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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Maldives was 527,799 in 2024 vs 50,448,963 people in Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Maldives' population is 531,152 people compared to 52,963,918 in Sudan.

Population statistics:

  • Sudan's population is 99.7 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Maldives is ranked the 168th most populous country in the world, while Sudan is the 29th.
  • The countries together account for 0.65% of the world: 0.006% for Maldives vs 0.64% for Sudan.
  • For the last 10 years, Maldives has had an average growth rate of +2.56% per year vs +2.67% in Sudan.
  • Since 2005, the population of Maldives has increased from 306K people to 531K (73.3% growth), while Sudan has grown from 31.3M to 53M (69.4% growth).
  • Maldives is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 597K people compared to the peak of 137M people in 2100 for Sudan.

Maldives vs Sudan: live population counter

Maldives Sudan
Current population
531152
52963918
Population rank 168/197 29/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 0.64%
One net population change
4.85 hours
1.29 minutes
One birth every
1.51 hours
18.7 seconds
One death every
7.13 hours
1.64 minutes
One migration net change every
3.62 hours
57.9 seconds
Annual migration change -2,421 -544,257
Daily growth/decline +5 +1,113
Annual growth/decline +1,805 +406,172
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% +0.81%
Population growth rate rank 145/197 118/197

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

Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Sudan
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Maldives Sudan Maldives Sudan
1960 91,189 8,364,489 - -
1961 93,450 8,634,941 2.48% 3.23%
1962 95,802 8,919,028 2.52% 3.29%
1963 98,222 9,218,077 2.53% 3.35%
1964 100,662 9,531,109 2.48% 3.4%
1965 104,102 9,858,030 3.42% 3.43%
1966 108,507 10,197,578 4.23% 3.44%
1967 112,528 10,550,597 3.71% 3.46%
1968 116,075 10,917,999 3.15% 3.48%
1969 119,564 11,298,936 3.01% 3.49%
1970 123,219 11,695,771 3.06% 3.51%
1971 127,035 12,105,539 3.1% 3.5%
1972 130,968 12,527,856 3.1% 3.49%
1973 134,952 13,049,315 3.04% 4.16%
1974 138,978 13,580,723 2.98% 4.07%
1975 143,158 14,064,798 3.01% 3.56%
1976 147,525 14,569,716 3.05% 3.59%
1977 151,930 15,086,614 2.99% 3.55%
1978 156,159 15,695,003 2.78% 4.03%
1979 160,360 16,355,352 2.69% 4.21%
1980 164,835 17,058,905 2.79% 4.3%
1981 169,532 17,780,572 2.85% 4.23%
1982 174,333 18,486,645 2.83% 3.97%
1983 179,128 19,109,770 2.75% 3.37%
1984 184,198 19,546,528 2.83% 2.29%
1985 190,169 19,905,872 3.24% 1.84%
1986 196,935 20,288,238 3.56% 1.92%
1987 203,944 20,704,904 3.56% 2.05%
1988 210,885 21,138,431 3.4% 2.09%
1989 217,738 21,578,022 3.25% 2.08%
1990 224,762 22,021,481 3.23% 2.06%
1991 231,802 22,470,676 3.13% 2.04%
1992 238,543 22,927,355 2.91% 2.03%
1993 244,884 23,445,592 2.66% 2.26%
1994 250,822 24,043,948 2.42% 2.55%
1995 256,649 24,672,143 2.32% 2.61%
1996 262,347 25,231,528 2.22% 2.27%
1997 267,707 25,799,821 2.04% 2.25%
1998 272,723 26,458,999 1.87% 2.55%
1999 277,412 27,130,613 1.72% 2.54%
2000 282,019 27,816,745 1.66% 2.53%
2001 286,767 28,516,770 1.68% 2.52%
2002 291,616 29,228,727 1.69% 2.5%
2003 296,491 29,896,035 1.67% 2.28%
2004 301,413 30,556,637 1.66% 2.21%
2005 306,429 31,262,444 1.66% 2.31%
2006 313,851 31,992,435 2.42% 2.34%
2007 324,479 32,764,135 3.39% 2.41%
2008 336,170 33,623,980 3.6% 2.62%
2009 348,275 34,569,113 3.6% 2.81%
2010 360,792 35,414,399 3.59% 2.45%
2011 373,674 36,140,806 3.57% 2.05%
2012 386,818 36,923,178 3.52% 2.16%
2013 400,070 37,785,849 3.43% 2.34%
2014 413,617 38,823,318 3.39% 2.75%
2015 428,154 40,024,431 3.51% 3.09%
2016 443,308 41,259,892 3.54% 3.09%
2017 458,287 42,714,306 3.38% 3.53%
2018 473,099 44,230,596 3.23% 3.55%
2019 487,731 45,548,175 3.09% 2.98%
2020 502,118 46,789,231 2.95% 2.72%
2021 516,154 48,066,924 2.8% 2.73%
2022 524,106 49,383,346 1.54% 2.74%
2023 525,994 50,042,791 0.36% 1.34%
2024 527,799 50,448,963 0.34% 0.81%
2025 529,677 51,662,152 0.36% 2.4%
2026 531,514 53,282,718 0.35% 3.14%
2027 533,433 54,724,215 0.36% 2.71%
2028 535,502 55,993,833 0.39% 2.32%
2029 537,574 57,275,443 0.39% 2.29%
2030 539,667 58,571,624 0.39% 2.26%
2031 541,929 59,872,936 0.42% 2.22%
2032 544,288 61,179,476 0.44% 2.18%
2033 546,723 62,497,205 0.45% 2.15%
2034 549,162 63,822,356 0.45% 2.12%
2035 551,599 65,148,317 0.44% 2.08%
2036 554,092 66,470,018 0.45% 2.03%
2037 556,637 67,791,240 0.46% 1.99%
2038 559,231 69,107,712 0.47% 1.94%
2039 561,958 70,416,631 0.49% 1.89%
2040 564,800 71,730,604 0.51% 1.87%
2041 567,606 73,056,213 0.5% 1.85%
2042 570,381 74,387,562 0.49% 1.82%
2043 573,138 75,723,670 0.48% 1.8%
2044 575,811 77,066,454 0.47% 1.77%
2045 578,459 78,415,205 0.46% 1.75%
2046 581,026 79,767,271 0.44% 1.72%
2047 583,393 81,115,241 0.41% 1.69%
2048 585,720 82,463,202 0.4% 1.66%
2049 587,988 83,828,356 0.39% 1.66%
2050 589,960 85,206,384 0.34% 1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.

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