Maldives vs Sri Lanka statistics compared

Maldives has a population of 528K (ranked 168/197), compared with 21.9M in Sri Lanka (ranked 61/197). Maldives' land area is 115.1 sq mi versus 23,884 sq mi for Sri Lanka (ranked 188th vs. 122nd).

By GDP, Maldives ranks 160/197 ($6.98B) and Sri Lanka ranks 71/197 ($99B). By GDP per capita, Maldives ranks 77/197 ($13,216), while Sri Lanka ranks 125/197 ($4,516).

Maldives and Sri Lanka: Comparison Charts

Maldives and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	-	$1,409,873,950
1961	-	$1,444,327,731
1962	-	$1,434,156,379
1963	-	$1,240,672,269
1964	-	$1,309,747,899
1965	-	$1,698,319,328
1966	-	$1,751,470,588
1967	-	$1,859,465,021
1968	-	$1,801,344,538
1969	-	$1,965,546,218
1970	$19,328,038	$2,296,470,588
1971	$21,566,404	$2,369,308,600
1972	$25,177,138	$2,553,936,348
1973	$30,862,042	$2,875,625,000
1974	$39,120,171	$3,574,586,466
1975	$24,540,878	$3,791,298,146
1976	$22,399,467	$3,591,319,857
1977	$20,853,789	$4,104,509,583
1978	$24,369,109	$2,733,183,857
1979	$38,523,364	$3,364,611,432
1980	$42,463,576	$4,024,621,900
1981	$44,781,457	$4,415,844,156
1982	$47,911,340	$4,768,765,017
1983	$57,829,787	$5,167,913,302
1984	$109,503,546	$6,043,474,843
1985	$127,190,758	$5,978,460,972
1986	$141,882,254	$6,405,210,564
1987	$141,223,029	$6,682,167,120
1988	$168,514,513	$6,978,371,581
1989	$189,514,434	$6,987,267,684
1990	$215,043,970	$8,032,551,173
1991	$244,396,762	$9,000,362,582
1992	$284,875,809	$9,703,011,636
1993	$322,417,837	$10,338,679,636
1994	$356,014,932	$11,717,604,209
1995	$398,988,955	$13,029,697,561
1996	$450,382,328	$13,897,738,375
1997	$508,223,602	$15,091,913,884
1998	$540,096,398	$15,794,972,847
1999	$589,239,754	$15,656,327,860
2000	$624,337,145	$16,330,814,180
2001	$870,031,677	$15,749,753,805
2002	$897,031,250	$16,536,535,647
2003	$1,052,121,055	$18,881,765,437
2004	$1,226,829,563	$20,662,525,941
2005	$1,163,362,438	$24,405,791,045
2006	$1,575,200,391	$28,279,802,406
2007	$1,868,383,461	$32,350,238,760
2008	$2,271,646,188	$40,713,826,215
2009	$2,345,294,875	$42,066,224,093
2010	$2,588,176,055	$58,636,161,082
2011	$2,774,350,240	$67,753,284,044
2012	$2,886,163,997	$70,447,216,891
2013	$3,295,009,238	$77,000,578,167
2014	$3,697,353,039	$82,528,535,714
2015	$4,129,505,319	$85,090,301,052
2016	$4,409,942,624	$88,000,211,172
2017	$4,816,426,257	$94,369,350,286
2018	$5,404,344,163	$94,450,015,983
2019	$5,726,094,799	$88,998,706,297
2020	$3,712,604,583	$84,335,574,582
2021	$5,252,457,370	$88,556,698,938
2022	$6,177,118,114	$74,143,020,263
2023	$6,590,894,302	$83,716,142,582
2024	$6,975,146,349	$98,963,185,510

