Population of Maldives

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	01 May 2025

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The current population of Maldives is 530,031 as of September 10, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Maldives is projected at 529,676, or 530k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Maldives is projected at 527,799, or 528k people for the year 2024.

Maldives ranks 174th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Maldives is ranked 50th among 51 countries and territories in Asia.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Maldives population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	73,839	74,448	1,218	1.636	0.00299
1951	75,057	75,713	1,312	1.733	0.00298
1952	76,369	77,063	1,388	1.801	0.00298
1953	77,757	78,491	1,468	1.870	0.00298
1954	79,225	79,999	1,547	1.934	0.00298
1955	80,772	81,602	1,659	2.033	0.00298
1956	82,431	83,308	1,753	2.104	0.00298
1957	84,184	85,121	1,873	2.200	0.00298
1958	86,057	87,043	1,972	2.266	0.00299
1959	88,029	89,057	2,056	2.309	0.00300
1960	90,085	91,189	2,209	2.423	0.00302
1961	92,294	93,450	2,311	2.473	0.00305
1962	94,605	95,802	2,394	2.499	0.00307
1963	96,999	98,222	2,446	2.490	0.00308
1964	99,445	100,662	2,434	2.418	0.00308
1965	101,879	104,102	4,446	4.271	0.00312
1966	106,325	108,507	4,363	4.021	0.00319
1967	110,688	112,528	3,679	3.270	0.00324
1968	114,367	116,075	3,415	2.942	0.00327
1969	117,782	119,564	3,563	2.980	0.00330
1970	121,345	123,219	3,747	3.041	0.00334
1971	125,092	127,035	3,886	3.059	0.00337
1972	128,978	130,968	3,980	3.039	0.00341
1973	132,958	134,952	3,989	2.956	0.00344
1974	136,947	138,978	4,063	2.924	0.00348
1975	141,010	143,158	4,296	3.001	0.00352
1976	145,306	147,525	4,439	3.009	0.00356
1977	149,745	151,930	4,370	2.877	0.00360
1978	154,115	156,159	4,087	2.617	0.00364
1979	158,202	160,360	4,316	2.692	0.00367
1980	162,518	164,835	4,634	2.811	0.00371
1981	167,152	169,532	4,761	2.808	0.00374
1982	171,913	174,333	4,839	2.776	0.00378
1983	176,752	179,128	4,752	2.653	0.00381
1984	181,504	184,198	5,388	2.925	0.00385
1985	186,892	190,169	6,554	3.447	0.00391
1986	193,446	196,935	6,979	3.544	0.00397
1987	200,425	203,944	7,038	3.451	0.00404
1988	207,463	210,885	6,843	3.245	0.00410
1989	214,306	217,738	6,865	3.153	0.00416
1990	221,171	224,762	7,182	3.196	0.00422
1991	228,353	231,802	6,897	2.976	0.00428
1992	235,250	238,543	6,586	2.761	0.00433
1993	241,836	244,884	6,096	2.489	0.00438
1994	247,932	250,822	5,780	2.305	0.00442
1995	253,712	256,649	5,874	2.289	0.00446
1996	259,586	262,347	5,522	2.105	0.00449
1997	265,108	267,707	5,199	1.942	0.00452
1998	270,307	272,723	4,831	1.771	0.00454
1999	275,138	277,412	4,548	1.639	0.00456
2000	279,686	282,019	4,665	1.654	0.00457
2001	284,351	286,767	4,833	1.685	0.00458
2002	289,184	291,616	4,864	1.668	0.00460
2003	294,048	296,491	4,886	1.648	0.00462
2004	298,934	301,413	4,957	1.645	0.00463
2005	303,891	306,429	5,076	1.657	0.00465
2006	308,967	313,851	9,768	3.113	0.00470
2007	318,735	324,479	11,488	3.541	0.00480
2008	330,223	336,170	11,894	3.538	0.00491
2009	342,117	348,275	12,316	3.537	0.00502
2010	354,433	360,792	12,718	3.525	0.00514
2011	367,151	373,674	13,046	3.492	0.00525
2012	380,197	386,818	13,242	3.424	0.00537
2013	393,439	400,070	13,263	3.315	0.00549
2014	406,702	413,617	13,830	3.344	0.00560
2015	420,532	428,154	15,244	3.561	0.00573
2016	435,776	443,308	15,064	3.398	0.00586
2017	450,840	458,287	14,894	3.250	0.00599
2018	465,734	473,099	14,729	3.114	0.00612
2019	480,463	487,731	14,536	2.981	0.00624
2020	494,999	502,118	14,239	2.836	0.00637
2021	509,238	516,154	13,831	2.680	0.00649
2022	523,069	524,106	2,075	0.396	0.00653
2023	525,144	525,994	1,700	0.323	0.00650

