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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Namibia	Maldives	Namibia
1960	91,189	591,465	-	-
1961	93,450	603,067	2.48%	1.96%
1962	95,802	615,759	2.52%	2.1%
1963	98,222	629,589	2.53%	2.25%
1964	100,662	644,530	2.48%	2.37%
1965	104,102	660,558	3.42%	2.49%
1966	108,507	677,655	4.23%	2.59%
1967	112,528	696,045	3.71%	2.71%
1968	116,075	715,542	3.15%	2.8%
1969	119,564	736,120	3.01%	2.88%
1970	123,219	757,868	3.06%	2.95%
1971	127,035	780,584	3.1%	3%
1972	130,968	804,399	3.1%	3.05%
1973	134,952	828,928	3.04%	3.05%
1974	138,978	854,320	2.98%	3.06%
1975	143,158	881,032	3.01%	3.13%
1976	147,525	906,566	3.05%	2.9%
1977	151,930	931,104	2.99%	2.71%
1978	156,159	947,269	2.78%	1.74%
1979	160,360	962,825	2.69%	1.64%
1980	164,835	981,434	2.79%	1.93%
1981	169,532	992,500	2.85%	1.13%
1982	174,333	1,010,308	2.83%	1.79%
1983	179,128	1,037,511	2.75%	2.69%
1984	184,198	1,065,989	2.83%	2.74%
1985	190,169	1,096,890	3.24%	2.9%
1986	196,935	1,131,081	3.56%	3.12%
1987	203,944	1,167,889	3.56%	3.25%
1988	210,885	1,209,696	3.4%	3.58%
1989	217,738	1,288,947	3.25%	6.55%
1990	224,762	1,369,303	3.23%	6.23%
1991	231,802	1,415,684	3.13%	3.39%
1992	238,543	1,461,322	2.91%	3.22%
1993	244,884	1,508,697	2.66%	3.24%
1994	250,822	1,556,304	2.42%	3.16%
1995	256,649	1,602,170	2.32%	2.95%
1996	262,347	1,646,103	2.22%	2.74%
1997	267,707	1,689,264	2.04%	2.62%
1998	272,723	1,732,745	1.87%	2.57%
1999	277,412	1,776,368	1.72%	2.52%
2000	282,019	1,818,647	1.66%	2.38%
2001	286,767	1,857,048	1.68%	2.11%
2002	291,616	1,889,970	1.69%	1.77%
2003	296,491	1,917,464	1.67%	1.45%
2004	301,413	1,942,082	1.66%	1.28%
2005	306,429	1,966,582	1.66%	1.26%
2006	313,851	1,991,888	2.42%	1.29%
2007	324,479	2,018,600	3.39%	1.34%
2008	336,170	2,047,056	3.6%	1.41%
2009	348,275	2,077,394	3.6%	1.48%
2010	360,792	2,109,811	3.59%	1.56%
2011	373,674	2,146,325	3.57%	1.73%
2012	386,818	2,194,654	3.52%	2.25%
2013	400,070	2,252,508	3.43%	2.64%
2014	413,617	2,312,139	3.39%	2.65%
2015	428,154	2,374,300	3.51%	2.69%
2016	443,308	2,439,213	3.54%	2.73%
2017	458,287	2,506,853	3.38%	2.77%
2018	473,099	2,577,327	3.23%	2.81%
2019	487,731	2,650,494	3.09%	2.84%
2020	502,118	2,728,762	2.95%	2.95%
2021	516,154	2,810,548	2.8%	3%
2022	524,106	2,889,662	1.54%	2.81%
2023	525,994	2,963,095	0.36%	2.54%
2024	527,799	3,030,131	0.34%	2.26%
2025	529,677	3,092,826	0.36%	2.07%
2026	531,514	3,153,252	0.35%	1.95%
2027	533,433	3,212,910	0.36%	1.89%
2028	535,502	3,272,166	0.39%	1.84%
2029	537,574	3,330,819	0.39%	1.79%
2030	539,667	3,389,961	0.39%	1.78%
2031	541,929	3,449,508	0.42%	1.76%
2032	544,288	3,508,245	0.44%	1.7%
2033	546,723	3,565,349	0.45%	1.63%
2034	549,162	3,621,829	0.45%	1.58%
2035	551,599	3,678,888	0.44%	1.58%
2036	554,092	3,735,939	0.45%	1.55%
2037	556,637	3,792,807	0.46%	1.52%
2038	559,231	3,850,310	0.47%	1.52%
2039	561,958	3,907,182	0.49%	1.48%
2040	564,800	3,962,414	0.51%	1.41%
2041	567,606	4,017,690	0.5%	1.4%
2042	570,381	4,073,359	0.49%	1.39%
2043	573,138	4,129,577	0.48%	1.38%
2044	575,811	4,186,114	0.47%	1.37%
2045	578,459	4,243,359	0.46%	1.37%
2046	581,026	4,299,969	0.44%	1.33%
2047	583,393	4,355,507	0.41%	1.29%
2048	585,720	4,409,459	0.4%	1.24%
2049	587,988	4,460,507	0.39%	1.16%
2050	589,960	4,512,307	0.34%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Namibia gained 407,718 people (a 20.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Namibia's population increased by 767,064 (a 32.3% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Namibia was ranked 143rd in 2005 and ranked 134th 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 Namibia will increase by 43.6% to 4,512,307 people and rank change from 134th to 131st.