Population in Maldives compared to Papua New Guinea: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Maldives and Papua New Guinea: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Papua New Guinea	Maldives	Papua New Guinea
1960	91,189	1,995,110	-	-
1961	93,450	2,046,127	2.48%	2.56%
1962	95,802	2,093,919	2.52%	2.34%
1963	98,222	2,141,376	2.53%	2.27%
1964	100,662	2,188,325	2.48%	2.19%
1965	104,102	2,235,820	3.42%	2.17%
1966	108,507	2,285,774	4.23%	2.23%
1967	112,528	2,337,532	3.71%	2.26%
1968	116,075	2,390,803	3.15%	2.28%
1969	119,564	2,446,927	3.01%	2.35%
1970	123,219	2,505,628	3.06%	2.4%
1971	127,035	2,566,421	3.1%	2.43%
1972	130,968	2,628,432	3.1%	2.42%
1973	134,952	2,690,629	3.04%	2.37%
1974	138,978	2,752,671	2.98%	2.31%
1975	143,158	2,814,820	3.01%	2.26%
1976	147,525	2,877,327	3.05%	2.22%
1977	151,930	2,940,327	2.99%	2.19%
1978	156,159	3,003,714	2.78%	2.16%
1979	160,360	3,067,341	2.69%	2.12%
1980	164,835	3,131,512	2.79%	2.09%
1981	169,532	3,197,019	2.85%	2.09%
1982	174,333	3,264,291	2.83%	2.1%
1983	179,128	3,333,633	2.75%	2.12%
1984	184,198	3,405,198	2.83%	2.15%
1985	190,169	3,478,936	3.24%	2.17%
1986	196,935	3,554,793	3.56%	2.18%
1987	203,944	3,632,543	3.56%	2.19%
1988	210,885	3,711,880	3.4%	2.18%
1989	217,738	3,796,078	3.25%	2.27%
1990	224,762	3,896,481	3.23%	2.64%
1991	231,802	4,021,837	3.13%	3.22%
1992	238,543	4,166,699	2.91%	3.6%
1993	244,884	4,320,872	2.66%	3.7%
1994	250,822	4,480,208	2.42%	3.69%
1995	256,649	4,644,278	2.32%	3.66%
1996	262,347	4,813,361	2.22%	3.64%
1997	267,707	4,987,883	2.04%	3.63%
1998	272,723	5,166,390	1.87%	3.58%
1999	277,412	5,349,333	1.72%	3.54%
2000	282,019	5,537,064	1.66%	3.51%
2001	286,767	5,728,435	1.68%	3.46%
2002	291,616	5,924,003	1.69%	3.41%
2003	296,491	6,123,997	1.67%	3.38%
2004	301,413	6,328,041	1.66%	3.33%
2005	306,429	6,535,905	1.66%	3.28%
2006	313,851	6,747,720	2.42%	3.24%
2007	324,479	6,963,345	3.39%	3.2%
2008	336,170	7,183,002	3.6%	3.15%
2009	348,275	7,406,438	3.6%	3.11%
2010	360,792	7,633,523	3.59%	3.07%
2011	373,674	7,859,346	3.57%	2.96%
2012	386,818	8,081,390	3.52%	2.83%
2013	400,070	8,302,698	3.43%	2.74%
2014	413,617	8,523,441	3.39%	2.66%
2015	428,154	8,743,246	3.51%	2.58%
2016	443,308	8,961,718	3.54%	2.5%
2017	458,287	9,178,714	3.38%	2.42%
2018	473,099	9,394,513	3.23%	2.35%
2019	487,731	9,609,010	3.09%	2.28%
2020	502,118	9,815,746	2.95%	2.15%
2021	516,154	10,012,896	2.8%	2.01%
2022	524,106	10,203,169	1.54%	1.9%
2023	525,994	10,389,635	0.36%	1.83%
2024	527,799	10,576,502	0.34%	1.8%
2025	529,677	10,762,813	0.36%	1.76%
2026	531,514	10,947,845	0.35%	1.72%
2027	533,433	11,131,268	0.36%	1.68%
2028	535,502	11,312,895	0.39%	1.63%
2029	537,574	11,492,799	0.39%	1.59%
2030	539,667	11,671,420	0.39%	1.55%
2031	541,929	11,848,221	0.42%	1.51%
2032	544,288	12,023,121	0.44%	1.48%
2033	546,723	12,196,639	0.45%	1.44%
2034	549,162	12,369,248	0.45%	1.42%
2035	551,599	12,540,596	0.44%	1.39%
2036	554,092	12,710,682	0.45%	1.36%
2037	556,637	12,879,737	0.46%	1.33%
2038	559,231	13,047,122	0.47%	1.3%
2039	561,958	13,212,668	0.49%	1.27%
2040	564,800	13,376,156	0.51%	1.24%
2041	567,606	13,537,361	0.5%	1.21%
2042	570,381	13,696,139	0.49%	1.17%
2043	573,138	13,853,410	0.48%	1.15%
2044	575,811	14,009,926	0.47%	1.13%
2045	578,459	14,165,578	0.46%	1.11%
2046	581,026	14,318,889	0.44%	1.08%
2047	583,393	14,469,210	0.41%	1.05%
2048	585,720	14,617,364	0.4%	1.02%
2049	587,988	14,763,600	0.39%	1%
2050	589,960	14,906,584	0.34%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.