Maldives Demographics: Median age, Gender, Religion

Median age history and projection chart in
Maldives vs World

Table

Year	Median age
	Maldives	World
1960	20.6	22.5
1961	20.6	22.5
1962	20.6	22.4
1963	20.6	22.2
1964	20.5	22
1965	19.9	21.8
1966	18.9	21.7
1967	18.2	21.6
1968	17.8	21.5
1969	17.6	21.5
1970	17.4	21.4
1971	17.3	21.4
1972	17.2	21.5
1973	17.2	21.5
1974	17.2	21.6
1975	17.1	21.7
1976	17	21.9
1977	17	22
1978	17	22.2
1979	16.9	22.3
1980	16.8	22.5
1981	16.8	22.6
1982	16.9	22.7
1983	16.9	22.9
1984	17	23
1985	17	23.2
1986	16.9	23.3
1987	16.7	23.4
1988	16.6	23.6
1989	16.5	23.8
1990	16.4	23.9
1991	16.4	24.1
1992	16.4	24.3
1993	16.5	24.5
1994	16.7	24.7
1995	16.9	25
1996	17.3	25.2
1997	17.6	25.4
1998	18	25.7
1999	18.4	25.9
2000	18.9	26.1
2001	19.3	26.3
2002	19.8	26.5
2003	20.3	26.7
2004	20.9	27
2005	21.5	27.2
2006	22.1	27.4
2007	22.7	27.6
2008	23.2	27.8
2009	23.8	28
2010	24.4	28.2
2011	25.1	28.4
2012	25.8	28.6
2013	26.5	28.9
2014	27.1	29.1
2015	27.6	29.3
2016	28	29.5
2017	28.5	29.8
2018	29	30
2019	29.5	30.3
2020	30.1	30.6
2021	30.7	30.8
2022	31.4	31
2023	32.1	31.3
2024	32.9	31.6
2025	33.7	31.9
2026	34.4	32.1
2027	35.2	32.3
2028	36	32.6
2029	36.7	32.8
2030	37.5	33
2031	38.3	33.2
2032	39.1	33.4
2033	39.8	33.6
2034	40.6	33.8
2035	41.3	34
2036	42.1	34.2
2037	42.8	34.4
2038	43.6	34.6
2039	44.3	34.8
2040	45	35
2041	45.6	35.2
2042	46.3	35.4
2043	47	35.6
2044	47.6	35.8
2045	48.2	36
2046	48.7	36.2
2047	49.2	36.4
2048	49.7	36.6
2049	50.1	36.8
2050	50.4	37.1

In 1960, the median age in Maldives was 20.6 years compared to the world's average of 22.5 years. As of 2024, the median age had increased to 32.9 years compared to the world's average of 31.6 years. Ranked 78th for median age 64 years ago (old to young), Maldives ranks 90th currently.

According to the United Nations projections, the median age in Maldives is expected to increase to around 50.4 years by 2050. The aging demographics forecast is based on previous years' birth rates and increasing life expectancy.

Maldives demographic pyramid: age and gender distribution

Table

Age range	Share of population
	Maldives
	Male	Female
0-4	2.91%	2.71%
5-9	3.48%	3.07%
10-14	4.01%	3.4%
15-19	3.28%	2.85%
20-24	3.63%	2.44%
25-29	7.33%	3.19%
30-34	9.4%	3.91%
35-39	8.68%	4.03%
40-44	6.41%	3.15%
45-49	4.06%	2.29%
50-54	2.8%	1.93%
55-59	1.98%	1.58%
60-64	1.52%	1.32%
65-69	1.06%	0.93%
70-74	0.56%	0.52%
75-79	0.39%	0.36%
80+	0.41%	0.41%

The chart above is a variation of the population pyramid and represents the age and gender structure. Maldives has low demographic potential with 55.6% of people in the 0-34 age group (ranked 107/196).

