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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	North Macedonia	Maldives	North Macedonia
1960	91,189	1,435,059	-	-
1961	93,450	1,455,171	2.48%	1.4%
1962	95,802	1,471,745	2.52%	1.14%
1963	98,222	1,488,737	2.53%	1.15%
1964	100,662	1,510,900	2.48%	1.49%
1965	104,102	1,533,466	3.42%	1.49%
1966	108,507	1,557,349	4.23%	1.56%
1967	112,528	1,582,492	3.71%	1.61%
1968	116,075	1,608,930	3.15%	1.67%
1969	119,564	1,636,345	3.01%	1.7%
1970	123,219	1,664,208	3.06%	1.7%
1971	127,035	1,691,216	3.1%	1.62%
1972	130,968	1,717,395	3.1%	1.55%
1973	134,952	1,743,816	3.04%	1.54%
1974	138,978	1,770,545	2.98%	1.53%
1975	143,158	1,797,972	3.01%	1.55%
1976	147,525	1,825,830	3.05%	1.55%
1977	151,930	1,853,138	2.99%	1.5%
1978	156,159	1,879,847	2.78%	1.44%
1979	160,360	1,906,523	2.69%	1.42%
1980	164,835	1,933,038	2.79%	1.39%
1981	169,532	1,959,065	2.85%	1.35%
1982	174,333	1,978,956	2.83%	1.02%
1983	179,128	1,991,901	2.75%	0.65%
1984	184,198	2,003,399	2.83%	0.58%
1985	190,169	2,014,331	3.24%	0.55%
1986	196,935	2,024,732	3.56%	0.52%
1987	203,944	2,035,157	3.56%	0.51%
1988	210,885	2,045,737	3.4%	0.52%
1989	217,738	2,055,649	3.25%	0.48%
1990	224,762	2,063,689	3.23%	0.39%
1991	231,802	2,055,994	3.13%	-0.37%
1992	238,543	2,032,523	2.91%	-1.14%
1993	244,884	2,006,854	2.66%	-1.26%
1994	250,822	1,992,666	2.42%	-0.71%
1995	256,649	1,998,534	2.32%	0.29%
1996	262,347	2,012,553	2.22%	0.7%
1997	267,707	1,996,869	2.04%	-0.78%
1998	272,723	2,007,523	1.87%	0.53%
1999	277,412	2,017,142	1.72%	0.48%
2000	282,019	2,026,350	1.66%	0.46%
2001	286,767	2,034,882	1.68%	0.42%
2002	291,616	2,020,157	1.69%	-0.72%
2003	296,491	2,022,725	1.67%	0.13%
2004	301,413	2,016,186	1.66%	-0.32%
2005	306,429	2,005,330	1.66%	-0.54%
2006	313,851	1,994,287	2.42%	-0.55%
2007	324,479	1,982,933	3.39%	-0.57%
2008	336,170	1,971,493	3.6%	-0.58%
2009	348,275	1,958,782	3.6%	-0.64%
2010	360,792	1,946,298	3.59%	-0.64%
2011	373,674	1,937,398	3.57%	-0.46%
2012	386,818	1,929,821	3.52%	-0.39%
2013	400,070	1,922,716	3.43%	-0.37%
2014	413,617	1,917,557	3.39%	-0.27%
2015	428,154	1,912,430	3.51%	-0.27%
2016	443,308	1,906,313	3.54%	-0.32%
2017	458,287	1,898,657	3.38%	-0.4%
2018	473,099	1,889,051	3.23%	-0.51%
2019	487,731	1,876,262	3.09%	-0.68%
2020	502,118	1,856,124	2.95%	-1.07%
2021	516,154	1,837,114	2.8%	-1.02%
2022	524,106	1,831,712	1.54%	-0.29%
2023	525,994	1,827,816	0.36%	-0.21%
2024	527,799	1,824,359	0.34%	-0.19%
2025	529,677	1,815,133	0.36%	-0.51%
2026	531,514	1,805,395	0.35%	-0.54%
2027	533,433	1,795,422	0.36%	-0.55%
2028	535,502	1,785,331	0.39%	-0.56%
2029	537,574	1,774,860	0.39%	-0.59%
2030	539,667	1,763,791	0.39%	-0.62%
2031	541,929	1,752,330	0.42%	-0.65%
2032	544,288	1,740,795	0.44%	-0.66%
2033	546,723	1,729,225	0.45%	-0.66%
2034	549,162	1,717,480	0.45%	-0.68%
2035	551,599	1,705,456	0.44%	-0.7%
2036	554,092	1,693,196	0.45%	-0.72%
2037	556,637	1,680,741	0.46%	-0.74%
2038	559,231	1,668,308	0.47%	-0.74%
2039	561,958	1,655,824	0.49%	-0.75%
2040	564,800	1,643,124	0.51%	-0.77%
2041	567,606	1,630,336	0.5%	-0.78%
2042	570,381	1,617,428	0.49%	-0.79%
2043	573,138	1,604,359	0.48%	-0.81%
2044	575,811	1,591,423	0.47%	-0.81%
2045	578,459	1,578,519	0.46%	-0.81%
2046	581,026	1,565,479	0.44%	-0.83%
2047	583,393	1,552,566	0.41%	-0.82%
2048	585,720	1,539,797	0.4%	-0.82%
2049	587,988	1,526,883	0.39%	-0.84%
2050	589,960	1,513,804	0.34%	-0.86%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Maldives increased by 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth), while North Macedonia lost 87,974 people (a 4.41% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Maldives gained 88,226 (a 19.9% growth), while North Macedonia's population decreased by -100,918 (a 5.29% decline).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2006 and is 168th in 2026. North Macedonia was ranked 142nd in 2006 and ranked 150th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Maldives' population will grow by 11% to 589,960 people with a rank change from 168th to 166th. The population of North Macedonia will decrease by 16.2% to 1,513,804 people and rank change from 150th to 152nd.