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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Maldives was 527,799 in 2024 vs 24,478,595 people in Mali in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Maldives' population is 531,152 people compared to 25,787,988 in Mali.

Population statistics:

  • Mali's population is 48.6 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Maldives is ranked the 168th most populous country in the world, while Mali is the 58th.
  • The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.006% for Maldives vs 0.31% for Mali.
  • For the last 10 years, Maldives has had an average growth rate of +2.56% per year vs +3.12% in Mali.
  • Since 2005, the population of Maldives has increased from 306K people to 531K (73.3% growth), while Mali has grown from 13.5M to 25.8M (90.5% growth).
  • Maldives is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 597K people compared to the peak of 79.4M people in 2100 for Mali.

Maldives vs Mali: live population counter

Maldives Mali
Current population
531152
25787988
Population rank 168/197 58/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.31%
One net population change
4.85 hours
44.5 seconds
One birth every
1.51 hours
33.1 seconds
One death every
7.13 hours
2.56 minutes
One migration net change every
3.62 hours
11.2 minutes
Annual migration change -2,421 -46,880
Daily growth/decline +5 +1,944
Annual growth/decline +1,805 +709,468
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% +2.98%
Population growth rate rank 145/197 16/197

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

Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Mali
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Maldives Mali Maldives Mali
1960 91,189 5,402,550 - -
1961 93,450 5,482,283 2.48% 1.48%
1962 95,802 5,563,917 2.52% 1.49%
1963 98,222 5,646,605 2.53% 1.49%
1964 100,662 5,730,125 2.48% 1.48%
1965 104,102 5,815,487 3.42% 1.49%
1966 108,507 5,902,204 4.23% 1.49%
1967 112,528 5,990,906 3.71% 1.5%
1968 116,075 6,082,979 3.15% 1.54%
1969 119,564 6,177,704 3.01% 1.56%
1970 123,219 6,276,472 3.06% 1.6%
1971 127,035 6,377,944 3.1% 1.62%
1972 130,968 6,483,726 3.1% 1.66%
1973 134,952 6,597,106 3.04% 1.75%
1974 138,978 6,715,436 2.98% 1.79%
1975 143,158 6,837,261 3.01% 1.81%
1976 147,525 6,960,979 3.05% 1.81%
1977 151,930 7,090,979 2.99% 1.87%
1978 156,159 7,229,651 2.78% 1.96%
1979 160,360 7,375,266 2.69% 2.01%
1980 164,835 7,530,515 2.79% 2.1%
1981 169,532 7,692,766 2.85% 2.15%
1982 174,333 7,860,194 2.83% 2.18%
1983 179,128 8,034,400 2.75% 2.22%
1984 184,198 8,208,599 2.83% 2.17%
1985 190,169 8,374,663 3.24% 2.02%
1986 196,935 8,531,277 3.56% 1.87%
1987 203,944 8,681,164 3.56% 1.76%
1988 210,885 8,833,996 3.4% 1.76%
1989 217,738 8,999,938 3.25% 1.88%
1990 224,762 9,178,830 3.23% 1.99%
1991 231,802 9,362,888 3.13% 2.01%
1992 238,543 9,553,540 2.91% 2.04%
1993 244,884 9,754,786 2.66% 2.11%
1994 250,822 9,967,031 2.42% 2.18%
1995 256,649 10,185,365 2.32% 2.19%
1996 262,347 10,407,278 2.22% 2.18%
1997 267,707 10,646,495 2.04% 2.3%
1998 272,723 10,919,573 1.87% 2.56%
1999 277,412 11,227,415 1.72% 2.82%
2000 282,019 11,559,290 1.66% 2.96%
2001 286,767 11,912,158 1.68% 3.05%
2002 291,616 12,288,050 1.69% 3.16%
2003 296,491 12,684,955 1.67% 3.23%
2004 301,413 13,102,409 1.66% 3.29%
2005 306,429 13,538,647 1.66% 3.33%
2006 313,851 13,990,139 2.42% 3.33%
2007 324,479 14,457,775 3.39% 3.34%
2008 336,170 14,940,782 3.6% 3.34%
2009 348,275 15,435,539 3.6% 3.31%
2010 360,792 15,945,198 3.59% 3.3%
2011 373,674 16,469,049 3.57% 3.29%
2012 386,818 16,957,033 3.52% 2.96%
2013 400,070 17,459,615 3.43% 2.96%
2014 413,617 18,020,267 3.39% 3.21%
2015 428,154 18,593,022 3.51% 3.18%
2016 443,308 19,191,289 3.54% 3.22%
2017 458,287 19,813,011 3.38% 3.24%
2018 473,099 20,442,030 3.23% 3.17%
2019 487,731 21,068,405 3.09% 3.06%
2020 502,118 21,713,836 2.95% 3.06%
2021 516,154 22,388,630 2.8% 3.11%
2022 524,106 23,072,640 1.54% 3.06%
2023 525,994 23,769,127 0.36% 3.02%
2024 527,799 24,478,595 0.34% 2.98%
2025 529,677 25,198,817 0.36% 2.94%
2026 531,514 25,932,275 0.35% 2.91%
2027 533,433 26,679,171 0.36% 2.88%
2028 535,502 27,440,613 0.39% 2.85%
2029 537,574 28,215,513 0.39% 2.82%
2030 539,667 29,002,864 0.39% 2.79%
2031 541,929 29,804,545 0.42% 2.76%
2032 544,288 30,618,893 0.44% 2.73%
2033 546,723 31,442,801 0.45% 2.69%
2034 549,162 32,276,672 0.45% 2.65%
2035 551,599 33,118,344 0.44% 2.61%
2036 554,092 33,967,889 0.45% 2.57%
2037 556,637 34,823,450 0.46% 2.52%
2038 559,231 35,685,576 0.47% 2.48%
2039 561,958 36,549,487 0.49% 2.42%
2040 564,800 37,413,641 0.51% 2.36%
2041 567,606 38,280,868 0.5% 2.32%
2042 570,381 39,151,280 0.49% 2.27%
2043 573,138 40,026,317 0.48% 2.24%
2044 575,811 40,902,500 0.47% 2.19%
2045 578,459 41,778,984 0.46% 2.14%
2046 581,026 42,655,642 0.44% 2.1%
2047 583,393 43,530,852 0.41% 2.05%
2048 585,720 44,405,715 0.4% 2.01%
2049 587,988 45,279,772 0.39% 1.97%
2050 589,960 46,154,079 0.34% 1.93%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Mali gained 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Mali's population increased by 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Mali was ranked 66th in 2005 and ranked 58th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Maldives' population will grow by 11.1% to 589,960 people with a rank change from 168th to 166th. The population of Mali will increase by 79% to 46,154,079 people and rank change from 58th to 46th.

Biggest cities by population

Maldives
City Population
Male 133K
Hulhumale 50K
Mali
City Population
Bamako 4.23M
Sikasso 226K
Segou 131K
Bougouni 59.7K
Markala 46K
Koulikoro 43.2K
Banamba 30.6K

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