Maldives population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	526,844	527,799	1,910	0.362	0.00647
2025	528,754	529,676	1,844	0.348	0.00643
2026	530,598	531,517	1,838	0.346	0.00640
2027	532,436	533,431	1,990	0.373	0.00637
2028	534,426	535,494	2,135	0.399	0.00635
2029	536,561	537,571	2,019	0.376	0.00632
2030	538,580	539,667	2,174	0.403	0.00630
2031	540,754	541,921	2,334	0.431	0.00628
2032	543,088	544,283	2,389	0.439	0.00626
2033	545,477	546,718	2,482	0.454	0.00624
2034	547,959	549,155	2,392	0.436	0.00622
2035	550,351	551,594	2,486	0.451	0.00621
2036	552,837	554,087	2,500	0.451	0.00619
2037	555,337	556,633	2,592	0.466	0.00618
2038	557,929	559,230	2,601	0.465	0.00617
2039	560,530	561,953	2,847	0.507	0.00616
2040	563,377	564,798	2,843	0.503	0.00615
2041	566,220	567,605	2,769	0.488	0.00615
2042	568,989	570,378	2,777	0.487	0.00614
2043	571,766	573,135	2,739	0.478	0.00614
2044	574,505	575,809	2,609	0.453	0.00613
2045	577,114	578,453	2,678	0.463	0.00613
2046	579,792	581,021	2,459	0.423	0.00612
2047	582,251	583,392	2,282	0.391	0.00612
2048	584,533	585,720	2,374	0.405	0.00611
2049	586,907	587,981	2,147	0.365	0.00611
2050	589,054	589,962	1,817	0.308	0.00610
2051	590,871	591,628	1,514	0.256	0.00610
2052	592,385	593,069	1,368	0.231	0.00609
2053	593,753	594,254	1,001	0.168	0.00608
2054	594,754	595,155	803	0.135	0.00606
2055	595,557	595,918	723	0.121	0.00605
2056	596,280	596,505	450	0.075	0.00604
2057	596,730	596,761	63	0.011	0.00602
2058	596,793	596,668	-251	-0.042	0.00601
2059	596,542	596,256	-571	-0.096	0.00598
2060	595,971	595,687	-568	-0.095	0.00596
2061	595,403	594,865	-1,075	-0.181	0.00594
2062	594,328	593,633	-1,391	-0.234	0.00591
2063	592,937	592,105	-1,664	-0.281	0.00589
2064	591,273	590,352	-1,841	-0.312	0.00586
2065	589,432	588,440	-1,984	-0.337	0.00583
2066	587,448	586,291	-2,314	-0.395	0.00579
2067	585,134	583,830	-2,609	-0.447	0.00576
2068	582,525	581,134	-2,783	-0.479	0.00572
2069	579,742	578,258	-2,968	-0.513	0.00568
2070	576,774	575,169	-3,209	-0.558	0.00564
2071	573,565	571,855	-3,420	-0.598	0.00560
2072	570,145	568,386	-3,518	-0.619	0.00556
2073	566,627	564,735	-3,785	-0.670	0.00552
2074	562,842	560,930	-3,824	-0.682	0.00548
2075	559,018	557,014	-4,008	-0.720	0.00543
2076	555,010	552,949	-4,122	-0.745	0.00539
2077	550,888	548,725	-4,326	-0.788	0.00534
2078	546,562	544,305	-4,514	-0.829	0.00530
2079	542,048	539,821	-4,454	-0.825	0.00525
2080	537,594	535,373	-4,442	-0.830	0.00521
2081	533,152	530,913	-4,479	-0.844	0.00516
2082	528,673	526,534	-4,278	-0.812	0.00512
2083	524,395	522,259	-4,272	-0.818	0.00508
2084	520,123	518,025	-4,195	-0.810	0.00503
2085	515,928	513,876	-4,103	-0.798	0.00499
2086	511,825	509,822	-4,005	-0.786	0.00496
2087	507,820	505,942	-3,755	-0.742	0.00492
2088	504,065	502,231	-3,668	-0.730	0.00489
2089	500,397	498,775	-3,244	-0.650	0.00485
2090	497,153	495,579	-3,148	-0.635	0.00482
2091	494,005	492,626	-2,758	-0.560	0.00480
2092	491,247	489,912	-2,670	-0.545	0.00478
2093	488,577	487,378	-2,398	-0.492	0.00475
2094	486,179	485,113	-2,131	-0.439	0.00474
2095	484,048	483,070	-1,956	-0.405	0.00472
2096	482,092	481,166	-1,853	-0.385	0.00471
2097	480,239	479,394	-1,689	-0.352	0.00469
2098	478,550	477,803	-1,494	-0.313	0.00468
2099	477,056	476,349	-1,413	-0.297	0.00467
2100	475,643	474,919	-1,448	-0.305	0.00467