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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Syria	Maldives	Syria
1960	91,189	4,673,500	-	-
1961	93,450	4,815,466	2.48%	3.04%
1962	95,802	4,959,340	2.52%	2.99%
1963	98,222	5,110,467	2.53%	3.05%
1964	100,662	5,269,087	2.48%	3.1%
1965	104,102	5,435,267	3.42%	3.15%
1966	108,507	5,609,047	4.23%	3.2%
1967	112,528	5,790,198	3.71%	3.23%
1968	116,075	5,978,742	3.15%	3.26%
1969	119,564	6,175,166	3.01%	3.29%
1970	123,219	6,380,609	3.06%	3.33%
1971	127,035	6,598,094	3.1%	3.41%
1972	130,968	6,826,024	3.1%	3.45%
1973	134,952	7,060,321	3.04%	3.43%
1974	138,978	7,302,160	2.98%	3.43%
1975	143,158	7,554,364	3.01%	3.45%
1976	147,525	7,817,320	3.05%	3.48%
1977	151,930	8,090,501	2.99%	3.49%
1978	156,159	8,372,759	2.78%	3.49%
1979	160,360	8,661,909	2.69%	3.45%
1980	164,835	8,957,663	2.79%	3.41%
1981	169,532	9,260,189	2.85%	3.38%
1982	174,333	9,572,511	2.83%	3.37%
1983	179,128	9,904,809	2.75%	3.47%
1984	184,198	10,258,398	2.83%	3.57%
1985	190,169	10,625,672	3.24%	3.58%
1986	196,935	11,002,844	3.56%	3.55%
1987	203,944	11,388,923	3.56%	3.51%
1988	210,885	11,782,264	3.4%	3.45%
1989	217,738	12,179,060	3.25%	3.37%
1990	224,762	12,579,208	3.23%	3.29%
1991	231,802	12,980,821	3.13%	3.19%
1992	238,543	13,385,571	2.91%	3.12%
1993	244,884	13,795,686	2.66%	3.06%
1994	250,822	14,208,583	2.42%	2.99%
1995	256,649	14,616,801	2.32%	2.87%
1996	262,347	15,018,104	2.22%	2.75%
1997	267,707	15,417,542	2.04%	2.66%
1998	272,723	15,820,413	1.87%	2.61%
1999	277,412	16,228,061	1.72%	2.58%
2000	282,019	16,637,888	1.66%	2.53%
2001	286,767	17,051,338	1.68%	2.48%
2002	291,616	17,468,332	1.69%	2.45%
2003	296,491	17,889,296	1.67%	2.41%
2004	301,413	18,336,875	1.66%	2.5%
2005	306,429	18,814,091	1.66%	2.6%
2006	313,851	19,637,022	2.42%	4.37%
2007	324,479	20,884,125	3.39%	6.35%
2008	336,170	21,636,564	3.6%	3.6%
2009	348,275	21,976,969	3.6%	1.57%
2010	360,792	22,482,421	3.59%	2.3%
2011	373,674	22,878,098	3.57%	1.76%
2012	386,818	22,759,763	3.52%	-0.52%
2013	400,070	21,666,917	3.43%	-4.8%
2014	413,617	20,273,659	3.39%	-6.43%
2015	428,154	19,424,618	3.51%	-4.19%
2016	443,308	19,193,834	3.54%	-1.19%
2017	458,287	19,224,668	3.38%	0.16%
2018	473,099	19,577,845	3.23%	1.84%
2019	487,731	20,353,534	3.09%	3.96%
2020	502,118	21,049,429	2.95%	3.42%
2021	516,154	21,628,839	2.8%	2.75%
2022	524,106	22,462,173	1.54%	3.85%
2023	525,994	23,594,623	0.36%	5.04%
2024	527,799	24,672,760	0.34%	4.57%
2025	529,677	25,620,422	0.36%	3.84%
2026	531,514	26,472,499	0.35%	3.33%
2027	533,433	27,261,544	0.36%	2.98%
2028	535,502	28,006,558	0.39%	2.73%
2029	537,574	28,719,309	0.39%	2.54%
2030	539,667	29,395,545	0.39%	2.35%
2031	541,929	30,029,824	0.42%	2.16%
2032	544,288	30,633,661	0.44%	2.01%
2033	546,723	31,212,478	0.45%	1.89%
2034	549,162	31,768,138	0.45%	1.78%
2035	551,599	32,294,792	0.44%	1.66%
2036	554,092	32,788,153	0.45%	1.53%
2037	556,637	33,258,407	0.46%	1.43%
2038	559,231	33,710,718	0.47%	1.36%
2039	561,958	34,131,238	0.49%	1.25%
2040	564,800	34,533,185	0.51%	1.18%
2041	567,606	34,916,936	0.5%	1.11%
2042	570,381	35,279,863	0.49%	1.04%
2043	573,138	35,623,325	0.48%	0.97%
2044	575,811	35,944,394	0.47%	0.9%
2045	578,459	36,265,295	0.46%	0.89%
2046	581,026	36,583,260	0.44%	0.88%
2047	583,393	36,878,640	0.41%	0.81%
2048	585,720	37,171,029	0.4%	0.79%
2049	587,988	37,477,690	0.39%	0.83%
2050	589,960	37,793,378	0.34%	0.84%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Maldives increased by 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth), while Syria lost 443,188 people (a 2.26% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Maldives gained 88,226 (a 19.9% growth), while Syria's population increased by 7,287,288 (a 38% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2006 and is 168th in 2026. Syria was ranked 58th in 2006 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 42.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.