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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Qatar	Maldives	Qatar
1960	91,189	36,010	-	-
1961	93,450	39,680	2.48%	10.2%
1962	95,802	44,630	2.52%	12.5%
1963	98,222	50,380	2.53%	12.9%
1964	100,662	56,867	2.48%	12.9%
1965	104,102	64,065	3.42%	12.7%
1966	108,507	72,192	4.23%	12.7%
1967	112,528	81,439	3.71%	12.8%
1968	116,075	91,749	3.15%	12.7%
1969	119,564	103,025	3.01%	12.3%
1970	123,219	116,350	3.06%	12.9%
1971	127,035	131,346	3.1%	12.9%
1972	130,968	146,506	3.1%	11.5%
1973	134,952	161,841	3.04%	10.5%
1974	138,978	177,362	2.98%	9.59%
1975	143,158	193,087	3.01%	8.87%
1976	147,525	209,052	3.05%	8.27%
1977	151,930	225,285	2.99%	7.77%
1978	156,159	241,808	2.78%	7.33%
1979	160,360	258,670	2.69%	6.97%
1980	164,835	275,913	2.79%	6.67%
1981	169,532	293,553	2.85%	6.39%
1982	174,333	311,537	2.83%	6.13%
1983	179,128	329,709	2.75%	5.83%
1984	184,198	347,878	2.83%	5.51%
1985	190,169	365,940	3.24%	5.19%
1986	196,935	382,422	3.56%	4.5%
1987	203,944	397,005	3.56%	3.81%
1988	210,885	411,264	3.4%	3.59%
1989	217,738	425,646	3.25%	3.5%
1990	224,762	440,175	3.23%	3.41%
1991	231,802	454,853	3.13%	3.33%
1992	238,543	469,657	2.91%	3.25%
1993	244,884	484,545	2.66%	3.17%
1994	250,822	499,459	2.42%	3.08%
1995	256,649	514,325	2.32%	2.98%
1996	262,347	529,019	2.22%	2.86%
1997	267,707	550,500	2.04%	4.06%
1998	272,723	580,540	1.87%	5.46%
1999	277,412	612,500	1.72%	5.51%
2000	282,019	644,989	1.66%	5.3%
2001	286,767	677,925	1.68%	5.11%
2002	291,616	711,205	1.69%	4.91%
2003	296,491	744,682	1.67%	4.71%
2004	301,413	773,332	1.66%	3.85%
2005	306,429	825,408	1.66%	6.73%
2006	313,851	972,831	2.42%	17.9%
2007	324,479	1,208,595	3.39%	24.2%
2008	336,170	1,426,938	3.6%	18.1%
2009	348,275	1,608,903	3.6%	12.8%
2010	360,792	1,616,832	3.59%	0.49%
2011	373,674	1,624,761	3.57%	0.49%
2012	386,818	1,722,438	3.52%	6.01%
2013	400,070	1,916,426	3.43%	11.3%
2014	413,617	2,151,745	3.39%	12.3%
2015	428,154	2,344,557	3.51%	8.96%
2016	443,308	2,477,113	3.54%	5.65%
2017	458,287	2,545,820	3.38%	2.77%
2018	473,099	2,580,734	3.23%	1.37%
2019	487,731	2,638,657	3.09%	2.24%
2020	502,118	2,794,148	2.95%	5.89%
2021	516,154	2,504,910	2.8%	-10.4%
2022	524,106	2,657,333	1.54%	6.08%
2023	525,994	2,656,032	0.36%	-0.05%
2024	527,799	2,857,822	0.34%	7.6%
2025	529,677	2,921,065	0.36%	2.21%
2026	531,514	2,975,134	0.35%	1.85%
2027	533,433	3,019,526	0.36%	1.49%
2028	535,502	3,057,695	0.39%	1.26%
2029	537,574	3,092,803	0.39%	1.15%
2030	539,667	3,125,174	0.39%	1.05%
2031	541,929	3,156,754	0.42%	1.01%
2032	544,288	3,189,188	0.44%	1.03%
2033	546,723	3,222,500	0.45%	1.04%
2034	549,162	3,256,691	0.45%	1.06%
2035	551,599	3,291,711	0.44%	1.08%
2036	554,092	3,327,585	0.45%	1.09%
2037	556,637	3,364,333	0.46%	1.1%
2038	559,231	3,401,906	0.47%	1.12%
2039	561,958	3,440,293	0.49%	1.13%
2040	564,800	3,479,439	0.51%	1.14%
2041	567,606	3,519,302	0.5%	1.15%
2042	570,381	3,559,840	0.49%	1.15%
2043	573,138	3,601,019	0.48%	1.16%
2044	575,811	3,642,784	0.47%	1.16%
2045	578,459	3,685,111	0.46%	1.16%
2046	581,026	3,727,959	0.44%	1.16%
2047	583,393	3,771,287	0.41%	1.16%
2048	585,720	3,815,108	0.4%	1.16%
2049	587,988	3,859,368	0.39%	1.16%
2050	589,960	3,904,074	0.34%	1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Qatar gained 1,519,149 people (a 184% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Qatar's population increased by 619,940 (a 26.4% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Qatar was ranked 159th in 2005 and ranked 137th 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 Qatar will increase by 31.7% to 3,904,074 people and rank change from 137th to 134th.