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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Nigeria	Maldives	Nigeria
1960	91,189	45,053,782	-	-
1961	93,450	45,989,310	2.48%	2.08%
1962	95,802	46,965,292	2.52%	2.12%
1963	98,222	47,973,575	2.53%	2.15%
1964	100,662	49,012,016	2.48%	2.16%
1965	104,102	50,086,764	3.42%	2.19%
1966	108,507	51,188,234	4.23%	2.2%
1967	112,528	52,293,065	3.71%	2.16%
1968	116,075	53,432,783	3.15%	2.18%
1969	119,564	54,631,914	3.01%	2.24%
1970	123,219	55,893,838	3.06%	2.31%
1971	127,035	57,214,684	3.1%	2.36%
1972	130,968	58,601,748	3.1%	2.42%
1973	134,952	60,082,139	3.04%	2.53%
1974	138,978	61,679,144	2.98%	2.66%
1975	143,158	63,410,815	3.01%	2.81%
1976	147,525	65,258,009	3.05%	2.91%
1977	151,930	67,234,590	2.99%	3.03%
1978	156,159	69,326,532	2.78%	3.11%
1979	160,360	71,498,242	2.69%	3.13%
1980	164,835	73,764,641	2.79%	3.17%
1981	169,532	76,068,103	2.85%	3.12%
1982	174,333	78,378,701	2.83%	3.04%
1983	179,128	80,438,260	2.75%	2.63%
1984	184,198	82,526,443	2.83%	2.6%
1985	190,169	84,897,973	3.24%	2.87%
1986	196,935	87,235,953	3.56%	2.75%
1987	203,944	89,591,716	3.56%	2.7%
1988	210,885	92,020,090	3.4%	2.71%
1989	217,738	94,531,014	3.25%	2.73%
1990	224,762	97,120,925	3.23%	2.74%
1991	231,802	99,720,162	3.13%	2.68%
1992	238,543	102,372,770	2.91%	2.66%
1993	244,884	105,122,069	2.66%	2.69%
1994	250,822	107,935,714	2.42%	2.68%
1995	256,649	110,819,428	2.32%	2.67%
1996	262,347	113,754,779	2.22%	2.65%
1997	267,707	116,754,792	2.04%	2.64%
1998	272,723	119,846,254	1.87%	2.65%
1999	277,412	123,047,320	1.72%	2.67%
2000	282,019	126,382,494	1.66%	2.71%
2001	286,767	129,862,595	1.68%	2.75%
2002	291,616	133,471,989	1.69%	2.78%
2003	296,491	137,202,644	1.67%	2.8%
2004	301,413	141,057,045	1.66%	2.81%
2005	306,429	145,017,253	1.66%	2.81%
2006	313,851	149,077,334	2.42%	2.8%
2007	324,479	153,267,261	3.39%	2.81%
2008	336,170	157,595,014	3.6%	2.82%
2009	348,275	162,049,464	3.6%	2.83%
2010	360,792	166,642,886	3.59%	2.83%
2011	373,674	171,379,598	3.57%	2.84%
2012	386,818	176,200,625	3.52%	2.81%
2013	400,070	181,049,443	3.43%	2.75%
2014	413,617	185,896,915	3.39%	2.68%
2015	428,154	190,671,878	3.51%	2.57%
2016	443,308	195,443,700	3.54%	2.5%
2017	458,287	200,254,579	3.38%	2.46%
2018	473,099	204,938,755	3.23%	2.34%
2019	487,731	209,485,641	3.09%	2.22%
2020	502,118	213,996,181	2.95%	2.15%
2021	516,154	218,529,286	2.8%	2.12%
2022	524,106	223,150,896	1.54%	2.11%
2023	525,994	227,882,945	0.36%	2.12%
2024	527,799	232,679,478	0.34%	2.1%
2025	529,677	237,527,783	0.36%	2.08%
2026	531,514	242,431,830	0.35%	2.06%
2027	533,433	247,374,258	0.36%	2.04%
2028	535,502	252,346,128	0.39%	2.01%
2029	537,574	257,352,638	0.39%	1.98%
2030	539,667	262,380,975	0.39%	1.95%
2031	541,929	267,421,079	0.42%	1.92%
2032	544,288	272,483,635	0.44%	1.89%
2033	546,723	277,555,116	0.45%	1.86%
2034	549,162	282,622,388	0.45%	1.83%
2035	551,599	287,685,757	0.44%	1.79%
2036	554,092	292,739,390	0.45%	1.76%
2037	556,637	297,773,236	0.46%	1.72%
2038	559,231	302,782,350	0.47%	1.68%
2039	561,958	307,764,754	0.49%	1.65%
2040	564,800	312,710,403	0.51%	1.61%
2041	567,606	317,607,237	0.5%	1.57%
2042	570,381	322,450,302	0.49%	1.52%
2043	573,138	327,243,941	0.48%	1.49%
2044	575,811	331,983,354	0.47%	1.45%
2045	578,459	336,662,502	0.46%	1.41%
2046	581,026	341,281,757	0.44%	1.37%
2047	583,393	345,844,004	0.41%	1.34%
2048	585,720	350,347,757	0.4%	1.3%
2049	587,988	354,792,418	0.39%	1.27%
2050	589,960	359,185,550	0.34%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.