4.39	0.0066
2018	515,696	19,294	3.89	0.0068
2019	530,953	15,257	2.96	0.0069