Demographics of Maldives
Source | UN (World Population Prospects 2019) |
Date | 04 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.
Year | Population | Growth (%) |
---|---|---|
1950 | 73,716 | - |
1955 | 79,704 | 2.16 |
1960 | 89,873 | 2.61 |
1965 | 102,710 | 2.53 |
1970 | 115,688 | 2.76 |
1975 | 136,418 | 3.27 |
1980 | 158,271 | 3.26 |
1985 | 189,540 | 3.66 |
1990 | 223,159 | 3.07 |
1995 | 254,144 | 2.24 |
2000 | 279,396 | 2.15 |
2005 | 319,604 | 2.68 |
2010 | 365,730 | 3.49 |
2015 | 454,914 | 4.57 |
2016 | 475,505 | 4.53 |
2017 | 496,398 | 4.39 |
2018 | 515,704 | 3.89 |
2019 | 530,957 | 2.96 |
2020 | 540,542 | 1.81 |
2021 | 543,620 | 0.57 |
- Population
- Growth
Year | Total | Crude(per 1000) | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Death | Birth | Crude death | Crude birth | |
1950 | 1,974 | 2,778 | 26.70 | 37.68 |
1955 | 2,299 | 3,964 | 28.60 | 49.36 |
1960 | 2,529 | 4,929 | 28.04 | 54.71 |
1965 | 2,584 | 5,525 | 25.22 | 54.00 |
1970 | 2,489 | 5,887 | 21.25 | 50.35 |
1975 | 2,313 | 6,225 | 17.00 | 45.90 |
1980 | 2,188 | 7,483 | 13.65 | 46.59 |
1985 | 2,138 | 9,065 | 11.24 | 47.75 |
1990 | 1,936 | 9,158 | 8.68 | 41.13 |
1995 | 1,583 | 7,644 | 6.25 | 30.24 |
2000 | 1,310 | 6,033 | 4.63 | 21.39 |
2005 | 1,243 | 6,243 | 3.89 | 19.47 |
2010 | 1,320 | 7,324 | 3.53 | 19.59 |
2015 | 1,392 | 7,456 | 3.06 | 16.42 |
2020 | 1,431 | 6,835 | 2.73 | 13.05 |
2021 | 1,440 | 6,673 | 2.73 | 12.61 |
- Total
- Crude
Year | Population | Urbanization | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
Urban | Rural | growth rate (%) | Urban (%) | |
1950 | 7,823 | 65,891 | - | 10.612 |
1955 | 8,680 | 71,034 | 2.70 | 10.889 |
1960 | 10,043 | 79,844 | 3.15 | 11.173 |
1965 | 11,775 | 90,991 | 3.04 | 11.458 |
1970 | 13,768 | 102,000 | 4.48 | 11.893 |
1975 | 23,623 | 112,896 | 11.10 | 17.304 |
1980 | 35,241 | 123,144 | 6.33 | 22.250 |
1985 | 48,340 | 141,297 | 5.89 | 25.491 |
1990 | 57,679 | 165,536 | 3.19 | 25.840 |
1995 | 65,143 | 188,939 | 2.48 | 25.638 |
2000 | 77,683 | 202,701 | 4.30 | 27.706 |
2005 | 107,606 | 211,230 | 6.69 | 33.750 |
2010 | 132,805 | 231,706 | 4.00 | 36.434 |
2015 | 161,207 | 257,196 | 3.62 | 38.529 |
2020 | 186,634 | 272,275 | 2.68 | 40.669 |
2021 | 191,444 | 274,338 | 2.58 | 41.102 |
- Population
- Urbanization
Age group | Male | Female | Total | M per 100 F | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Persons | Share (%) | ||||
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 |
- Population pyramid
- Gender ratio