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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Thailand	Maldives	Thailand
1960	91,189	26,851,747	-	-
1961	93,450	27,650,334	2.48%	2.97%
1962	95,802	28,481,040	2.52%	3%
1963	98,222	29,342,322	2.53%	3.02%
1964	100,662	30,232,141	2.48%	3.03%
1965	104,102	31,149,337	3.42%	3.03%
1966	108,507	32,086,071	4.23%	3.01%
1967	112,528	33,037,801	3.71%	2.97%
1968	116,075	34,002,560	3.15%	2.92%
1969	119,564	34,973,782	3.01%	2.86%
1970	123,219	35,954,408	3.06%	2.8%
1971	127,035	36,937,387	3.1%	2.73%
1972	130,968	37,933,929	3.1%	2.7%
1973	134,952	38,947,787	3.04%	2.67%
1974	138,978	39,952,891	2.98%	2.58%
1975	143,158	40,940,005	3.01%	2.47%
1976	147,525	41,896,504	3.05%	2.34%
1977	151,930	42,843,974	2.99%	2.26%
1978	156,159	43,788,976	2.78%	2.21%
1979	160,360	44,718,434	2.69%	2.12%
1980	164,835	45,650,022	2.79%	2.08%
1981	169,532	46,575,855	2.85%	2.03%
1982	174,333	47,494,577	2.83%	1.97%
1983	179,128	48,423,309	2.75%	1.96%
1984	184,198	49,351,708	2.83%	1.92%
1985	190,169	50,270,753	3.24%	1.86%
1986	196,935	51,177,834	3.56%	1.8%
1987	203,944	52,074,105	3.56%	1.75%
1988	210,885	52,969,595	3.4%	1.72%
1989	217,738	53,848,956	3.25%	1.66%
1990	224,762	54,738,329	3.23%	1.65%
1991	231,802	55,637,434	3.13%	1.64%
1992	238,543	56,528,834	2.91%	1.6%
1993	244,884	57,408,198	2.66%	1.56%
1994	250,822	58,260,854	2.42%	1.49%
1995	256,649	59,098,232	2.32%	1.44%
1996	262,347	59,920,064	2.22%	1.39%
1997	267,707	60,724,584	2.04%	1.34%
1998	272,723	61,522,630	1.87%	1.31%
1999	277,412	62,299,043	1.72%	1.26%
2000	282,019	63,007,815	1.66%	1.14%
2001	286,767	63,651,141	1.68%	1.02%
2002	291,616	64,266,437	1.69%	0.97%
2003	296,491	64,868,166	1.67%	0.94%
2004	301,413	65,452,047	1.66%	0.9%
2005	306,429	66,017,420	1.66%	0.86%
2006	313,851	66,567,687	2.42%	0.83%
2007	324,479	67,102,394	3.39%	0.8%
2008	336,170	67,619,830	3.6%	0.77%
2009	348,275	68,121,080	3.6%	0.74%
2010	360,792	68,579,447	3.59%	0.67%
2011	373,674	69,007,208	3.57%	0.62%
2012	386,818	69,436,098	3.52%	0.62%
2013	400,070	69,845,114	3.43%	0.59%
2014	413,617	70,216,367	3.39%	0.53%
2015	428,154	70,540,795	3.51%	0.46%
2016	443,308	70,859,841	3.54%	0.45%
2017	458,287	71,160,187	3.38%	0.42%
2018	473,099	71,376,079	3.23%	0.3%
2019	487,731	71,522,271	3.09%	0.2%
2020	502,118	71,641,484	2.95%	0.17%
2021	516,154	71,727,332	2.8%	0.12%
2022	524,106	71,735,329	1.54%	0.01%
2023	525,994	71,702,435	0.36%	-0.05%
2024	527,799	71,668,011	0.34%	-0.05%
2025	529,677	71,619,867	0.36%	-0.07%
2026	531,514	71,559,621	0.35%	-0.08%
2027	533,433	71,488,156	0.36%	-0.1%
2028	535,502	71,406,996	0.39%	-0.11%
2029	537,574	71,316,195	0.39%	-0.13%
2030	539,667	71,215,017	0.39%	-0.14%
2031	541,929	71,104,025	0.42%	-0.16%
2032	544,288	70,982,286	0.44%	-0.17%
2033	546,723	70,847,947	0.45%	-0.19%
2034	549,162	70,701,651	0.45%	-0.21%
2035	551,599	70,540,884	0.44%	-0.23%
2036	554,092	70,366,496	0.45%	-0.25%
2037	556,637	70,180,031	0.46%	-0.26%
2038	559,231	69,979,034	0.47%	-0.29%
2039	561,958	69,763,928	0.49%	-0.31%
2040	564,800	69,535,003	0.51%	-0.33%
2041	567,606	69,288,477	0.5%	-0.35%
2042	570,381	69,025,348	0.49%	-0.38%
2043	573,138	68,748,075	0.48%	-0.4%
2044	575,811	68,456,533	0.47%	-0.42%
2045	578,459	68,150,148	0.46%	-0.45%
2046	581,026	67,827,309	0.44%	-0.47%
2047	583,393	67,489,358	0.41%	-0.5%
2048	585,720	67,136,737	0.4%	-0.52%
2049	587,988	66,767,316	0.39%	-0.55%
2050	589,960	66,382,732	0.34%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.