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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	United States	Maldives	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	91,189	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	93,450	183,691,481	2.48%	1.67%
1962	95,802	186,537,737	2.52%	1.55%
1963	98,222	189,241,798	2.53%	1.45%
1964	100,662	191,888,791	2.48%	1.4%
1965	104,102	194,302,963	3.42%	1.26%
1966	108,507	196,560,338	4.23%	1.16%
1967	112,528	198,712,056	3.71%	1.09%
1968	116,075	200,706,052	3.15%	1%
1969	119,564	202,676,946	3.01%	0.98%
1970	123,219	205,052,174	3.06%	1.17%
1971	127,035	207,660,677	3.1%	1.27%
1972	130,968	209,896,021	3.1%	1.08%
1973	134,952	211,908,788	3.04%	0.96%
1974	138,978	213,853,928	2.98%	0.92%
1975	143,158	215,973,199	3.01%	0.99%
1976	147,525	218,035,164	3.05%	0.95%
1977	151,930	220,239,425	2.99%	1.01%
1978	156,159	222,584,545	2.78%	1.06%
1979	160,360	225,055,487	2.69%	1.11%
1980	164,835	226,542,250	2.79%	0.66%
1981	169,532	229,465,744	2.85%	1.29%
1982	174,333	231,664,432	2.83%	0.96%
1983	179,128	233,792,014	2.75%	0.92%
1984	184,198	235,824,908	2.83%	0.87%
1985	190,169	237,923,734	3.24%	0.89%
1986	196,935	240,132,831	3.56%	0.93%
1987	203,944	242,288,936	3.56%	0.9%
1988	210,885	244,499,004	3.4%	0.91%
1989	217,738	246,819,222	3.25%	0.95%
1990	224,762	250,131,894	3.23%	1.34%
1991	231,802	253,492,503	3.13%	1.34%
1992	238,543	256,894,189	2.91%	1.34%
1993	244,884	260,255,352	2.66%	1.31%
1994	250,822	263,435,673	2.42%	1.22%
1995	256,649	266,557,091	2.32%	1.18%
1996	262,347	269,667,391	2.22%	1.17%
1997	267,707	272,911,760	2.04%	1.2%
1998	272,723	276,115,288	1.87%	1.17%
1999	277,412	279,294,713	1.72%	1.15%
2000	282,019	282,162,411	1.66%	1.03%
2001	286,767	284,968,955	1.68%	0.99%
2002	291,616	287,625,193	1.69%	0.93%
2003	296,491	290,107,933	1.67%	0.86%
2004	301,413	292,805,298	1.66%	0.93%
2005	306,429	295,516,599	1.66%	0.93%
2006	313,851	298,379,912	2.42%	0.97%
2007	324,479	301,231,207	3.39%	0.96%
2008	336,170	304,093,966	3.6%	0.95%
2009	348,275	306,771,529	3.6%	0.88%
2010	360,792	309,327,143	3.59%	0.83%
2011	373,674	311,583,481	3.57%	0.73%
2012	386,818	313,877,662	3.52%	0.74%
2013	400,070	316,059,947	3.43%	0.7%
2014	413,617	318,386,329	3.39%	0.74%
2015	428,154	320,738,994	3.51%	0.74%
2016	443,308	323,071,755	3.54%	0.73%
2017	458,287	325,122,128	3.38%	0.63%
2018	473,099	326,838,199	3.23%	0.53%
2019	487,731	328,329,953	3.09%	0.46%
2020	502,118	331,526,933	2.95%	0.97%
2021	516,154	331,893,745	2.8%	0.11%
2022	524,106	333,271,411	1.54%	0.42%
2023	525,994	334,914,895	0.36%	0.49%
2024	527,799	340,110,988	0.34%	1.55%
2025	529,677	341,931,772	0.36%	0.54%
2026	531,514	343,664,369	0.35%	0.51%
2027	533,433	345,331,185	0.36%	0.49%
2028	535,502	346,981,137	0.39%	0.48%
2029	537,574	348,601,982	0.39%	0.47%
2030	539,667	350,176,974	0.39%	0.45%
2031	541,929	351,725,612	0.42%	0.44%
2032	544,288	353,249,060	0.44%	0.43%
2033	546,723	354,749,644	0.45%	0.42%
2034	549,162	356,234,239	0.45%	0.42%
2035	551,599	357,694,316	0.44%	0.41%
2036	554,092	359,119,002	0.45%	0.4%
2037	556,637	360,517,853	0.46%	0.39%
2038	559,231	361,895,407	0.47%	0.38%
2039	561,958	363,229,908	0.49%	0.37%
2040	564,800	364,512,364	0.51%	0.35%
2041	567,606	365,753,139	0.5%	0.34%
2042	570,381	366,969,419	0.49%	0.33%
2043	573,138	368,146,925	0.48%	0.32%
2044	575,811	369,258,123	0.47%	0.3%
2045	578,459	370,318,770	0.46%	0.29%
2046	581,026	371,328,255	0.44%	0.27%
2047	583,393	372,299,116	0.41%	0.26%
2048	585,720	373,230,539	0.4%	0.25%
2049	587,988	374,119,803	0.39%	0.24%
2050	589,960	374,986,259	0.34%	0.23%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Maldives increased by 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth), while the United States gained 24,691,843 people (a 8.28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Maldives gained 88,226 (a 19.9% growth), while the United States' population increased by 20,610,830 (a 6.38% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2006 and is 168th in 2026. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2006 and still ranked 3rd 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 the United States will increase by 9.11% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.