The latest officially reported population of Maldives was 527,799 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Maldives' population is 531,152 people compared to 52,490,669 in Uganda.
Population statistics:
- Uganda's population is 98.8 times bigger than Maldives'.
- Maldives is ranked the 168th most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.006% for Maldives vs 0.63% for Uganda.
- For the last 10 years, Maldives has had an average growth rate of +2.56% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
- Since 2005, the population of Maldives has increased from 306K people to 531K (73.3% growth), while Uganda has grown from 28M to 52.5M (87.7% growth).
- Maldives is projected to reach its peak in 2057 at 597K people compared to the peak of 121M people in 2100 for Uganda.
Maldives vs Uganda: live population counter
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| Current population |
531152
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52490669
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| Population rank | 168/197 | 30/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.006% | 0.63% |
| One net population change |
4.85 hours
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23.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
1.51 hours
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18.4 seconds
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| One death every |
7.13 hours
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2.23 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
3.62 hours
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4.46 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -2,421 | -117,924 |
| Daily growth/decline | +5 | +3,722 |
| Annual growth/decline | +1,805 | +1,358,491 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +0.34% | +2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 145/197 | 23/197 |
Maldives and Uganda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 91,189 | 7,640,973 | - | - |
| 1961 | 93,450 | 7,862,217 | 2.48% | 2.9% |
| 1962 | 95,802 | 8,092,231 | 2.52% | 2.93% |
| 1963 | 98,222 | 8,333,663 | 2.53% | 2.98% |
| 1964 | 100,662 | 8,586,363 | 2.48% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 104,102 | 8,849,203 | 3.42% | 3.06% |
| 1966 | 108,507 | 9,122,864 | 4.23% | 3.09% |
| 1967 | 112,528 | 9,408,924 | 3.71% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 116,075 | 9,708,632 | 3.15% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 119,564 | 10,014,858 | 3.01% | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 123,219 | 10,321,603 | 3.06% | 3.06% |
| 1971 | 127,035 | 10,618,206 | 3.1% | 2.87% |
| 1972 | 130,968 | 10,885,796 | 3.1% | 2.52% |
| 1973 | 134,952 | 11,144,236 | 3.04% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 138,978 | 11,424,846 | 2.98% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 143,158 | 11,725,240 | 3.01% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 147,525 | 12,037,294 | 3.05% | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 151,930 | 12,359,669 | 2.99% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 156,159 | 12,692,113 | 2.78% | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 160,360 | 13,002,163 | 2.69% | 2.44% |
| 1980 | 164,835 | 13,275,741 | 2.79% | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 169,532 | 13,556,452 | 2.85% | 2.11% |
| 1982 | 174,333 | 13,873,631 | 2.83% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 179,128 | 14,221,881 | 2.75% | 2.51% |
| 1984 | 184,198 | 14,607,677 | 2.83% | 2.71% |
| 1985 | 190,169 | 15,023,681 | 3.24% | 2.85% |
| 1986 | 196,935 | 15,467,579 | 3.56% | 2.95% |
| 1987 | 203,944 | 15,954,170 | 3.56% | 3.15% |
| 1988 | 210,885 | 16,470,483 | 3.4% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 217,738 | 17,010,698 | 3.25% | 3.28% |
| 1990 | 224,762 | 17,569,897 | 3.23% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 231,802 | 18,155,901 | 3.13% | 3.34% |
| 1992 | 238,543 | 18,785,032 | 2.91% | 3.47% |
| 1993 | 244,884 | 19,445,161 | 2.66% | 3.51% |
