Population in Maldives compared to North Korea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Maldives and North Korea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	North Korea	Maldives	North Korea
1960	91,189	11,722,953	-	-
1961	93,450	11,990,713	2.48%	2.28%
1962	95,802	12,262,882	2.52%	2.27%
1963	98,222	12,567,057	2.53%	2.48%
1964	100,662	12,889,770	2.48%	2.57%
1965	104,102	13,219,369	3.42%	2.56%
1966	108,507	13,569,094	4.23%	2.65%
1967	112,528	13,958,350	3.71%	2.87%
1968	116,075	14,365,596	3.15%	2.92%
1969	119,564	14,767,615	3.01%	2.8%
1970	123,219	15,172,775	3.06%	2.74%
1971	127,035	15,572,457	3.1%	2.63%
1972	130,968	15,975,069	3.1%	2.59%
1973	134,952	16,350,367	3.04%	2.35%
1974	138,978	16,673,121	2.98%	1.97%
1975	143,158	16,971,055	3.01%	1.79%
1976	147,525	17,243,450	3.05%	1.61%
1977	151,930	17,492,798	2.99%	1.45%
1978	156,159	17,735,995	2.78%	1.39%
1979	160,360	17,983,470	2.69%	1.4%
1980	164,835	18,236,786	2.79%	1.41%
1981	169,532	18,501,295	2.85%	1.45%
1982	174,333	18,776,357	2.83%	1.49%
1983	179,128	19,054,034	2.75%	1.48%
1984	184,198	19,335,043	2.83%	1.47%
1985	190,169	19,620,388	3.24%	1.48%
1986	196,935	19,910,855	3.56%	1.48%
1987	203,944	20,205,483	3.56%	1.48%
1988	210,885	20,503,161	3.4%	1.47%
1989	217,738	20,804,367	3.25%	1.47%
1990	224,762	21,112,137	3.23%	1.48%
1991	231,802	21,428,638	3.13%	1.5%
1992	238,543	21,750,911	2.91%	1.5%
1993	244,884	22,073,352	2.66%	1.48%
1994	250,822	22,393,975	2.42%	1.45%
1995	256,649	22,669,304	2.32%	1.23%
1996	262,347	22,895,746	2.22%	1%
1997	267,707	23,110,830	2.04%	0.94%
1998	272,723	23,311,564	1.87%	0.87%
1999	277,412	23,497,599	1.72%	0.8%
2000	282,019	23,665,910	1.66%	0.72%
2001	286,767	23,815,358	1.68%	0.63%
2002	291,616	23,943,973	1.69%	0.54%
2003	296,491	24,090,380	1.67%	0.61%
2004	301,413	24,254,943	1.66%	0.68%
2005	306,429	24,396,433	1.66%	0.58%
2006	313,851	24,524,507	2.42%	0.52%
2007	324,479	24,646,383	3.39%	0.5%
2008	336,170	24,764,618	3.6%	0.48%
2009	348,275	24,878,332	3.6%	0.46%
2010	360,792	24,987,258	3.59%	0.44%
2011	373,674	25,097,874	3.57%	0.44%
2012	386,818	25,211,728	3.52%	0.45%
2013	400,070	25,329,451	3.43%	0.47%
2014	413,617	25,451,262	3.39%	0.48%
2015	428,154	25,575,350	3.51%	0.49%
2016	443,308	25,698,326	3.54%	0.48%
2017	458,287	25,817,709	3.38%	0.46%
2018	473,099	25,931,147	3.23%	0.44%
2019	487,731	26,037,632	3.09%	0.41%
2020	502,118	26,136,312	2.95%	0.38%
2021	516,154	26,232,534	2.8%	0.37%
2022	524,106	26,328,845	1.54%	0.37%
2023	525,994	26,418,204	0.36%	0.34%
2024	527,799	26,498,823	0.34%	0.31%
2025	529,677	26,571,033	0.36%	0.27%
2026	531,514	26,633,682	0.35%	0.24%
2027	533,433	26,686,492	0.36%	0.2%
2028	535,502	26,729,261	0.39%	0.16%
2029	537,574	26,762,008	0.39%	0.12%
2030	539,667	26,784,894	0.39%	0.09%
2031	541,929	26,797,946	0.42%	0.05%
2032	544,288	26,801,071	0.44%	0.01%
2033	546,723	26,795,061	0.45%	-0.02%
2034	549,162	26,780,481	0.45%	-0.05%
2035	551,599	26,757,705	0.44%	-0.09%
2036	554,092	26,727,309	0.45%	-0.11%
2037	556,637	26,689,907	0.46%	-0.14%
2038	559,231	26,646,323	0.47%	-0.16%
2039	561,958	26,596,967	0.49%	-0.19%
2040	564,800	26,542,417	0.51%	-0.21%
2041	567,606	26,483,475	0.5%	-0.22%
2042	570,381	26,420,812	0.49%	-0.24%
2043	573,138	26,354,324	0.48%	-0.25%
2044	575,811	26,284,000	0.47%	-0.27%
2045	578,459	26,210,196	0.46%	-0.28%
2046	581,026	26,132,922	0.44%	-0.29%
2047	583,393	26,052,086	0.41%	-0.31%
2048	585,720	25,967,581	0.4%	-0.32%
2049	587,988	25,879,244	0.39%	-0.34%
2050	589,960	25,787,120	0.34%	-0.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while North Korea gained 1,178,917 people (a 4.83% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while North Korea's population increased by 1,046,007 (a 4.09% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. North Korea was ranked 46th in 2005 and ranked 56th 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 North Korea will decrease by 3.13% to 25,787,120 people and rank change from 56th to 66th.