Age dependency chart

Table

Year	Age dependency ratio
	Maldives			World
	Total	Young	Old	Total	Young	Old
1960	69.7%	64.3%	5.44%	73.5%	64.9%	8.62%
1961	70.6%	65.2%	5.44%	73.8%	65.1%	8.67%
1962	72%	66.6%	5.46%	74.1%	65.4%	8.73%
1963	74%	68.5%	5.5%	74.9%	66.1%	8.79%
1964	76.7%	71.2%	5.54%	75.5%	66.6%	8.85%
1965	80.8%	75.5%	5.25%	75.8%	66.8%	8.93%
1966	85.2%	80.7%	4.57%	75.9%	66.9%	9%
1967	88.3%	84.2%	4.08%	75.9%	66.8%	9.07%
1968	89.8%	85.8%	4.01%	75.8%	66.6%	9.14%
1969	90.9%	86.7%	4.13%	75.7%	66.5%	9.2%
1970	91.8%	87.5%	4.25%	75.5%	66.2%	9.26%
1971	92.4%	88%	4.36%	75.2%	65.9%	9.33%
1972	92.6%	88.2%	4.47%	74.9%	65.6%	9.39%
1973	92.4%	87.8%	4.55%	74.6%	65.1%	9.46%
1974	92.2%	87.6%	4.65%	74.4%	64.9%	9.54%
1975	92.7%	88%	4.75%	74.2%	64.6%	9.64%
1976	93.3%	88.5%	4.86%	74%	64.3%	9.72%
1977	93.5%	88.5%	4.98%	73.5%	63.7%	9.79%
1978	93.7%	88.7%	5.02%	72.4%	62.5%	9.84%
1979	94.1%	89.1%	5%	71.3%	61.4%	9.88%
1980	94.2%	89.2%	4.98%	70.4%	60.5%	9.89%
1981	94.1%	89.1%	4.96%	69.5%	59.6%	9.85%
1982	93.6%	88.7%	4.91%	68.7%	58.9%	9.79%
1983	92.6%	87.8%	4.86%	67.9%	58.1%	9.72%
1984	91.8%	87%	4.81%	67%	57.3%	9.68%
1985	92.3%	87.4%	4.84%	66.3%	56.6%	9.68%
1986	94%	89%	4.95%	65.7%	55.9%	9.71%
1987	95.7%	90.6%	5.08%	65.2%	55.4%	9.75%
1988	97%	91.8%	5.18%	64.8%	54.9%	9.81%
1989	97.9%	92.6%	5.26%	64.4%	54.5%	9.89%
1990	98.7%	93.3%	5.38%	64.2%	54.3%	9.97%
1991	99.4%	93.9%	5.53%	64%	53.9%	10.1%
1992	99.6%	93.9%	5.68%	63.7%	53.6%	10.2%
1993	99.1%	93.2%	5.81%	63.5%	53.2%	10.3%
1994	97.8%	91.9%	5.92%	63.1%	52.7%	10.4%
1995	95.8%	89.8%	6.01%	62.7%	52.2%	10.5%
1996	93%	86.9%	6.11%	62.1%	51.5%	10.6%
1997	89.9%	83.6%	6.24%	61.5%	50.8%	10.7%
1998	86.4%	80%	6.4%	60.7%	50%	10.7%
1999	82.6%	76%	6.56%	60%	49.2%	10.8%
2000	78.4%	71.7%	6.71%	59.3%	48.4%	10.9%
2001	74.2%	67.3%	6.84%	58.5%	47.6%	11%
2002	70.2%	63.2%	6.97%	57.8%	46.7%	11.1%
2003	66.4%	59.3%	7.1%	57%	45.9%	11.1%
2004	62.9%	55.7%	7.22%	56.3%	45.1%	11.2%
2005	59.6%	52.2%	7.33%	55.6%	44.3%	11.3%
2006	55.9%	48.6%	7.29%	55%	43.6%	11.4%
2007	51.9%	44.8%	7.07%	54.5%	43.1%	11.4%
2008	48.3%	41.5%	6.82%	54.1%	42.6%	11.5%
2009	45.4%	38.8%	6.58%	53.8%	42.2%	11.6%
2010	43.1%	36.7%	6.36%	53.5%	41.9%	11.6%
2011	41.3%	35.1%	6.15%	53.4%	41.6%	11.8%
2012	39.9%	34%	5.97%	53.3%	41.4%	11.9%
2013	38.9%	33.1%	5.8%	53.4%	41.2%	12.1%
2014	38.2%	32.5%	5.66%	53.5%	41.1%	12.4%
2015	37.4%	31.9%	5.52%	53.6%	40.9%	12.7%
2016	36.6%	31.2%	5.37%	53.7%	40.7%	13%
2017	35.7%	30.5%	5.25%	53.9%	40.6%	13.3%
2018	35%	29.8%	5.17%	54.1%	40.4%	13.7%
2019	34.2%	29.1%	5.14%	54.2%	40.1%	14%
2020	33.5%	28.4%	5.17%	54.2%	39.8%	14.4%
2021	32.8%	27.6%	5.22%	54.2%	39.5%	14.7%
2022	32.4%	27%	5.4%	54%	39%	15%
2023	32.3%	26.5%	5.75%	53.9%	38.5%	15.4%
2024	32%	25.9%	6.12%	53.7%	38%	15.7%

Age dependency is the ratio of people not in the labor force (children under 15 and adults 64+) to people aged 15 to 64. Age dependency in Maldives decreased from 62.9% to 32% between 2004 and 2024 with a decreased share of children and an increased proportion of people aged 65+

