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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	South Korea	Maldives	South Korea
1960	91,189	25,012,374	-	-
1961	93,450	25,765,673	2.48%	3.01%
1962	95,802	26,513,030	2.52%	2.9%
1963	98,222	27,261,747	2.53%	2.82%
1964	100,662	27,984,155	2.48%	2.65%
1965	104,102	28,704,674	3.42%	2.57%
1966	108,507	29,435,571	4.23%	2.55%
1967	112,528	30,130,983	3.71%	2.36%
1968	116,075	30,838,302	3.15%	2.35%
1969	119,564	31,544,266	3.01%	2.29%
1970	123,219	32,240,827	3.06%	2.21%
1971	127,035	32,882,704	3.1%	1.99%
1972	130,968	33,505,406	3.1%	1.89%
1973	134,952	34,103,149	3.04%	1.78%
1974	138,978	34,692,266	2.98%	1.73%
1975	143,158	35,280,725	3.01%	1.7%
1976	147,525	35,848,523	3.05%	1.61%
1977	151,930	36,411,795	2.99%	1.57%
1978	156,159	36,969,185	2.78%	1.53%
1979	160,360	37,534,236	2.69%	1.53%
1980	164,835	38,123,775	2.79%	1.57%
1981	169,532	38,723,248	2.85%	1.57%
1982	174,333	39,326,352	2.83%	1.56%
1983	179,128	39,910,403	2.75%	1.49%
1984	184,198	40,405,956	2.83%	1.24%
1985	190,169	40,805,744	3.24%	0.99%
1986	196,935	41,213,674	3.56%	1%
1987	203,944	41,621,690	3.56%	0.99%
1988	210,885	42,031,247	3.4%	0.98%
1989	217,738	42,449,038	3.25%	0.99%
1990	224,762	42,869,283	3.23%	0.99%
1991	231,802	43,295,704	3.13%	0.99%
1992	238,543	43,747,962	2.91%	1.04%
1993	244,884	44,194,628	2.66%	1.02%
1994	250,822	44,641,540	2.42%	1.01%
1995	256,649	45,092,991	2.32%	1.01%
1996	262,347	45,524,681	2.22%	0.96%
1997	267,707	45,953,580	2.04%	0.94%
1998	272,723	46,286,503	1.87%	0.72%
1999	277,412	46,616,677	1.72%	0.71%
2000	282,019	47,008,111	1.66%	0.84%
2001	286,767	47,370,164	1.68%	0.77%
2002	291,616	47,644,736	1.69%	0.58%
2003	296,491	47,892,330	1.67%	0.52%
2004	301,413	48,082,519	1.66%	0.4%
2005	306,429	48,184,561	1.66%	0.21%
2006	313,851	48,438,292	2.42%	0.53%
2007	324,479	48,683,638	3.39%	0.51%
2008	336,170	49,054,708	3.6%	0.76%
2009	348,275	49,307,835	3.6%	0.52%
2010	360,792	49,554,112	3.59%	0.5%
2011	373,674	49,936,638	3.57%	0.77%
2012	386,818	50,199,853	3.52%	0.53%
2013	400,070	50,428,893	3.43%	0.46%
2014	413,617	50,746,659	3.39%	0.63%
2015	428,154	51,014,947	3.51%	0.53%
2016	443,308	51,217,803	3.54%	0.4%
2017	458,287	51,361,911	3.38%	0.28%
2018	473,099	51,585,058	3.23%	0.43%
2019	487,731	51,764,822	3.09%	0.35%
2020	502,118	51,836,239	2.95%	0.14%
2021	516,154	51,769,539	2.8%	-0.13%
2022	524,106	51,672,569	1.54%	-0.19%
2023	525,994	51,712,619	0.36%	0.08%
2024	527,799	51,751,065	0.34%	0.07%
2025	529,677	51,700,480	0.36%	-0.1%
2026	531,514	51,633,793	0.35%	-0.13%
2027	533,433	51,552,198	0.36%	-0.16%
2028	535,502	51,456,707	0.39%	-0.19%
2029	537,574	51,347,230	0.39%	-0.21%
2030	539,667	51,221,713	0.39%	-0.24%
2031	541,929	51,081,220	0.42%	-0.27%
2032	544,288	50,924,233	0.44%	-0.31%
2033	546,723	50,747,132	0.45%	-0.35%
2034	549,162	50,549,508	0.45%	-0.39%
2035	551,599	50,333,286	0.44%	-0.43%
2036	554,092	50,098,951	0.45%	-0.47%
2037	556,637	49,845,669	0.46%	-0.51%
2038	559,231	49,573,234	0.47%	-0.55%
2039	561,958	49,283,770	0.49%	-0.58%
2040	564,800	48,980,369	0.51%	-0.62%
2041	567,606	48,661,905	0.5%	-0.65%
2042	570,381	48,331,004	0.49%	-0.68%
2043	573,138	47,990,085	0.48%	-0.71%
2044	575,811	47,634,183	0.47%	-0.74%
2045	578,459	47,263,526	0.46%	-0.78%
2046	581,026	46,881,228	0.44%	-0.81%
2047	583,393	46,482,133	0.41%	-0.85%
2048	585,720	46,063,595	0.4%	-0.9%
2049	587,988	45,626,805	0.39%	-0.95%
2050	589,960	45,172,356	0.34%	-1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Maldives increased by 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth), while South Korea gained 2,779,511 people (a 5.74% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Maldives gained 88,226 (a 19.9% growth), while South Korea's population increased by 415,990 (a 0.81% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2006 and is 168th in 2026. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2006 and ranked 31st 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 South Korea will decrease by 12.5% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.