Maldives and Sri Lanka economies compared

GDP per capita

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	-	$145.9
1961	-	$145.9
1962	-	$141.4
1963	-	$119.4
1964	-	$122.9
1965	-	$155.6
1966	-	$156.6
1967	-	$162.3
1968	-	$153.5
1969	-	$163.6
1970	$156.9	$186.9
1971	$169.8	$188.8
1972	$192.2	$199.4
1973	$228.7	$220.2
1974	$281.5	$268.7
1975	$171.4	$279.8
1976	$151.8	$260.3
1977	$137.3	$292.1
1978	$156.1	$191
1979	$240.2	$230.8
1980	$257.6	$271.1
1981	$264.1	$292.5
1982	$274.8	$312
1983	$323	$336
1984	$594	$391
1985	$669	$385
1986	$720	$407
1987	$692	$420
1988	$799	$434
1989	$870	$430
1990	$957	$491
1991	$1,054	$546
1992	$1,194	$580
1993	$1,317	$607
1994	$1,419	$678
1995	$1,555	$742
1996	$1,717	$776
1997	$1,898	$827
1998	$1,980	$849
1999	$2,124	$826
2000	$2,214	$846
2001	$3,034	$804
2002	$3,076	$835
2003	$3,549	$946
2004	$4,070	$1,029
2005	$3,797	$1,207
2006	$5,019	$1,390
2007	$5,758	$1,579
2008	$6,757	$1,974
2009	$6,734	$2,027
2010	$7,174	$2,808
2011	$7,425	$3,225
2012	$7,461	$3,328
2013	$8,236	$3,741
2014	$8,939	$3,972
2015	$9,645	$4,058
2016	$9,948	$4,149
2017	$10,510	$4,399
2018	$11,423	$4,359
2019	$11,740	$4,082
2020	$7,394	$3,848
2021	$10,176	$3,997
2022	$11,786	$3,343
2023	$12,530	$3,799
2024	$13,216	$4,516

Maldives vs. Sri Lanka life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1950	36.5	53.2
1951	37.1	54
1952	37	54.9
1953	36.9	55.6
1954	36.9	56.4
1955	37	57.2
1956	37.1	57.9
1957	37.3	58.5
1958	37.6	59.3
1959	37.9	60
1960	38.2	60.6
1961	38.6	61.2
1962	39.1	61.6
1963	39.6	62
1964	40.2	62.4
1965	40.8	62.8
1966	41.4	63.2
1967	42.1	63.6
1968	42.9	63.9
1969	43.7	64.1
1970	44.5	64.4
1971	45.5	64.2
1972	46.4	64.6
1973	47.5	64.8
1974	48.5	65
1975	49.6	65.4
1976	50.8	65.8
1977	51.8	66.4
1978	50.4	66.8
1979	53.9	67.5
1980	54.8	68
1981	55.7	68.4
1982	56.6	68.7
1983	57.5	68.7
1984	58.3	68.8
1985	59.2	68.9
1986	60	69
1987	60.8	69
1988	61.6	69
1989	62.4	67.3
1990	63.1	69.2
1991	63.9	69.1
1992	64.7	69.6
1993	65.4	70
1994	66.2	70.2
1995	67	69.7
1996	67.7	69.8
1997	68.5	69.9
1998	69.3	70.1
1999	70.2	70.4
2000	70.9	71.2
2001	71.7	71.8
2002	72.4	72.3
2003	73.3	72.4
2004	73	68
2005	74.8	73.1
2006	75.3	72.8
2007	75.7	73
2008	76	72.6
2009	76.4	70.3
2010	76.8	74.5
2011	77.1	74.7
2012	77.5	75.2
2013	77.8	75.5
2014	78.2	75.8
2015	78.6	76
2016	78.9	76.1
2017	79.2	76.2
2018	79.4	76.5
2019	79.7	76.7
2020	78.7	76.9
2021	78.1	76.3
2022	80.8	77.3
2023	81	77.5
2024	81.3	77.7
2025	81.5	77.9

Maldives and Sri Lanka population clocks and comparison

Population

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Population
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	91,189	9,661,389
1961	93,450	9,899,372
1962	95,802	10,143,754
1963	98,222	10,395,040
1964	100,662	10,653,397
1965	104,102	10,916,965
1966	108,507	11,183,928
1967	112,528	11,457,328
1968	116,075	11,736,088
1969	119,564	12,013,858
1970	123,219	12,287,110
1971	127,035	12,551,910
1972	130,968	12,809,205
1973	134,952	13,060,916
1974	138,978	13,305,693
1975	143,158	13,548,984
1976	147,525	13,796,770
1977	151,930	14,049,371
1978	156,159	14,310,128
1979	160,360	14,579,614
1980	164,835	14,847,974
1981	169,532	15,099,414
1982	174,333	15,286,567
1983	179,128	15,388,794
1984	184,198	15,441,860
1985	190,169	15,544,154
1986	196,935	15,731,256
1987	203,944	15,916,576
1988	210,885	16,078,621
1989	217,738	16,248,557
1990	224,762	16,352,458
1991	231,802	16,475,354
1992	238,543	16,739,284
1993	244,884	17,025,918
1994	250,822	17,275,773
1995	256,649	17,564,068
1996	262,347	17,905,018
1997	267,707	18,248,200
1998	272,723	18,596,003
1999	277,412	18,944,731
2000	282,019	19,293,054
2001	286,767	19,600,362
2002	291,616	19,805,752
2003	296,491	19,951,521
2004	301,413	20,087,605
2005	306,429	20,216,524
2006	313,851	20,352,411
2007	324,479	20,492,545
2008	336,170	20,629,378
2009	348,275	20,756,435
2010	360,792	20,879,089
2011	373,674	21,009,048
2012	386,818	21,169,458
2013	400,070	20,585,000
2014	413,617	20,778,000
2015	428,154	20,970,000
2016	443,308	21,209,000
2017	458,287	21,453,000
2018	473,099	21,670,000
2019	487,731	21,803,000
2020	502,118	21,919,000
2021	516,154	22,156,000
2022	524,106	22,181,000
2023	525,994	22,037,000
2024	527,799	21,916,000

