Population in Australia compared to Maldives: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and Maldives: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Maldives	Australia	Maldives
1960	10,276,477	91,189	-	-
1961	10,483,000	93,450	2.01%	2.48%
1962	10,742,000	95,802	2.47%	2.52%
1963	10,950,000	98,222	1.94%	2.53%
1964	11,167,000	100,662	1.98%	2.48%
1965	11,388,000	104,102	1.98%	3.42%
1966	11,651,000	108,507	2.31%	4.23%
1967	11,799,000	112,528	1.27%	3.71%
1968	12,009,000	116,075	1.78%	3.15%
1969	12,263,000	119,564	2.12%	3.01%
1970	12,507,000	123,219	1.99%	3.06%
1971	12,937,000	127,035	3.44%	3.1%
1972	13,177,000	130,968	1.86%	3.1%
1973	13,380,000	134,952	1.54%	3.04%
1974	13,723,000	138,978	2.56%	2.98%
1975	13,893,000	143,158	1.24%	3.01%
1976	14,033,000	147,525	1.01%	3.05%
1977	14,192,000	151,930	1.13%	2.99%
1978	14,358,000	156,159	1.17%	2.78%
1979	14,514,000	160,360	1.09%	2.69%
1980	14,692,000	164,835	1.23%	2.79%
1981	14,923,260	169,532	1.57%	2.85%
1982	15,184,247	174,333	1.75%	2.83%
1983	15,393,472	179,128	1.38%	2.75%
1984	15,579,391	184,198	1.21%	2.83%
1985	15,788,312	190,169	1.34%	3.24%
1986	16,018,350	196,935	1.46%	3.56%
1987	16,263,874	203,944	1.53%	3.56%
1988	16,532,164	210,885	1.65%	3.4%
1989	16,814,416	217,738	1.71%	3.25%
1990	17,065,128	224,762	1.49%	3.23%
1991	17,284,036	231,802	1.28%	3.13%
1992	17,478,635	238,543	1.13%	2.91%
1993	17,634,808	244,884	0.89%	2.66%
1994	17,805,468	250,822	0.97%	2.42%
1995	18,004,882	256,649	1.12%	2.32%
1996	18,224,767	262,347	1.22%	2.22%
1997	18,423,037	267,707	1.09%	2.04%
1998	18,607,584	272,723	1%	1.87%
1999	18,812,264	277,412	1.1%	1.72%
2000	19,028,802	282,019	1.15%	1.66%
2001	19,274,701	286,767	1.29%	1.68%
2002	19,495,210	291,616	1.14%	1.69%
2003	19,720,737	296,491	1.16%	1.67%
2004	19,932,722	301,413	1.07%	1.66%
2005	20,176,844	306,429	1.22%	1.66%
2006	20,450,966	313,851	1.36%	2.42%
2007	20,827,622	324,479	1.84%	3.39%
2008	21,249,199	336,170	2.02%	3.6%
2009	21,691,653	348,275	2.08%	3.6%
2010	22,031,750	360,792	1.57%	3.59%
2011	22,340,024	373,674	1.4%	3.57%
2012	22,733,465	386,818	1.76%	3.52%
2013	23,128,129	400,070	1.74%	3.43%
2014	23,475,686	413,617	1.5%	3.39%
2015	23,815,995	428,154	1.45%	3.51%
2016	24,190,907	443,308	1.57%	3.54%
2017	24,592,588	458,287	1.66%	3.38%
2018	24,963,258	473,099	1.51%	3.23%
2019	25,334,826	487,731	1.49%	3.09%
2020	25,649,248	502,118	1.24%	2.95%
2021	25,685,412	516,154	0.14%	2.8%
2022	26,014,399	524,106	1.28%	1.54%
2023	26,652,777	525,994	2.45%	0.36%
2024	27,204,809	527,799	2.07%	0.34%
2025	27,470,426	529,677	0.98%	0.36%
2026	27,728,157	531,514	0.94%	0.35%
2027	27,979,877	533,433	0.91%	0.36%
2028	28,228,958	535,502	0.89%	0.39%
2029	28,471,054	537,574	0.86%	0.39%
2030	28,707,292	539,667	0.83%	0.39%
2031	28,940,769	541,929	0.81%	0.42%
2032	29,169,013	544,288	0.79%	0.44%
2033	29,392,748	546,723	0.77%	0.45%
2034	29,614,137	549,162	0.75%	0.45%
2035	29,835,307	551,599	0.75%	0.44%
2036	30,056,752	554,092	0.74%	0.45%
2037	30,273,692	556,637	0.72%	0.46%
2038	30,488,994	559,231	0.71%	0.47%
2039	30,703,245	561,958	0.7%	0.49%
2040	30,916,122	564,800	0.69%	0.51%
2041	31,132,858	567,606	0.7%	0.5%
2042	31,352,893	570,381	0.71%	0.49%
2043	31,572,750	573,138	0.7%	0.48%
2044	31,790,565	575,811	0.69%	0.47%
2045	32,009,555	578,459	0.69%	0.46%
2046	32,232,946	581,026	0.7%	0.44%
2047	32,452,651	583,393	0.68%	0.41%
2048	32,672,016	585,720	0.68%	0.4%
2049	32,891,546	587,988	0.67%	0.39%
2050	33,105,190	589,960	0.65%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2005 and ranked 168th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.