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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	South Sudan	Maldives	South Sudan
1960	91,189	2,931,559	-	-
1961	93,450	2,976,724	2.48%	1.54%
1962	95,802	3,024,308	2.52%	1.6%
1963	98,222	3,072,669	2.53%	1.6%
1964	100,662	3,129,918	2.48%	1.86%
1965	104,102	3,189,835	3.42%	1.91%
1966	108,507	3,236,423	4.23%	1.46%
1967	112,528	3,277,648	3.71%	1.27%
1968	116,075	3,321,528	3.15%	1.34%
1969	119,564	3,365,533	3.01%	1.32%
1970	123,219	3,409,614	3.06%	1.31%
1971	127,035	3,468,646	3.1%	1.73%
1972	130,968	3,542,497	3.1%	2.13%
1973	134,952	3,627,383	3.04%	2.4%
1974	138,978	3,723,259	2.98%	2.64%
1975	143,158	3,821,494	3.01%	2.64%
1976	147,525	3,921,910	3.05%	2.63%
1977	151,930	4,024,032	2.99%	2.6%
1978	156,159	4,127,657	2.78%	2.58%
1979	160,360	4,232,605	2.69%	2.54%
1980	164,835	4,339,030	2.79%	2.51%
1981	169,532	4,447,272	2.85%	2.49%
1982	174,333	4,557,686	2.83%	2.48%
1983	179,128	4,661,574	2.75%	2.28%
1984	184,198	4,750,627	2.83%	1.91%
1985	190,169	4,834,296	3.24%	1.76%
1986	196,935	4,921,240	3.56%	1.8%
1987	203,944	4,962,395	3.56%	0.84%
1988	210,885	4,848,029	3.4%	-2.3%
1989	217,738	4,713,229	3.25%	-2.78%
1990	224,762	4,737,633	3.23%	0.52%
1991	231,802	4,836,677	3.13%	2.09%
1992	238,543	4,909,749	2.91%	1.51%
1993	244,884	4,956,002	2.66%	0.94%
1994	250,822	5,071,184	2.42%	2.32%
1995	256,649	5,225,836	2.32%	3.05%
1996	262,347	5,356,925	2.22%	2.51%
1997	267,707	5,509,136	2.04%	2.84%
1998	272,723	5,620,068	1.87%	2.01%
1999	277,412	5,771,628	1.72%	2.7%
2000	282,019	6,032,267	1.66%	4.52%
2001	286,767	6,308,391	1.68%	4.58%
2002	291,616	6,596,806	1.69%	4.57%
2003	296,491	6,903,127	1.67%	4.64%
2004	301,413	7,233,041	1.66%	4.78%
2005	306,429	7,590,143	1.66%	4.94%
2006	313,851	7,976,526	2.42%	5.09%
2007	324,479	8,388,788	3.39%	5.17%
2008	336,170	8,817,647	3.6%	5.11%
2009	348,275	9,243,556	3.6%	4.83%
2010	360,792	9,745,953	3.59%	5.44%
2011	373,674	10,288,109	3.57%	5.56%
2012	386,818	10,756,240	3.52%	4.55%
2013	400,070	11,166,275	3.43%	3.81%
2014	413,617	11,235,073	3.39%	0.62%
2015	428,154	11,107,561	3.51%	-1.13%
2016	443,308	10,830,102	3.54%	-2.5%
2017	458,287	10,259,154	3.38%	-5.27%
2018	473,099	10,122,977	3.23%	-1.33%
2019	487,731	10,423,384	3.09%	2.97%
2020	502,118	10,698,467	2.95%	2.64%
2021	516,154	10,865,780	2.8%	1.56%
2022	524,106	11,021,177	1.54%	1.43%
2023	525,994	11,483,374	0.36%	4.19%
2024	527,799	11,943,408	0.34%	4.01%
2025	529,677	12,188,793	0.36%	2.05%
2026	531,514	12,436,036	0.35%	2.03%
2027	533,433	12,687,301	0.36%	2.02%
2028	535,502	12,941,503	0.39%	2%
2029	537,574	13,198,080	0.39%	1.98%
2030	539,667	13,457,446	0.39%	1.97%
2031	541,929	13,725,413	0.42%	1.99%
2032	544,288	13,996,343	0.44%	1.97%
2033	546,723	14,261,762	0.45%	1.9%
2034	549,162	14,527,550	0.45%	1.86%
2035	551,599	14,798,602	0.44%	1.87%
2036	554,092	15,070,098	0.45%	1.83%
2037	556,637	15,335,700	0.46%	1.76%
2038	559,231	15,595,968	0.47%	1.7%
2039	561,958	15,850,696	0.49%	1.63%
2040	564,800	16,101,470	0.51%	1.58%
2041	567,606	16,350,149	0.5%	1.54%
2042	570,381	16,593,361	0.49%	1.49%
2043	573,138	16,829,209	0.48%	1.42%
2044	575,811	17,060,176	0.47%	1.37%
2045	578,459	17,286,412	0.46%	1.33%
2046	581,026	17,509,693	0.44%	1.29%
2047	583,393	17,728,331	0.41%	1.25%
2048	585,720	17,938,437	0.4%	1.19%
2049	587,988	18,142,893	0.39%	1.14%
2050	589,960	18,341,968	0.34%	1.1%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Maldives increased by 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth), while South Sudan gained 2,853,576 people (a 35.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Maldives gained 88,226 (a 19.9% growth), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,608,680 (a 14.9% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2006 and is 168th in 2026. South Sudan was ranked 92nd in 2006 and ranked 80th 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 Sudan will increase by 47.5% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 80th to 78th.