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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Maldives	Liberia	Maldives
1960	1,139,522	91,189	-	-
1961	1,167,717	93,450	2.47%	2.48%
1962	1,197,039	95,802	2.51%	2.52%
1963	1,227,414	98,222	2.54%	2.53%
1964	1,258,745	100,662	2.55%	2.48%
1965	1,291,156	104,102	2.57%	3.42%
1966	1,324,383	108,507	2.57%	4.23%
1967	1,358,435	112,528	2.57%	3.71%
1968	1,393,530	116,075	2.58%	3.15%
1969	1,429,605	119,564	2.59%	3.01%
1970	1,466,676	123,219	2.59%	3.06%
1971	1,504,077	127,035	2.55%	3.1%
1972	1,542,670	130,968	2.57%	3.1%
1973	1,583,588	134,952	2.65%	3.04%
1974	1,626,362	138,978	2.7%	2.98%
1975	1,670,913	143,158	2.74%	3.01%
1976	1,717,060	147,525	2.76%	3.05%
1977	1,766,019	151,930	2.85%	2.99%
1978	1,818,247	156,159	2.96%	2.78%
1979	1,872,713	160,360	3%	2.69%
1980	1,929,253	164,835	3.02%	2.79%
1981	1,986,867	169,532	2.99%	2.85%
1982	2,045,073	174,333	2.93%	2.83%
1983	2,107,113	179,128	3.03%	2.75%
1984	2,173,312	184,198	3.14%	2.83%
1985	2,240,539	190,169	3.09%	3.24%
1986	2,308,511	196,935	3.03%	3.56%
1987	2,377,229	203,944	2.98%	3.56%
1988	2,446,941	210,885	2.93%	3.4%
1989	2,517,858	217,738	2.9%	3.25%
1990	2,223,667	224,762	-11.7%	3.23%
1991	1,956,518	231,802	-12%	3.13%
1992	2,072,461	238,543	5.93%	2.91%
1993	2,155,126	244,884	3.99%	2.66%
1994	2,149,928	250,822	-0.24%	2.42%
1995	2,169,162	256,649	0.89%	2.32%
1996	2,232,289	262,347	2.91%	2.22%
1997	2,412,989	267,707	8.09%	2.04%
1998	2,670,124	272,723	10.7%	1.87%
1999	2,821,684	277,412	5.68%	1.72%
2000	2,928,117	282,019	3.77%	1.66%
2001	3,015,338	286,767	2.98%	1.68%
2002	3,094,782	291,616	2.63%	1.69%
2003	3,119,532	296,491	0.8%	1.67%
2004	3,156,892	301,413	1.2%	1.66%
2005	3,301,015	306,429	4.57%	1.66%
2006	3,490,787	313,851	5.75%	2.42%
2007	3,669,050	324,479	5.11%	3.39%
2008	3,821,003	336,170	4.14%	3.6%
2009	3,943,028	348,275	3.19%	3.6%
2010	4,058,890	360,792	2.94%	3.59%
2011	4,221,178	373,674	4%	3.57%
2012	4,373,043	386,818	3.6%	3.52%
2013	4,470,239	400,070	2.22%	3.43%
2014	4,564,293	413,617	2.1%	3.39%
2015	4,659,431	428,154	2.08%	3.51%
2016	4,755,608	443,308	2.06%	3.54%
2017	4,848,925	458,287	1.96%	3.38%
2018	4,944,726	473,099	1.98%	3.23%
2019	5,043,721	487,731	2%	3.09%
2020	5,149,463	502,118	2.1%	2.95%
2021	5,259,323	516,154	2.13%	2.8%
2022	5,373,294	524,106	2.17%	1.54%
2023	5,493,031	525,994	2.23%	0.36%
2024	5,612,817	527,799	2.18%	0.34%
2025	5,731,211	529,677	2.11%	0.36%
2026	5,853,958	531,514	2.14%	0.35%
2027	5,986,805	533,433	2.27%	0.36%
2028	6,118,769	535,502	2.2%	0.39%
2029	6,245,093	537,574	2.06%	0.39%
2030	6,366,293	539,667	1.94%	0.39%
2031	6,486,749	541,929	1.89%	0.42%
2032	6,614,257	544,288	1.97%	0.44%
2033	6,744,927	546,723	1.98%	0.45%
2034	6,873,688	549,162	1.91%	0.45%
2035	7,003,567	551,599	1.89%	0.44%
2036	7,142,326	554,092	1.98%	0.45%
2037	7,278,759	556,637	1.91%	0.46%
2038	7,408,720	559,231	1.79%	0.47%
2039	7,545,510	561,958	1.85%	0.49%
2040	7,681,693	564,800	1.8%	0.51%
2041	7,817,089	567,606	1.76%	0.5%
2042	7,954,182	570,381	1.75%	0.49%
2043	8,077,173	573,138	1.55%	0.48%
2044	8,194,136	575,811	1.45%	0.47%
2045	8,310,657	578,459	1.42%	0.46%
2046	8,428,924	581,026	1.42%	0.44%
2047	8,552,033	583,393	1.46%	0.41%
2048	8,673,963	585,720	1.43%	0.4%
2049	8,795,838	587,988	1.41%	0.39%
2050	8,910,539	589,960	1.3%	0.34%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Liberia increased by 1,358,416 people (a 41.2% growth), while Maldives gained 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Liberia gained 1,170,380 (a 25.1% growth), while Maldives' population increased by 102,998 (a 24.1% growth).

Liberia was ranked 129th most populous country in 2005 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.8% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of Maldives will increase by 11.1% to 589,960 people and rank change from 168th to 166th.