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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 527,799 people in Maldives in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 531,152 in Maldives.

Population statistics:

  • Denmark's population is 11.3 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while Maldives is the 168th.
  • The countries together account for 0.08% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 0.006% for Maldives.
  • For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs +2.56% in Maldives.
  • Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while Maldives has grown from 306K to 531K (73.3% growth).
  • Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people compared to the peak of 597K people in 2057 for Maldives.

Denmark vs Maldives: live population counter

Denmark Maldives
Current population
6018959
531152
Population rank 114/197 168/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.006%
One net population change
17.5 minutes
4.85 hours
One birth every
9.11 minutes
1.51 hours
One death every
9.02 minutes
7.13 hours
One migration net change every
20.5 minutes
3.62 hours
Annual migration change +25,639 -2,421
Daily growth/decline +82 +5
Annual growth/decline +30,040 +1,805
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% +0.34%
Population growth rate rank 133/197 145/197

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

Denmark
Population

Growth rate
Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Denmark Maldives Denmark Maldives
1960 4,579,603 91,189 - -
1961 4,611,687 93,450 0.7% 2.48%
1962 4,647,727 95,802 0.78% 2.52%
1963 4,684,483 98,222 0.79% 2.53%
1964 4,722,072 100,662 0.8% 2.48%
1965 4,759,012 104,102 0.78% 3.42%
1966 4,797,381 108,507 0.81% 4.23%
1967 4,835,354 112,528 0.79% 3.71%
1968 4,864,883 116,075 0.61% 3.15%
1969 4,891,860 119,564 0.55% 3.01%
1970 4,928,757 123,219 0.75% 3.06%
1971 4,963,126 127,035 0.7% 3.1%
1972 4,991,596 130,968 0.57% 3.1%
1973 5,021,861 134,952 0.61% 3.04%
1974 5,045,297 138,978 0.47% 2.98%
1975 5,059,862 143,158 0.29% 3.01%
1976 5,072,596 147,525 0.25% 3.05%
1977 5,088,419 151,930 0.31% 2.99%
1978 5,104,248 156,159 0.31% 2.78%
1979 5,116,801 160,360 0.25% 2.69%
1980 5,123,027 164,835 0.12% 2.79%
1981 5,121,572 169,532 -0.03% 2.85%
1982 5,117,810 174,333 -0.07% 2.83%
1983 5,114,297 179,128 -0.07% 2.75%
1984 5,111,619 184,198 -0.05% 2.83%
1985 5,113,691 190,169 0.04% 3.24%
1986 5,120,534 196,935 0.13% 3.56%
1987 5,127,024 203,944 0.13% 3.56%
1988 5,129,516 210,885 0.05% 3.4%
1989 5,132,594 217,738 0.06% 3.25%
1990 5,140,939 224,762 0.16% 3.23%
1991 5,154,298 231,802 0.26% 3.13%
1992 5,171,370 238,543 0.33% 2.91%
1993 5,188,628 244,884 0.33% 2.66%
1994 5,206,180 250,822 0.34% 2.42%
1995 5,233,373 256,649 0.52% 2.32%
1996 5,263,074 262,347 0.57% 2.22%
1997 5,284,991 267,707 0.42% 2.04%
1998 5,304,219 272,723 0.36% 1.87%
1999 5,321,799 277,412 0.33% 1.72%
2000 5,339,616 282,019 0.33% 1.66%
2001 5,358,783 286,767 0.36% 1.68%
2002 5,375,931 291,616 0.32% 1.69%
2003 5,390,574 296,491 0.27% 1.67%
2004 5,404,523 301,413 0.26% 1.66%
2005 5,419,432 306,429 0.28% 1.66%
2006 5,437,272 313,851 0.33% 2.42%
2007 5,461,438 324,479 0.44% 3.39%
2008 5,493,621 336,170 0.59% 3.6%
2009 5,523,095 348,275 0.54% 3.6%
2010 5,547,683 360,792 0.45% 3.59%
2011 5,570,572 373,674 0.41% 3.57%
2012 5,591,572 386,818 0.38% 3.52%
2013 5,614,932 400,070 0.42% 3.43%
2014 5,643,475 413,617 0.51% 3.39%
2015 5,683,483 428,154 0.71% 3.51%
2016 5,728,010 443,308 0.78% 3.54%
2017 5,764,980 458,287 0.65% 3.38%
2018 5,793,636 473,099 0.5% 3.23%
2019 5,814,422 487,731 0.36% 3.09%
2020 5,831,404 502,118 0.29% 2.95%
2021 5,856,733 516,154 0.43% 2.8%
2022 5,903,037 524,106 0.79% 1.54%
2023 5,946,952 525,994 0.74% 0.36%
2024 5,976,992 527,799 0.51% 0.34%
2025 6,002,090 529,677 0.42% 0.36%
2026 6,023,091 531,514 0.35% 0.35%
2027 6,041,010 533,433 0.3% 0.36%
2028 6,056,755 535,502 0.26% 0.39%
2029 6,070,186 537,574 0.22% 0.39%
2030 6,081,559 539,667 0.19% 0.39%
2031 6,091,513 541,929 0.16% 0.42%
2032 6,099,943 544,288 0.14% 0.44%
2033 6,107,156 546,723 0.12% 0.45%
2034 6,113,785 549,162 0.11% 0.45%
2035 6,119,365 551,599 0.09% 0.44%
2036 6,123,874 554,092 0.07% 0.45%
2037 6,127,386 556,637 0.06% 0.46%
2038 6,130,437 559,231 0.05% 0.47%
2039 6,132,752 561,958 0.04% 0.49%
2040 6,134,223 564,800 0.02% 0.51%
2041 6,135,120 567,606 0.01% 0.5%
2042 6,135,315 570,381 0.003% 0.49%
2043 6,135,244 573,138 -0.001% 0.48%
2044 6,134,789 575,811 -0.007% 0.47%
2045 6,134,218 578,459 -0.009% 0.46%
2046 6,133,182 581,026 -0.02% 0.44%
2047 6,131,427 583,393 -0.03% 0.41%
2048 6,129,548 585,720 -0.03% 0.4%
2049 6,127,293 587,988 -0.04% 0.39%
2050 6,124,397 589,960 -0.05% 0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.

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