Fertility rates in Maldives and Sri Lanka

Fertility rate

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	6.71	5.35
1961	6.79	5.24
1962	6.89	5.18
1963	6.94	5.12
1964	7	5.06
1965	7.07	4.93
1966	7.15	4.83
1967	7.23	4.79
1968	7.28	4.66
1969	7.33	4.5
1970	7.39	4.39
1971	7.38	4.27
1972	7.37	4.16
1973	7.4	4
1974	7.38	3.86
1975	7.32	3.82
1976	7.29	3.78
1977	7.27	3.74
1978	7.23	3.81
1979	7.23	3.82
1980	7.23	3.73
1981	7.19	3.65
1982	7.15	3.32
1983	7.09	3.11
1984	7.03	3.01
1985	6.94	2.9
1986	6.85	2.74
1987	6.73	2.64
1988	6.58	2.57
1989	6.39	2.58
1990	6.13	2.54
1991	5.8	2.51
1992	5.44	2.49
1993	5.06	2.44
1994	4.69	2.4
1995	4.29	2.35
1996	3.86	2.29
1997	3.48	2.22
1998	3.17	2.14
1999	2.9	2.14
2000	2.69	2.21
2001	2.53	2.28
2002	2.42	2.31
2003	2.34	2.3
2004	2.26	2.27
2005	2.2	2.26
2006	2.2	2.29
2007	2.29	2.3
2008	2.37	2.23
2009	2.39	2.18
2010	2.35	2.13
2011	2.31	2.14
2012	2.25	2.17
2013	2.17	2.18
2014	2.09	2.13
2015	2	2.09
2016	1.9	2.06
2017	1.8	2.04
2018	1.71	2.03
2019	1.64	2.02
2020	1.61	2.01
2021	1.6	2
2022	1.58	1.98
2023	1.58	1.97

Maldives and Sri Lanka demographics compared

Median age

Maldives

Sri Lanka

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	20.6	19.5
1961	20.6	19.5
1962	20.6	19.5
1963	20.6	19.5
1964	20.5	19.5
1965	19.9	19.5
1966	18.9	19.6
1967	18.2	19.7
1968	17.8	19.8
1969	17.6	19.9
1970	17.4	20
1971	17.3	20.1
1972	17.2	20.2
1973	17.2	20.4
1974	17.2	20.6
1975	17.1	20.7
1976	17	20.9
1977	17	21
1978	17	21.2
1979	16.9	21.3
1980	16.8	21.5
1981	16.8	21.6
1982	16.9	21.7
1983	16.9	21.9
1984	17	22
1985	17	22.2
1986	16.9	22.5
1987	16.7	22.8
1988	16.6	23.1
1989	16.5	23.4
1990	16.4	23.6
1991	16.4	23.9
1992	16.4	24.3
1993	16.5	24.6
1994	16.7	24.9
1995	16.9	25.3
1996	17.3	25.8
1997	17.6	26.2
1998	18	26.5
1999	18.4	26.9
2000	18.9	27.2
2001	19.3	27.6
2002	19.8	27.9
2003	20.3	28.2
2004	20.9	28.5
2005	21.5	28.8
2006	22.1	29
2007	22.7	29.3
2008	23.2	29.6
2009	23.8	29.9
2010	24.4	30.2
2011	25.1	30.5
2012	25.8	30.8
2013	26.5	31.1
2014	27.1	31.4
2015	27.6	31.7
2016	28	32
2017	28.5	32.3
2018	29	32.5
2019	29.5	32.8
2020	30.1	33.1
2021	30.7	33.3
2022	31.4	33.6
2023	32.1	33.8
2024	32.9	34.1

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