Maldives vs North Korea statistics compared

Maldives has a population of 528K (ranked 168/197), compared with 26.5M in North Korea (ranked 56/197). Maldives' land area is 115.1 sq mi versus 46,491 sq mi for North Korea (ranked 188th vs. 97th).

By GDP, Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B) and North Korea ranks 106/197 ($34.9B). By GDP per capita, Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216), while North Korea ranks 168/197 ($1,319).

Maldives and North Korea: Comparison Charts

Maldives and North Korea economies compared

GDP

Maldives

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP
	Maldives	North Korea
1970	$19,328,038	-
1971	$21,566,404	-
1972	$25,177,138	-
1973	$30,862,042	-
1974	$39,120,171	-
1975	$24,540,878	-
1976	$22,399,467	-
1977	$20,853,789	-
1978	$24,369,109	-
1979	$38,523,364	-
1980	$42,463,576	-
1981	$44,781,457	-
1982	$47,911,340	-
1983	$57,829,787	-
1984	$109,503,546	-
1985	$127,190,758	-
1986	$141,882,254	-
1987	$141,223,029	-
1988	$168,514,513	-
1989	$189,514,434	-
1990	$215,043,970	-
1991	$244,396,762	-
1992	$284,875,809	-
1993	$322,417,837	-
1994	$356,014,932	-
1995	$398,988,955	-
1996	$450,382,328	-
1997	$508,223,602	-
1998	$540,096,398	-
1999	$589,239,754	-
2000	$624,337,145	-
2001	$870,031,677	-
2002	$897,031,250	-
2003	$1,052,121,055	-
2004	$1,226,829,563	-
2005	$1,163,362,438	-
2006	$1,575,200,391	-
2007	$1,868,383,461	-
2008	$2,271,646,188	-
2009	$2,345,294,875	$23,356,470,000
2010	$2,588,176,055	$25,995,513,000
2011	$2,774,350,240	$29,005,020,000
2012	$2,886,163,997	$29,890,710,000
2013	$3,295,009,238	$30,588,922,000
2014	$3,697,353,039	$30,554,460,000
2015	$4,129,505,319	$30,723,030,000
2016	$4,409,942,624	$28,882,640,000
2017	$4,816,426,257	$29,105,440,000
2018	$5,404,344,163	$28,536,400,000
2019	$5,726,094,799	$28,222,880,000
2020	$3,712,604,583	$27,728,240,000
2021	$5,252,457,370	$32,301,720,000
2022	$6,177,118,114	$28,971,360,000
2023	$6,590,894,302	$32,155,360,000
2024	$6,975,146,349	$34,943,120,000

Maldives and North Korea economies compared

GDP per capita

Maldives

North Korea

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Maldives	North Korea
1970	$156.9	-
1971	$169.8	-
1972	$192.2	-
1973	$228.7	-
1974	$281.5	-
1975	$171.4	-
1976	$151.8	-
1977	$137.3	-
1978	$156.1	-
1979	$240.2	-
1980	$257.6	-
1981	$264.1	-
1982	$274.8	-
1983	$323	-
1984	$594	-
1985	$669	-
1986	$720	-
1987	$692	-
1988	$799	-
1989	$870	-
1990	$957	-
1991	$1,054	-
1992	$1,194	-
1993	$1,317	-
1994	$1,419	-
1995	$1,555	-
1996	$1,717	-
1997	$1,898	-
1998	$1,980	-
1999	$2,124	-
2000	$2,214	-
2001	$3,034	-
2002	$3,076	-
2003	$3,549	-
2004	$4,070	-
2005	$3,797	-
2006	$5,019	-
2007	$5,758	-
2008	$6,757	-
2009	$6,734	$939
2010	$7,174	$1,040
2011	$7,425	$1,156
2012	$7,461	$1,186
2013	$8,236	$1,208
2014	$8,939	$1,201
2015	$9,645	$1,201
2016	$9,948	$1,124
2017	$10,510	$1,127
2018	$11,423	$1,100
2019	$11,740	$1,084
2020	$7,394	$1,061
2021	$10,176	$1,231
2022	$11,786	$1,100
2023	$12,530	$1,217
2024	$13,216	$1,319

