Population in Maldives compared to the United Kingdom: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Maldives and the United Kingdom: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	United Kingdom	Maldives	United Kingdom
1960	91,189	52,400,000	-	-
1961	93,450	52,800,000	2.48%	0.76%
1962	95,802	53,250,000	2.52%	0.85%
1963	98,222	53,650,000	2.53%	0.75%
1964	100,662	54,000,000	2.48%	0.65%
1965	104,102	54,348,050	3.42%	0.64%
1966	108,507	54,648,500	4.23%	0.55%
1967	112,528	54,943,600	3.71%	0.54%
1968	116,075	55,211,700	3.15%	0.49%
1969	119,564	55,441,750	3.01%	0.42%
1970	123,219	55,663,250	3.06%	0.4%
1971	127,035	55,896,223	3.1%	0.42%
1972	130,968	56,086,065	3.1%	0.34%
1973	134,952	56,194,527	3.04%	0.19%
1974	138,978	56,229,974	2.98%	0.06%
1975	143,158	56,225,800	3.01%	-0.007%
1976	147,525	56,211,968	3.05%	-0.02%
1977	151,930	56,193,492	2.99%	-0.03%
1978	156,159	56,196,504	2.78%	0.005%
1979	160,360	56,246,951	2.69%	0.09%
1980	164,835	56,314,216	2.79%	0.12%
1981	169,532	56,333,829	2.85%	0.03%
1982	174,333	56,313,641	2.83%	-0.04%
1983	179,128	56,332,848	2.75%	0.03%
1984	184,198	56,422,072	2.83%	0.16%
1985	190,169	56,550,268	3.24%	0.23%
1986	196,935	56,681,396	3.56%	0.23%
1987	203,944	56,802,050	3.56%	0.21%
1988	210,885	56,928,327	3.4%	0.22%
1989	217,738	57,076,711	3.25%	0.26%
1990	224,762	57,247,586	3.23%	0.3%
1991	231,802	57,424,897	3.13%	0.31%
1992	238,543	57,580,402	2.91%	0.27%
1993	244,884	57,718,614	2.66%	0.24%
1994	250,822	57,865,745	2.42%	0.25%
1995	256,649	58,019,030	2.32%	0.26%
1996	262,347	58,166,950	2.22%	0.25%
1997	267,707	58,316,954	2.04%	0.26%
1998	272,723	58,487,141	1.87%	0.29%
1999	277,412	58,682,466	1.72%	0.33%
2000	282,019	58,892,514	1.66%	0.36%
2001	286,767	59,119,673	1.68%	0.39%
2002	291,616	59,370,479	1.69%	0.42%
2003	296,491	59,647,577	1.67%	0.47%
2004	301,413	59,987,905	1.66%	0.57%
2005	306,429	60,401,206	1.66%	0.69%
2006	313,851	60,846,820	2.42%	0.74%
2007	324,479	61,322,463	3.39%	0.78%
2008	336,170	61,806,995	3.6%	0.79%
2009	348,275	62,276,270	3.6%	0.76%
2010	360,792	62,766,365	3.59%	0.79%
2011	373,674	63,258,810	3.57%	0.78%
2012	386,818	63,711,000	3.52%	0.71%
2013	400,070	64,139,000	3.43%	0.67%
2014	413,617	64,620,000	3.39%	0.75%
2015	428,154	65,088,000	3.51%	0.72%
2016	443,308	65,607,000	3.54%	0.8%
2017	458,287	65,966,000	3.38%	0.55%
2018	473,099	66,289,000	3.23%	0.49%
2019	487,731	66,631,000	3.09%	0.52%
2020	502,118	66,744,000	2.95%	0.17%
2021	516,154	66,984,000	2.8%	0.36%
2022	524,106	67,604,000	1.54%	0.93%
2023	525,994	68,492,000	0.36%	1.31%
2024	527,799	69,226,000	0.34%	1.07%
2025	529,677	69,639,673	0.36%	0.6%
2026	531,514	70,020,350	0.35%	0.55%
2027	533,433	70,382,853	0.36%	0.52%
2028	535,502	70,732,699	0.39%	0.5%
2029	537,574	71,061,482	0.39%	0.46%
2030	539,667	71,377,535	0.39%	0.44%
2031	541,929	71,678,351	0.42%	0.42%
2032	544,288	71,959,934	0.44%	0.39%
2033	546,723	72,234,509	0.45%	0.38%
2034	549,162	72,497,650	0.45%	0.36%
2035	551,599	72,749,096	0.44%	0.35%
2036	554,092	72,990,847	0.45%	0.33%
2037	556,637	73,218,850	0.46%	0.31%
2038	559,231	73,441,349	0.47%	0.3%
2039	561,958	73,658,392	0.49%	0.3%
2040	564,800	73,868,334	0.51%	0.29%
2041	567,606	74,074,316	0.5%	0.28%
2042	570,381	74,275,779	0.49%	0.27%
2043	573,138	74,475,035	0.48%	0.27%
2044	575,811	74,667,284	0.47%	0.26%
2045	578,459	74,848,605	0.46%	0.24%
2046	581,026	75,020,949	0.44%	0.23%
2047	583,393	75,184,478	0.41%	0.22%
2048	585,720	75,337,543	0.4%	0.2%
2049	587,988	75,476,141	0.39%	0.18%
2050	589,960	75,600,588	0.34%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.