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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Rwanda	Maldives	Rwanda
1960	91,189	3,022,294	-	-
1961	93,450	3,106,779	2.48%	2.8%
1962	95,802	3,186,025	2.52%	2.55%
1963	98,222	3,258,890	2.53%	2.29%
1964	100,662	3,334,834	2.48%	2.33%
1965	104,102	3,423,210	3.42%	2.65%
1966	108,507	3,521,626	4.23%	2.87%
1967	112,528	3,629,577	3.71%	3.07%
1968	116,075	3,744,010	3.15%	3.15%
1969	119,564	3,861,271	3.01%	3.13%
1970	123,219	3,980,669	3.06%	3.09%
1971	127,035	4,100,044	3.1%	3%
1972	130,968	4,220,335	3.1%	2.93%
1973	134,952	4,345,047	3.04%	2.96%
1974	138,978	4,474,228	2.98%	2.97%
1975	143,158	4,607,728	3.01%	2.98%
1976	147,525	4,745,954	3.05%	3%
1977	151,930	4,888,240	2.99%	3%
1978	156,159	5,035,171	2.78%	3.01%
1979	160,360	5,189,541	2.69%	3.07%
1980	164,835	5,353,259	2.79%	3.15%
1981	169,532	5,527,230	2.85%	3.25%
1982	174,333	5,711,549	2.83%	3.33%
1983	179,128	5,905,311	2.75%	3.39%
1984	184,198	6,107,627	2.83%	3.43%
1985	190,169	6,317,228	3.24%	3.43%
1986	196,935	6,531,881	3.56%	3.4%
1987	203,944	6,749,493	3.56%	3.33%
1988	210,885	6,968,071	3.4%	3.24%
1989	217,738	7,184,706	3.25%	3.11%
1990	224,762	7,375,307	3.23%	2.65%
1991	231,802	7,526,966	3.13%	2.06%
1992	238,543	7,683,266	2.91%	2.08%
1993	244,884	7,981,132	2.66%	3.88%
1994	250,822	6,792,352	2.42%	-14.9%
1995	256,649	5,674,118	2.32%	-16.5%
1996	262,347	6,708,764	2.22%	18.2%
1997	267,707	7,755,238	2.04%	15.6%
1998	272,723	8,081,681	1.87%	4.21%
1999	277,412	8,147,912	1.72%	0.82%
2000	282,019	8,213,931	1.66%	0.81%
2001	286,767	8,287,094	1.68%	0.89%
2002	291,616	8,400,180	1.69%	1.36%
2003	296,491	8,586,875	1.67%	2.22%
2004	301,413	8,816,844	1.66%	2.68%
2005	306,429	9,054,528	1.66%	2.7%
2006	313,851	9,299,246	2.42%	2.7%
2007	324,479	9,549,933	3.39%	2.7%
2008	336,170	9,804,269	3.6%	2.66%
2009	348,275	10,060,432	3.6%	2.61%
2010	360,792	10,317,553	3.59%	2.56%
2011	373,674	10,573,733	3.57%	2.48%
2012	386,818	10,829,901	3.52%	2.42%
2013	400,070	11,093,340	3.43%	2.43%
2014	413,617	11,364,757	3.39%	2.45%
2015	428,154	11,640,022	3.51%	2.42%
2016	443,308	11,919,183	3.54%	2.4%
2017	458,287	12,202,060	3.38%	2.37%
2018	473,099	12,487,996	3.23%	2.34%
2019	487,731	12,776,103	3.09%	2.31%
2020	502,118	13,065,837	2.95%	2.27%
2021	516,154	13,355,260	2.8%	2.22%
2022	524,106	13,651,030	1.54%	2.21%
2023	525,994	13,954,471	0.36%	2.22%
2024	527,799	14,256,567	0.34%	2.16%
2025	529,677	14,569,343	0.36%	2.19%
2026	531,514	14,889,694	0.35%	2.2%
2027	533,433	15,214,324	0.36%	2.18%
2028	535,502	15,536,461	0.39%	2.12%
2029	537,574	15,844,649	0.39%	1.98%
2030	539,667	16,154,698	0.39%	1.96%
2031	541,929	16,473,106	0.42%	1.97%
2032	544,288	16,771,820	0.44%	1.81%
2033	546,723	17,073,475	0.45%	1.8%
2034	549,162	17,402,250	0.45%	1.93%
2035	551,599	17,746,315	0.44%	1.98%
2036	554,092	18,076,769	0.45%	1.86%
2037	556,637	18,395,838	0.46%	1.77%
2038	559,231	18,729,778	0.47%	1.82%
2039	561,958	19,076,783	0.49%	1.85%
2040	564,800	19,440,762	0.51%	1.91%
2041	567,606	19,806,170	0.5%	1.88%
2042	570,381	20,153,979	0.49%	1.76%
2043	573,138	20,500,826	0.48%	1.72%
2044	575,811	20,837,079	0.47%	1.64%
2045	578,459	21,152,650	0.46%	1.51%
2046	581,026	21,459,144	0.44%	1.45%
2047	583,393	21,764,578	0.41%	1.42%
2048	585,720	22,086,112	0.4%	1.48%
2049	587,988	22,403,887	0.39%	1.44%
2050	589,960	22,707,896	0.34%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Rwanda gained 2,585,494 people (a 28.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Rwanda's population increased by 3,186,652 (a 27.4% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Rwanda was ranked 87th in 2005 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 53.2% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.