Maldives vs. North Korea life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Maldives

North Korea

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Maldives	North Korea
1950	36.5	14.2
1951	37.1	17.7
1952	37	32.8
1953	36.9	40.3
1954	36.9	50.6
1955	37	51.8
1956	37.1	52.8
1957	37.3	53.7
1958	37.6	54.5
1959	37.9	55.2
1960	38.2	55.8
1961	38.6	56.4
1962	39.1	57
1963	39.6	57.6
1964	40.2	58.2
1965	40.8	58.8
1966	41.4	59.4
1967	42.1	60.1
1968	42.9	60.8
1969	43.7	61.4
1970	44.5	62
1971	45.5	62.7
1972	46.4	63.3
1973	47.5	63.8
1974	48.5	64.3
1975	49.6	64.8
1976	50.8	65.3
1977	51.8	65.8
1978	50.4	66.3
1979	53.9	66.7
1980	54.8	67.2
1981	55.7	67.7
1982	56.6	68.1
1983	57.5	68.5
1984	58.3	68.9
1985	59.2	69.2
1986	60	69.5
1987	60.8	69.8
1988	61.6	70.1
1989	62.4	70.3
1990	63.1	70.5
1991	63.9	70.7
1992	64.7	71
1993	65.4	70.8
1994	66.2	70.5
1995	67	60.8
1996	67.7	60.8
1997	68.5	60.9
1998	69.3	60.9
1999	70.2	60.9
2000	70.9	60.9
2001	71.7	60.9
2002	72.4	60.9
2003	73.3	69.4
2004	73	69.3
2005	74.8	69.2
2006	75.3	69.1
2007	75.7	69
2008	76	69.3
2009	76.4	69.7
2010	76.8	70.2
2011	77.1	70.8
2012	77.5	71.3
2013	77.8	71.9
2014	78.2	72.5
2015	78.6	72.8
2016	78.9	73
2017	79.2	73
2018	79.4	73
2019	79.7	72.9
2020	78.7	72.8
2021	78.1	73.4
2022	80.8	73.6
2023	81	73.6
2024	81.3	73.7
2025	81.5	73.9

Maldives and North Korea population clocks and comparison

Population

Maldives

North Korea

Table

Year	Population
	Maldives	North Korea
1960	91,189	11,722,953
1961	93,450	11,990,713
1962	95,802	12,262,882
1963	98,222	12,567,057
1964	100,662	12,889,770
1965	104,102	13,219,369
1966	108,507	13,569,094
1967	112,528	13,958,350
1968	116,075	14,365,596
1969	119,564	14,767,615
1970	123,219	15,172,775
1971	127,035	15,572,457
1972	130,968	15,975,069
1973	134,952	16,350,367
1974	138,978	16,673,121
1975	143,158	16,971,055
1976	147,525	17,243,450
1977	151,930	17,492,798
1978	156,159	17,735,995
1979	160,360	17,983,470
1980	164,835	18,236,786
1981	169,532	18,501,295
1982	174,333	18,776,357
1983	179,128	19,054,034
1984	184,198	19,335,043
1985	190,169	19,620,388
1986	196,935	19,910,855
1987	203,944	20,205,483
1988	210,885	20,503,161
1989	217,738	20,804,367
1990	224,762	21,112,137
1991	231,802	21,428,638
1992	238,543	21,750,911
1993	244,884	22,073,352
1994	250,822	22,393,975
1995	256,649	22,669,304
1996	262,347	22,895,746
1997	267,707	23,110,830
1998	272,723	23,311,564
1999	277,412	23,497,599
2000	282,019	23,665,910
2001	286,767	23,815,358
2002	291,616	23,943,973
2003	296,491	24,090,380
2004	301,413	24,254,943
2005	306,429	24,396,433
2006	313,851	24,524,507
2007	324,479	24,646,383
2008	336,170	24,764,618
2009	348,275	24,878,332
2010	360,792	24,987,258
2011	373,674	25,097,874
2012	386,818	25,211,728
2013	400,070	25,329,451
2014	413,617	25,451,262
2015	428,154	25,575,350
2016	443,308	25,698,326
2017	458,287	25,817,709
2018	473,099	25,931,147
2019	487,731	26,037,632
2020	502,118	26,136,312
2021	516,154	26,232,534
2022	524,106	26,328,845
2023	525,994	26,418,204
2024	527,799	26,498,823

