Population in Maldives compared to Sri Lanka: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Maldives and Sri Lanka: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Sri Lanka	Maldives	Sri Lanka
1960	91,189	9,661,389	-	-
1961	93,450	9,899,372	2.48%	2.46%
1962	95,802	10,143,754	2.52%	2.47%
1963	98,222	10,395,040	2.53%	2.48%
1964	100,662	10,653,397	2.48%	2.49%
1965	104,102	10,916,965	3.42%	2.47%
1966	108,507	11,183,928	4.23%	2.45%
1967	112,528	11,457,328	3.71%	2.44%
1968	116,075	11,736,088	3.15%	2.43%
1969	119,564	12,013,858	3.01%	2.37%
1970	123,219	12,287,110	3.06%	2.27%
1971	127,035	12,551,910	3.1%	2.16%
1972	130,968	12,809,205	3.1%	2.05%
1973	134,952	13,060,916	3.04%	1.97%
1974	138,978	13,305,693	2.98%	1.87%
1975	143,158	13,548,984	3.01%	1.83%
1976	147,525	13,796,770	3.05%	1.83%
1977	151,930	14,049,371	2.99%	1.83%
1978	156,159	14,310,128	2.78%	1.86%
1979	160,360	14,579,614	2.69%	1.88%
1980	164,835	14,847,974	2.79%	1.84%
1981	169,532	15,099,414	2.85%	1.69%
1982	174,333	15,286,567	2.83%	1.24%
1983	179,128	15,388,794	2.75%	0.67%
1984	184,198	15,441,860	2.83%	0.34%
1985	190,169	15,544,154	3.24%	0.66%
1986	196,935	15,731,256	3.56%	1.2%
1987	203,944	15,916,576	3.56%	1.18%
1988	210,885	16,078,621	3.4%	1.02%
1989	217,738	16,248,557	3.25%	1.06%
1990	224,762	16,352,458	3.23%	0.64%
1991	231,802	16,475,354	3.13%	0.75%
1992	238,543	16,739,284	2.91%	1.6%
1993	244,884	17,025,918	2.66%	1.71%
1994	250,822	17,275,773	2.42%	1.47%
1995	256,649	17,564,068	2.32%	1.67%
1996	262,347	17,905,018	2.22%	1.94%
1997	267,707	18,248,200	2.04%	1.92%
1998	272,723	18,596,003	1.87%	1.91%
1999	277,412	18,944,731	1.72%	1.88%
2000	282,019	19,293,054	1.66%	1.84%
2001	286,767	19,600,362	1.68%	1.59%
2002	291,616	19,805,752	1.69%	1.05%
2003	296,491	19,951,521	1.67%	0.74%
2004	301,413	20,087,605	1.66%	0.68%
2005	306,429	20,216,524	1.66%	0.64%
2006	313,851	20,352,411	2.42%	0.67%
2007	324,479	20,492,545	3.39%	0.69%
2008	336,170	20,629,378	3.6%	0.67%
2009	348,275	20,756,435	3.6%	0.62%
2010	360,792	20,879,089	3.59%	0.59%
2011	373,674	21,009,048	3.57%	0.62%
2012	386,818	21,169,458	3.52%	0.76%
2013	400,070	20,585,000	3.43%	-2.76%
2014	413,617	20,778,000	3.39%	0.94%
2015	428,154	20,970,000	3.51%	0.92%
2016	443,308	21,209,000	3.54%	1.14%
2017	458,287	21,453,000	3.38%	1.15%
2018	473,099	21,670,000	3.23%	1.01%
2019	487,731	21,803,000	3.09%	0.61%
2020	502,118	21,919,000	2.95%	0.53%
2021	516,154	22,156,000	2.8%	1.08%
2022	524,106	22,181,000	1.54%	0.11%
2023	525,994	22,037,000	0.36%	-0.65%
2024	527,799	21,916,000	0.34%	-0.55%
2025	529,677	22,035,440	0.36%	0.54%
2026	531,514	22,148,172	0.35%	0.51%
2027	533,433	22,255,601	0.36%	0.49%
2028	535,502	22,357,682	0.39%	0.46%
2029	537,574	22,453,922	0.39%	0.43%
2030	539,667	22,546,245	0.39%	0.41%
2031	541,929	22,635,106	0.42%	0.39%
2032	544,288	22,720,118	0.44%	0.38%
2033	546,723	22,802,043	0.45%	0.36%
2034	549,162	22,879,527	0.45%	0.34%
2035	551,599	22,952,739	0.44%	0.32%
2036	554,092	23,022,027	0.45%	0.3%
2037	556,637	23,088,877	0.46%	0.29%
2038	559,231	23,152,480	0.47%	0.28%
2039	561,958	23,211,633	0.49%	0.26%
2040	564,800	23,265,986	0.51%	0.23%
2041	567,606	23,315,260	0.5%	0.21%
2042	570,381	23,359,578	0.49%	0.19%
2043	573,138	23,398,752	0.48%	0.17%
2044	575,811	23,433,096	0.47%	0.15%
2045	578,459	23,464,943	0.46%	0.14%
2046	581,026	23,492,738	0.44%	0.12%
2047	583,393	23,512,629	0.41%	0.08%
2048	585,720	23,525,953	0.4%	0.06%
2049	587,988	23,533,940	0.39%	0.03%
2050	589,960	23,538,230	0.34%	0.02%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Maldives increased by 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth), while Sri Lanka gained 856,589 people (a 4.21% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Maldives gained 88,226 (a 19.9% growth), while Sri Lanka's population increased by 940,346 (a 4.43% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2006 and is 168th in 2026. Sri Lanka was ranked 55th in 2006 and ranked 63rd 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 Sri Lanka will increase by 6.27% to 23,538,230 people and rank change from 63rd to 70th.