Maldives working age demographic chart

Table

Year	Working age population share
	Maldives	World
1960	58.9%	57.6%
1961	58.6%	57.5%
1962	58.1%	57.4%
1963	57.5%	57.2%
1964	56.6%	57%
1965	55.3%	56.9%
1966	54%	56.8%
1967	53.1%	56.9%
1968	52.7%	56.9%
1969	52.4%	56.9%
1970	52.1%	57%
1971	52%	57.1%
1972	51.9%	57.2%
1973	52%	57.3%
1974	52%	57.3%
1975	51.9%	57.4%
1976	51.7%	57.5%
1977	51.7%	57.7%
1978	51.6%	58%
1979	51.5%	58.4%
1980	51.5%	58.7%
1981	51.5%	59%
1982	51.7%	59.3%
1983	51.9%	59.6%
1984	52.1%	59.9%
1985	52%	60.1%
1986	51.6%	60.4%
1987	51.1%	60.5%
1988	50.8%	60.7%
1989	50.5%	60.8%
1990	50.3%	60.9%
1991	50.1%	61%
1992	50.1%	61.1%
1993	50.2%	61.2%
1994	50.6%	61.3%
1995	51.1%	61.5%
1996	51.8%	61.7%
1997	52.7%	61.9%
1998	53.6%	62.2%
1999	54.8%	62.5%
2000	56%	62.8%
2001	57.4%	63.1%
2002	58.8%	63.4%
2003	60.1%	63.7%
2004	61.4%	64%
2005	62.7%	64.3%
2006	64.1%	64.5%
2007	65.8%	64.7%
2008	67.4%	64.9%
2009	68.8%	65%
2010	69.9%	65.1%
2011	70.8%	65.2%
2012	71.5%	65.2%
2013	72%	65.2%
2014	72.4%	65.2%
2015	72.8%	65.1%
2016	73.2%	65.1%
2017	73.7%	65%
2018	74.1%	64.9%
2019	74.5%	64.9%
2020	74.9%	64.8%
2021	75.3%	64.9%
2022	75.5%	64.9%
2023	75.6%	65%
2024	75.8%	65.1%
2025	76%	65.2%
2026	76.3%	65.3%
2027	76.6%	65.4%
2028	76.8%	65.4%
2029	77.1%	65.4%
2030	77.3%	65.4%
2031	77.4%	65.4%
2032	77.5%	65.4%
2033	77.5%	65.4%
2034	77.4%	65.3%
2035	77.3%	65.2%
2036	77.1%	65%
2037	76.8%	64.9%
2038	76.4%	64.7%
2039	76%	64.6%
2040	75.5%	64.5%
2041	75%	64.4%
2042	74.3%	64.3%
2043	73.6%	64.2%
2044	72.7%	64.1%
2045	71.8%	63.9%
2046	70.7%	63.8%
2047	69.5%	63.7%
2048	68.2%	63.6%
2049	66.8%	63.4%
2050	65.4%	63.3%

The share of working-age demographics aged 15-64 in Maldives changed from 61.4% to 75.8% between 2004 and 2024.

Share of young population (0-14 years)

Table

Year	Share of population 0-14 years old
	Maldives	World
1960	37.9%	37.4%
1961	38.2%	37.5%
1962	38.7%	37.6%
1963	39.4%	37.8%
1964	40.3%	38%
1965	41.8%	38%
1966	43.5%	38%
1967	44.7%	38%
1968	45.2%	37.9%
1969	45.4%	37.8%
1970	45.6%	37.7%
1971	45.8%	37.6%
1972	45.8%	37.5%
1973	45.7%	37.3%
1974	45.6%	37.2%
1975	45.6%	37.1%
1976	45.8%	36.9%
1977	45.7%	36.7%
1978	45.8%	36.3%
1979	45.9%	35.9%
1980	45.9%	35.5%
1981	45.9%	35.2%
1982	45.8%	34.9%
1983	45.6%	34.6%
1984	45.4%	34.3%
1985	45.5%	34%
1986	45.9%	33.8%
1987	46.3%	33.6%
1988	46.6%	33.4%
1989	46.8%	33.2%
1990	47%	33%
1991	47.1%	32.9%
1992	47%	32.7%
1993	46.8%	32.5%
1994	46.5%	32.3%
1995	45.8%	32.1%
1996	45%	31.8%
1997	44.1%	31.5%
1998	42.9%	31.1%
1999	41.6%	30.8%
2000	40.2%	30.4%
2001	38.7%	30%
2002	37.1%	29.6%
2003	35.6%	29.2%
2004	34.2%	28.8%
2005	32.7%	28.5%
2006	31.2%	28.1%
2007	29.5%	27.9%
2008	28%	27.6%
2009	26.7%	27.5%
2010	25.7%	27.3%
2011	24.9%	27.1%
2012	24.3%	27%
2013	23.9%	26.9%
2014	23.5%	26.8%
2015	23.2%	26.6%
2016	22.8%	26.5%
2017	22.5%	26.4%
2018	22.1%	26.2%
2019	21.7%	26%
2020	21.2%	25.8%
2021	20.8%	25.6%
2022	20.4%	25.3%
2023	20%	25%
2024	19.6%	24.7%
2025	19%	24.4%
2026	18.4%	24.1%
2027	17.8%	23.8%
2028	17.2%	23.4%
2029	16.6%	23.1%
2030	16%	22.8%
2031	15.5%	22.6%
2032	15.1%	22.3%
2033	14.6%	22.1%
2034	14.2%	21.9%
2035	13.9%	21.7%
2036	13.6%	21.6%
2037	13.4%	21.5%
2038	13.2%	21.4%
2039	13%	21.3%
2040	12.9%	21.2%
2041	12.8%	21.1%
2042	12.8%	21%
2043	12.8%	21%
2044	12.8%	20.9%
2045	12.8%	20.8%
2046	12.9%	20.7%
2047	12.9%	20.7%
2048	13%	20.6%
2049	13.1%	20.5%
2050	13.1%	20.4%