Fertility rates in Maldives and North Korea

Fertility rate

Maldives

North Korea

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Maldives	North Korea
1960	6.71	3.57
1961	6.79	3.26
1962	6.89	3.41
1963	6.94	3.63
1964	7	3.55
1965	7.07	3.56
1966	7.15	3.71
1967	7.23	4.05
1968	7.28	3.87
1969	7.33	3.86
1970	7.39	3.85
1971	7.38	3.74
1972	7.37	3.89
1973	7.4	3.35
1974	7.38	3.14
1975	7.32	3.05
1976	7.29	2.84
1977	7.27	2.77
1978	7.23	2.79
1979	7.23	2.85
1980	7.23	2.84
1981	7.19	2.92
1982	7.15	2.85
1983	7.09	2.78
1984	7.03	2.71
1985	6.94	2.65
1986	6.85	2.59
1987	6.73	2.53
1988	6.58	2.47
1989	6.39	2.41
1990	6.13	2.39
1991	5.8	2.35
1992	5.44	2.29
1993	5.06	2.22
1994	4.69	2.18
1995	4.29	2.15
1996	3.86	2.09
1997	3.48	2.03
1998	3.17	1.99
1999	2.9	1.97
2000	2.69	1.94
2001	2.53	1.94
2002	2.42	1.92
2003	2.34	1.91
2004	2.26	1.9
2005	2.2	1.87
2006	2.2	1.94
2007	2.29	1.94
2008	2.37	1.97
2009	2.39	1.91
2010	2.35	1.89
2011	2.31	1.88
2012	2.25	1.88
2013	2.17	1.88
2014	2.09	1.87
2015	2	1.86
2016	1.9	1.86
2017	1.8	1.85
2018	1.71	1.83
2019	1.64	1.83
2020	1.61	1.82
2021	1.6	1.81
2022	1.58	1.8
2023	1.58	1.78

Maldives and North Korea demographics compared

Median age

Maldives

North Korea

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Maldives	North Korea
1960	20.6	19.9
1961	20.6	20.2
1962	20.6	20.6
1963	20.6	20.8
1964	20.5	21
1965	19.9	21.2
1966	18.9	21.3
1967	18.2	21.4
1968	17.8	21.4
1969	17.6	21.4
1970	17.4	21.4
1971	17.3	21.2
1972	17.2	20.9
1973	17.2	20.7
1974	17.2	20.7
1975	17.1	20.9
1976	17	21.1
1977	17	21.4
1978	17	21.8
1979	16.9	22.2
1980	16.8	22.5
1981	16.8	22.8
1982	16.9	23.1
1983	16.9	23.5
1984	17	23.9
1985	17	24.2
1986	16.9	24.5
1987	16.7	24.8
1988	16.6	25.1
1989	16.5	25.6
1990	16.4	26
1991	16.4	26.4
1992	16.4	26.8
1993	16.5	27.2
1994	16.7	27.6
1995	16.9	28
1996	17.3	28.3
1997	17.6	28.8
1998	18	29.2
1999	18.4	29.6
2000	18.9	30.1
2001	19.3	30.5
2002	19.8	31
2003	20.3	31.4
2004	20.9	31.8
2005	21.5	32.1
2006	22.1	32.5
2007	22.7	32.9
2008	23.2	33.3
2009	23.8	33.7
2010	24.4	34
2011	25.1	34.3
2012	25.8	34.5
2013	26.5	34.7
2014	27.1	35
2015	27.6	35.2
2016	28	35.4
2017	28.5	35.7
2018	29	35.9
2019	29.5	36.2
2020	30.1	36.4
2021	30.7	36.6
2022	31.4	36.8
2023	32.1	37.1
2024	32.9	37.3

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