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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	India	Maldives	India	Maldives
1960	435,990,338	91,189	-	-
1961	446,564,729	93,450	2.43%	2.48%
1962	457,283,090	95,802	2.4%	2.52%
1963	468,138,575	98,222	2.37%	2.53%
1964	479,229,598	100,662	2.37%	2.48%
1965	490,140,146	104,102	2.28%	3.42%
1966	500,740,247	108,507	2.16%	4.23%
1967	511,606,372	112,528	2.17%	3.71%
1968	522,716,889	116,075	2.17%	3.15%
1969	533,880,544	119,564	2.14%	3.01%
1970	545,864,268	123,219	2.24%	3.06%
1971	558,096,387	127,035	2.24%	3.1%
1972	570,482,142	130,968	2.22%	3.1%
1973	583,465,598	134,952	2.28%	3.04%
1974	597,041,391	138,978	2.33%	2.98%
1975	611,309,535	143,158	2.39%	3.01%
1976	625,861,883	147,525	2.38%	3.05%
1977	640,801,103	151,930	2.39%	2.99%
1978	655,728,229	156,159	2.33%	2.78%
1979	671,155,747	160,360	2.35%	2.69%
1980	687,354,025	164,835	2.41%	2.79%
1981	703,696,250	169,532	2.38%	2.85%
1982	720,313,473	174,333	2.36%	2.83%
1983	737,372,681	179,128	2.37%	2.75%
1984	754,875,449	184,198	2.37%	2.83%
1985	772,647,793	190,169	2.35%	3.24%
1986	790,689,978	196,935	2.34%	3.56%
1987	808,931,270	203,944	2.31%	3.56%
1988	827,342,990	210,885	2.28%	3.4%
1989	846,039,529	217,738	2.26%	3.25%
1990	864,972,221	224,762	2.24%	3.23%
1991	883,927,600	231,802	2.19%	3.13%
1992	902,957,070	238,543	2.15%	2.91%
1993	922,118,387	244,884	2.12%	2.66%
1994	941,163,767	250,822	2.07%	2.42%
1995	960,301,044	256,649	2.03%	2.32%
1996	979,678,458	262,347	2.02%	2.22%
1997	999,133,762	267,707	1.99%	2.04%
1998	1,018,665,080	272,723	1.95%	1.87%
1999	1,038,225,823	277,412	1.92%	1.72%
2000	1,057,922,733	282,019	1.9%	1.66%
2001	1,077,898,575	286,767	1.89%	1.68%
2002	1,097,600,380	291,616	1.83%	1.69%
2003	1,116,803,006	296,491	1.75%	1.67%
2004	1,135,991,513	301,413	1.72%	1.66%
2005	1,154,676,322	306,429	1.64%	1.66%
2006	1,172,878,890	313,851	1.58%	2.42%
2007	1,190,676,021	324,479	1.52%	3.39%
2008	1,207,930,964	336,170	1.45%	3.6%
2009	1,225,524,753	348,275	1.46%	3.6%
2010	1,243,481,564	360,792	1.47%	3.59%
2011	1,261,224,954	373,674	1.43%	3.57%
2012	1,278,674,502	386,818	1.38%	3.52%
2013	1,295,829,511	400,070	1.34%	3.43%
2014	1,312,277,191	413,617	1.27%	3.39%
2015	1,328,024,498	428,154	1.2%	3.51%
2016	1,343,944,296	443,308	1.2%	3.54%
2017	1,359,657,400	458,287	1.17%	3.38%
2018	1,374,659,064	473,099	1.1%	3.23%
2019	1,389,030,312	487,731	1.05%	3.09%
2020	1,402,617,695	502,118	0.98%	2.95%
2021	1,414,203,896	516,154	0.83%	2.8%
2022	1,425,423,212	524,106	0.79%	1.54%
2023	1,438,069,596	525,994	0.89%	0.36%
2024	1,450,935,791	527,799	0.89%	0.34%
2025	1,463,865,531	529,677	0.89%	0.36%
2026	1,476,625,576	531,514	0.87%	0.35%
2027	1,489,164,679	533,433	0.85%	0.36%
2028	1,501,432,748	535,502	0.82%	0.39%
2029	1,513,423,737	537,574	0.8%	0.39%
2030	1,525,138,852	539,667	0.77%	0.39%
2031	1,536,540,604	541,929	0.75%	0.42%
2032	1,547,607,126	544,288	0.72%	0.44%
2033	1,558,324,087	546,723	0.69%	0.45%
2034	1,568,688,356	549,162	0.67%	0.45%
2035	1,578,694,799	551,599	0.64%	0.44%
2036	1,588,325,366	554,092	0.61%	0.45%
2037	1,597,537,009	556,637	0.58%	0.46%
2038	1,606,300,646	559,231	0.55%	0.47%
2039	1,614,639,243	561,958	0.52%	0.49%
2040	1,622,580,052	564,800	0.49%	0.51%
2041	1,630,119,374	567,606	0.46%	0.5%
2042	1,637,235,363	570,381	0.44%	0.49%
2043	1,643,915,269	573,138	0.41%	0.48%
2044	1,650,186,610	575,811	0.38%	0.47%
2045	1,656,067,585	578,459	0.36%	0.46%
2046	1,661,548,400	581,026	0.33%	0.44%
2047	1,666,628,151	583,393	0.31%	0.41%
2048	1,671,309,727	585,720	0.28%	0.4%
2049	1,675,619,893	587,988	0.26%	0.39%
2050	1,679,589,268	589,960	0.24%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of India increased by 173,348,176 people (a 15% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, India gained 146,090,905 (a 11% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

India was ranked 2nd most populous country in 2005 and is 1st 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) India's population will grow by 13.9% to 1,679,589,268 people and will still be ranked 1st. The population of Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.