| 1994 | 250,822 | 20,108,801 | 2.42% | 3.41% |
| 1995 | 256,649 | 20,665,667 | 2.32% | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 262,347 | 21,231,550 | 2.22% | 2.74% |
| 1997 | 267,707 | 21,856,046 | 2.04% | 2.94% |
| 1998 | 272,723 | 22,515,806 | 1.87% | 3.02% |
| 1999 | 277,412 | 23,257,281 | 1.72% | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 282,019 | 24,000,150 | 1.66% | 3.19% |
| 2001 | 286,767 | 24,745,676 | 1.68% | 3.11% |
| 2002 | 291,616 | 25,532,870 | 1.69% | 3.18% |
| 2003 | 296,491 | 26,352,124 | 1.67% | 3.21% |
| 2004 | 301,413 | 27,154,515 | 1.66% | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 306,429 | 27,963,289 | 1.66% | 2.98% |
| 2006 | 313,851 | 28,794,003 | 2.42% | 2.97% |
| 2007 | 324,479 | 29,653,430 | 3.39% | 2.98% |
| 2008 | 336,170 | 30,539,553 | 3.6% | 2.99% |
| 2009 | 348,275 | 31,451,151 | 3.6% | 2.98% |
| 2010 | 360,792 | 32,390,802 | 3.59% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 373,674 | 33,354,543 | 3.57% | 2.98% |
| 2012 | 386,818 | 34,337,438 | 3.52% | 2.95% |
| 2013 | 400,070 | 35,337,042 | 3.43% | 2.91% |
| 2014 | 413,617 | 36,395,539 | 3.39% | 3% |
| 2015 | 428,154 | 37,531,446 | 3.51% | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 443,308 | 38,799,152 | 3.54% | 3.38% |
| 2017 | 458,287 | 40,177,388 | 3.38% | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 473,099 | 41,565,831 | 3.23% | 3.46% |
| 2019 | 487,731 | 42,999,637 | 3.09% | 3.45% |
| 2020 | 502,118 | 44,457,152 | 2.95% | 3.39% |
| 2021 | 516,154 | 45,910,930 | 2.8% | 3.27% |
| 2022 | 524,106 | 47,312,719 | 1.54% | 3.05% |
| 2023 | 525,994 | 48,656,601 | 0.36% | 2.84% |
| 2024 | 527,799 | 50,015,092 | 0.34% | 2.79% |
| 2025 | 529,677 | 51,384,895 | 0.36% | 2.74% |
| 2026 | 531,514 | 52,761,471 | 0.35% | 2.68% |
| 2027 | 533,433 | 54,144,274 | 0.36% | 2.62% |
| 2028 | 535,502 | 55,532,564 | 0.39% | 2.56% |
| 2029 | 537,574 | 56,922,797 | 0.39% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 539,667 | 58,312,944 | 0.39% | 2.44% |
| 2031 | 541,929 | 59,703,537 | 0.42% | 2.38% |
| 2032 | 544,288 | 61,089,060 | 0.44% | 2.32% |
| 2033 | 546,723 | 62,464,116 | 0.45% | 2.25% |
| 2034 | 549,162 | 63,833,872 | 0.45% | 2.19% |
| 2035 | 551,599 | 65,205,570 | 0.44% | 2.15% |
| 2036 | 554,092 | 66,573,737 | 0.45% | 2.1% |
| 2037 | 556,637 | 67,942,634 | 0.46% | 2.06% |
| 2038 | 559,231 | 69,312,210 | 0.47% | 2.02% |
| 2039 | 561,958 | 70,669,875 | 0.49% | 1.96% |
| 2040 | 564,800 | 72,020,414 | 0.51% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 567,606 | 73,372,658 | 0.5% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 570,381 | 74,730,004 | 0.49% | 1.85% |
| 2043 | 573,138 | 76,090,991 | 0.48% | 1.82% |
| 2044 | 575,811 | 77,449,517 | 0.47% | 1.79% |
| 2045 | 578,459 | 78,797,995 | 0.46% | 1.74% |
| 2046 | 581,026 | 80,139,174 | 0.44% | 1.7% |
| 2047 | 583,393 | 81,478,503 | 0.41% | 1.67% |
| 2048 | 585,720 | 82,812,102 | 0.4% | 1.64% |
| 2049 | 587,988 | 84,130,056 | 0.39% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 589,960 | 85,431,202 | 0.34% | 1.55% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Uganda gained 9,568,157 people (a 34.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Uganda's population increased by 14,959,223 (a 39.9% growth).
Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Uganda was ranked 40th in 2005 and ranked 30th 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 Uganda will increase by 62.8% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.
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Population differences between Maldives and Uganda
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| Life expectancy | 81.5 years | 68.7 years |
| Average age | 32.7 years | 21.6 years |
| Median age | 32.9 years | 17.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 61.9:38.1 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 1.58 births per woman | 4.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 4,587 ppl/mi² | 646 ppl/mi² |
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