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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Maldives was 527,799 in 2024 vs 85,518,661 people in Turkey in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Maldives' population is 531,152 people compared to 85,914,550 in Turkey.

Population statistics:

  • Turkey's population is 161.8 times bigger than Maldives'.
  • Maldives is ranked the 168th most populous country in the world, while Turkey is the 18th.
  • The countries together account for 1.05% of the world: 0.006% for Maldives vs 1.04% for Turkey.
  • For the last 10 years, Maldives has had an average growth rate of +2.56% per year vs +1.06% in Turkey.
  • Since 2005, the population of Maldives has increased from 306K people to 531K (73.3% growth), while Turkey has grown from 69.3M to 85.9M (23.9% growth).
  • Maldives is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 597K people compared to the peak of 89.4M people in 2047 for Turkey.

Maldives vs Turkey: live population counter

Maldives Turkey
Current population
531152
85914550
Population rank 168/197 18/197
Percent of world population 0.006% 1.04%
One net population change
4.85 hours
2.73 minutes
One birth every
1.51 hours
33 seconds
One death every
7.13 hours
59.6 seconds
One migration net change every
3.62 hours
1.9 minutes
Annual migration change -2,421 -275,952
Daily growth/decline +5 +528
Annual growth/decline +1,805 +192,696
Annual growth/decline rate +0.34% +0.23%
Population growth rate rank 145/197 153/197

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

Maldives
Population

Growth rate
Turkey
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Maldives Turkey Maldives Turkey
1960 91,189 28,329,898 - -
1961 93,450 29,119,238 2.48% 2.79%
1962 95,802 29,916,147 2.52% 2.74%
1963 98,222 30,726,841 2.53% 2.71%
1964 100,662 31,543,072 2.48% 2.66%
1965 104,102 32,345,220 3.42% 2.54%
1966 108,507 33,177,672 4.23% 2.57%
1967 112,528 34,050,421 3.71% 2.63%
1968 116,075 34,921,684 3.15% 2.56%
1969 119,564 35,787,774 3.01% 2.48%
1970 123,219 36,638,465 3.06% 2.38%
1971 127,035 37,518,611 3.1% 2.4%
1972 130,968 38,430,221 3.1% 2.43%
1973 134,952 39,329,533 3.04% 2.34%
1974 138,978 40,210,234 2.98% 2.24%
1975 143,158 41,053,126 3.01% 2.1%
1976 147,525 41,899,984 3.05% 2.06%
1977 151,930 42,773,298 2.99% 2.08%
1978 156,159 43,645,306 2.78% 2.04%
1979 160,360 44,510,429 2.69% 1.98%
1980 164,835 45,408,815 2.79% 2.02%
1981 169,532 46,321,190 2.85% 2.01%
1982 174,333 47,322,096 2.83% 2.16%
1983 179,128 48,447,410 2.75% 2.38%
1984 184,198 49,574,069 2.83% 2.33%
1985 190,169 50,687,115 3.24% 2.25%
1986 196,935 51,777,772 3.56% 2.15%
1987 203,944 52,843,670 3.56% 2.06%
1988 210,885 53,909,626 3.4% 2.02%
1989 217,738 54,976,723 3.25% 1.98%
1990 224,762 56,015,628 3.23% 1.89%
1991 231,802 57,009,887 3.13% 1.77%
1992 238,543 57,990,118 2.91% 1.72%
1993 244,884 58,999,167 2.66% 1.74%
1994 250,822 60,033,836 2.42% 1.75%
1995 256,649 61,024,503 2.32% 1.65%
1996 262,347 61,951,134 2.22% 1.52%
1997 267,707 62,852,966 2.04% 1.46%
1998 272,723 63,734,383 1.87% 1.4%
1999 277,412 64,591,923 1.72% 1.35%
2000 282,019 65,425,961 1.66% 1.29%
2001 286,767 66,245,128 1.68% 1.25%
2002 291,616 67,048,795 1.69% 1.21%
2003 296,491 67,831,730 1.67% 1.17%
2004 301,413 68,592,617 1.66% 1.12%
2005 306,429 69,329,557 1.66% 1.07%
2006 313,851 70,045,349 2.42% 1.03%
2007 324,479 70,158,112 3.39% 0.16%
2008 336,170 71,051,678 3.6% 1.27%
2009 348,275 72,039,206 3.6% 1.39%
2010 360,792 73,142,150 3.59% 1.53%
2011 373,674 74,223,629 3.57% 1.48%
2012 386,818 75,175,827 3.52% 1.28%
2013 400,070 76,147,624 3.43% 1.29%
2014 413,617 77,181,884 3.39% 1.36%
2015 428,154 78,218,479 3.51% 1.34%
2016 443,308 79,277,962 3.54% 1.35%
2017 458,287 80,312,698 3.38% 1.31%
2018 473,099 81,407,204 3.23% 1.36%
2019 487,731 82,579,440 3.09% 1.44%
2020 502,118 83,384,680 2.95% 0.98%
2021 516,154 84,147,318 2.8% 0.91%
2022 524,106 84,979,913 1.54% 0.99%
2023 525,994 85,325,965 0.36% 0.41%
2024 527,799 85,518,661 0.34% 0.23%
2025 529,677 85,725,557 0.36% 0.24%
2026 531,514 85,960,835 0.35% 0.27%
2027 533,433 86,227,115 0.36% 0.31%
2028 535,502 86,502,744 0.39% 0.32%
2029 537,574 86,771,652 0.39% 0.31%
2030 539,667 87,037,680 0.39% 0.31%
2031 541,929 87,297,191 0.42% 0.3%
2032 544,288 87,537,075 0.44% 0.27%
2033 546,723 87,762,403 0.45% 0.26%
2034 549,162 87,974,138 0.45% 0.24%
2035 551,599 88,172,739 0.44% 0.23%
2036 554,092 88,364,318 0.45% 0.22%
2037 556,637 88,545,669 0.46% 0.21%
2038 559,231 88,707,268 0.47% 0.18%
2039 561,958 88,849,956 0.49% 0.16%
2040 564,800 88,975,510 0.51% 0.14%
2041 567,606 89,083,304 0.5% 0.12%
2042 570,381 89,177,769 0.49% 0.11%
2043 573,138 89,254,147 0.48% 0.09%
2044 575,811 89,311,458 0.47% 0.06%
2045 578,459 89,349,806 0.46% 0.04%
2046 581,026 89,375,429 0.44% 0.03%
2047 583,393 89,383,765 0.41% 0.009%
2048 585,720 89,361,174 0.4% -0.03%
2049 587,988 89,306,566 0.39% -0.06%
2050 589,960 89,218,346 0.34% -0.1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Turkey gained 8,888,922 people (a 12.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Turkey's population increased by 7,696,071 (a 9.84% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Turkey was ranked 18th in 2005 and still ranked 18th 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 Turkey will increase by 3.85% to 89,218,346 people and rank change from 18th to 19th.

Biggest cities by population

Maldives
City Population
Male 133K
Hulhumale 50K
Turkey
City Population
Istanbul 15.7M
Ankara 5.8M
Izmir 4.49M
Bursa 2.9M
Antalya 2.43M
Konya 2.23M
Urfa 1.99M
Kocaeli 1.85M
Adana 1.77M
Diyarbakir 1.73M

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