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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Croatia	Maldives	Croatia	Maldives
1960	4,140,181	91,189	-	-
1961	4,167,292	93,450	0.65%	2.48%
1962	4,196,712	95,802	0.71%	2.52%
1963	4,225,675	98,222	0.69%	2.53%
1964	4,252,876	100,662	0.64%	2.48%
1965	4,280,923	104,102	0.66%	3.42%
1966	4,310,701	108,507	0.7%	4.23%
1967	4,338,683	112,528	0.65%	3.71%
1968	4,365,628	116,075	0.62%	3.15%
1969	4,391,490	119,564	0.59%	3.01%
1970	4,412,252	123,219	0.47%	3.06%
1971	4,431,275	127,035	0.43%	3.1%
1972	4,450,564	130,968	0.44%	3.1%
1973	4,470,161	134,952	0.44%	3.04%
1974	4,490,660	138,978	0.46%	2.98%
1975	4,512,082	143,158	0.48%	3.01%
1976	4,535,934	147,525	0.53%	3.05%
1977	4,559,571	151,930	0.52%	2.99%
1978	4,581,085	156,159	0.47%	2.78%
1979	4,594,778	160,360	0.3%	2.69%
1980	4,599,782	164,835	0.11%	2.79%
1981	4,611,509	169,532	0.25%	2.85%
1982	4,634,234	174,333	0.49%	2.83%
1983	4,658,254	179,128	0.52%	2.75%
1984	4,680,285	184,198	0.47%	2.83%
1985	4,701,417	190,169	0.45%	3.24%
1986	4,721,446	196,935	0.43%	3.56%
1987	4,739,745	203,944	0.39%	3.56%
1988	4,755,207	210,885	0.33%	3.4%
1989	4,767,260	217,738	0.25%	3.25%
1990	4,777,368	224,762	0.21%	3.23%
1991	4,689,022	231,802	-1.85%	3.13%
1992	4,575,818	238,543	-2.41%	2.91%
1993	4,600,463	244,884	0.54%	2.66%
1994	4,652,024	250,822	1.12%	2.42%
1995	4,620,030	256,649	-0.69%	2.32%
1996	4,557,097	262,347	-1.36%	2.22%
1997	4,534,920	267,707	-0.49%	2.04%
1998	4,532,135	272,723	-0.06%	1.87%
1999	4,512,597	277,412	-0.43%	1.72%
2000	4,468,302	282,019	-0.98%	1.66%
2001	4,299,642	286,767	-3.77%	1.68%
2002	4,302,174	291,616	0.06%	1.69%
2003	4,303,399	296,491	0.03%	1.67%
2004	4,304,600	301,413	0.03%	1.66%
2005	4,310,145	306,429	0.13%	1.66%
2006	4,311,159	313,851	0.02%	2.42%
2007	4,310,217	324,479	-0.02%	3.39%
2008	4,309,705	336,170	-0.01%	3.6%
2009	4,305,181	348,275	-0.1%	3.6%
2010	4,295,427	360,792	-0.23%	3.59%
2011	4,280,622	373,674	-0.34%	3.57%
2012	4,260,368	386,818	-0.47%	3.52%
2013	4,233,922	400,070	-0.62%	3.43%
2014	4,201,598	413,617	-0.76%	3.39%
2015	4,151,725	428,154	-1.19%	3.51%
2016	4,106,867	443,308	-1.08%	3.54%
2017	4,041,407	458,287	-1.59%	3.38%
2018	3,988,775	473,099	-1.3%	3.23%
2019	3,949,390	487,731	-0.99%	3.09%
2020	3,914,206	502,118	-0.89%	2.95%
2021	3,878,981	516,154	-0.9%	2.8%
2022	3,855,641	524,106	-0.6%	1.54%
2023	3,859,686	525,994	0.1%	0.36%
2024	3,866,200	527,799	0.17%	0.34%
2025	3,839,102	529,677	-0.7%	0.36%
2026	3,813,345	531,514	-0.67%	0.35%
2027	3,788,411	533,433	-0.65%	0.36%
2028	3,764,412	535,502	-0.63%	0.39%
2029	3,740,768	537,574	-0.63%	0.39%
2030	3,716,995	539,667	-0.64%	0.39%
2031	3,692,964	541,929	-0.65%	0.42%
2032	3,668,796	544,288	-0.65%	0.44%
2033	3,645,158	546,723	-0.64%	0.45%
2034	3,621,729	549,162	-0.64%	0.45%
2035	3,598,724	551,599	-0.64%	0.44%
2036	3,575,930	554,092	-0.63%	0.45%
2037	3,552,378	556,637	-0.66%	0.46%
2038	3,528,291	559,231	-0.68%	0.47%
2039	3,504,229	561,958	-0.68%	0.49%
2040	3,480,092	564,800	-0.69%	0.51%
2041	3,455,620	567,606	-0.7%	0.5%
2042	3,430,837	570,381	-0.72%	0.49%
2043	3,405,931	573,138	-0.73%	0.48%
2044	3,380,593	575,811	-0.74%	0.47%
2045	3,355,044	578,459	-0.76%	0.46%
2046	3,329,650	581,026	-0.76%	0.44%
2047	3,304,087	583,393	-0.77%	0.41%
2048	3,278,267	585,720	-0.78%	0.4%
2049	3,252,449	587,988	-0.79%	0.39%
2050	3,226,539	589,960	-0.8%	0.34%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Croatia decreased by 204,292 people (a 4.74% decline), while Maldives gained 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Croatia lost -293,522 (a 7.15% decline), while Maldives' population increased by 88,226 (a 19.9% growth).

Croatia was ranked 120th most populous country in 2006 and is 129th in 2026. Maldives was ranked 171st in 2006 and ranked 168th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Croatia's population will shrink by 15.4% to 3,226,539 people with a rank change from 129th to 139th. The population of Maldives will increase by 11% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.