The share of children aged 0-14 in Maldives decreased from 34.2% to 19.6% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in birth rates.

Share of old population (65+)

Table

Year	Share of population 65+ years old
	Maldives	World
1960	3.2%	4.97%
1961	3.19%	4.99%
1962	3.17%	5.01%
1963	3.16%	5.02%
1964	3.14%	5.04%
1965	2.9%	5.08%
1966	2.47%	5.12%
1967	2.17%	5.16%
1968	2.11%	5.2%
1969	2.16%	5.24%
1970	2.22%	5.28%
1971	2.27%	5.32%
1972	2.32%	5.37%
1973	2.37%	5.42%
1974	2.42%	5.47%
1975	2.47%	5.53%
1976	2.51%	5.59%
1977	2.57%	5.65%
1978	2.59%	5.71%
1979	2.58%	5.77%
1980	2.57%	5.81%
1981	2.55%	5.81%
1982	2.54%	5.8%
1983	2.52%	5.79%
1984	2.51%	5.8%
1985	2.51%	5.82%
1986	2.55%	5.86%
1987	2.6%	5.91%
1988	2.63%	5.95%
1989	2.66%	6.01%
1990	2.71%	6.07%
1991	2.78%	6.14%
1992	2.85%	6.21%
1993	2.92%	6.29%
1994	2.99%	6.37%
1995	3.07%	6.45%
1996	3.17%	6.53%
1997	3.29%	6.61%
1998	3.43%	6.68%
1999	3.59%	6.76%
2000	3.76%	6.84%
2001	3.93%	6.92%
2002	4.1%	7.01%
2003	4.27%	7.1%
2004	4.43%	7.18%
2005	4.59%	7.26%
2006	4.68%	7.34%
2007	4.66%	7.41%
2008	4.6%	7.47%
2009	4.53%	7.52%
2010	4.44%	7.58%
2011	4.36%	7.66%
2012	4.26%	7.78%
2013	4.18%	7.92%
2014	4.1%	8.08%
2015	4.01%	8.26%
2016	3.93%	8.45%
2017	3.87%	8.65%
2018	3.83%	8.88%
2019	3.83%	9.1%
2020	3.87%	9.33%
2021	3.93%	9.53%
2022	4.08%	9.74%
2023	4.35%	9.98%
2024	4.64%	10.2%
2025	4.96%	10.4%
2026	5.29%	10.6%
2027	5.63%	10.8%
2028	5.97%	11.1%
2029	6.32%	11.5%
2030	6.67%	11.7%
2031	7.05%	12%
2032	7.44%	12.3%
2033	7.87%	12.6%
2034	8.33%	12.8%
2035	8.82%	13.1%
2036	9.33%	13.4%
2037	9.86%	13.7%
2038	10.4%	13.9%
2039	11%	14.1%
2040	11.6%	14.3%
2041	12.2%	14.5%
2042	12.9%	14.7%
2043	13.7%	14.9%
2044	14.5%	15%
2045	15.4%	15.2%
2046	16.4%	15.4%
2047	17.5%	15.7%
2048	18.7%	15.9%
2049	20.1%	16.1%
2050	21.5%	16.3%

The share of older people aged 65 and over in Maldives increased from 4.43% to 4.64% between 2004 and 2024 due to changes in life expectancy.