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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Vietnam	Maldives	Vietnam
1960	91,189	32,531,933	-	-
1961	93,450	33,409,059	2.48%	2.7%
1962	95,802	34,288,560	2.52%	2.63%
1963	98,222	35,249,101	2.53%	2.8%
1964	100,662	36,201,563	2.48%	2.7%
1965	104,102	37,129,656	3.42%	2.56%
1966	108,507	38,024,836	4.23%	2.41%
1967	112,528	38,895,080	3.71%	2.29%
1968	116,075	39,734,609	3.15%	2.16%
1969	119,564	40,582,096	3.01%	2.13%
1970	123,219	41,475,230	3.06%	2.2%
1971	127,035	42,449,276	3.1%	2.35%
1972	130,968	43,429,168	3.1%	2.31%
1973	134,952	44,409,861	3.04%	2.26%
1974	138,978	45,413,537	2.98%	2.26%
1975	143,158	46,482,903	3.01%	2.35%
1976	147,525	47,684,931	3.05%	2.59%
1977	151,930	48,954,872	2.99%	2.66%
1978	156,159	50,249,552	2.78%	2.64%
1979	160,360	51,378,211	2.69%	2.25%
1980	164,835	52,490,101	2.79%	2.16%
1981	169,532	53,738,141	2.85%	2.38%
1982	174,333	55,011,289	2.83%	2.37%
1983	179,128	56,337,921	2.75%	2.41%
1984	184,198	57,706,067	2.83%	2.43%
1985	190,169	59,060,622	3.24%	2.35%
1986	196,935	60,347,048	3.56%	2.18%
1987	203,944	61,584,651	3.56%	2.05%
1988	210,885	62,843,228	3.4%	2.04%
1989	217,738	64,147,348	3.25%	2.08%
1990	224,762	65,504,552	3.23%	2.12%
1991	231,802	66,891,775	3.13%	2.12%
1992	238,543	68,260,337	2.91%	2.05%
1993	244,884	69,586,384	2.66%	1.94%
1994	250,822	70,854,391	2.42%	1.82%
1995	256,649	72,049,940	2.32%	1.69%
1996	262,347	73,156,447	2.22%	1.54%
1997	267,707	74,226,889	2.04%	1.46%
1998	272,723	75,299,660	1.87%	1.45%
1999	277,412	76,287,452	1.72%	1.31%
2000	282,019	77,154,011	1.66%	1.14%
2001	286,767	77,969,361	1.68%	1.06%
2002	291,616	78,772,224	1.69%	1.03%
2003	296,491	79,563,777	1.67%	1%
2004	301,413	80,338,971	1.66%	0.97%
2005	306,429	81,088,313	1.66%	0.93%
2006	313,851	82,167,897	2.42%	1.33%
2007	324,479	83,633,375	3.39%	1.78%
2008	336,170	85,175,788	3.6%	1.84%
2009	348,275	86,460,018	3.6%	1.51%
2010	360,792	87,455,152	3.59%	1.15%
2011	373,674	88,468,314	3.57%	1.16%
2012	386,818	89,510,356	3.52%	1.18%
2013	400,070	90,573,104	3.43%	1.19%
2014	413,617	91,679,578	3.39%	1.22%
2015	428,154	92,823,254	3.51%	1.25%
2016	443,308	94,000,117	3.54%	1.27%
2017	458,287	95,176,977	3.38%	1.25%
2018	473,099	96,237,319	3.23%	1.11%
2019	487,731	97,173,776	3.09%	0.97%
2020	502,118	98,079,191	2.95%	0.93%
2021	516,154	98,935,098	2.8%	0.87%
2022	524,106	99,680,655	1.54%	0.75%
2023	525,994	100,352,192	0.36%	0.67%
2024	527,799	100,987,686	0.34%	0.63%
2025	529,677	101,598,531	0.36%	0.6%
2026	531,514	102,177,434	0.35%	0.57%
2027	533,433	102,727,392	0.36%	0.54%
2028	535,502	103,255,746	0.39%	0.51%
2029	537,574	103,761,151	0.39%	0.49%
2030	539,667	104,254,900	0.39%	0.48%
2031	541,929	104,737,913	0.42%	0.46%
2032	544,288	105,204,401	0.44%	0.45%
2033	546,723	105,656,307	0.45%	0.43%
2034	549,162	106,097,515	0.45%	0.42%
2035	551,599	106,530,671	0.44%	0.41%
2036	554,092	106,945,842	0.45%	0.39%
2037	556,637	107,346,046	0.46%	0.37%
2038	559,231	107,732,019	0.47%	0.36%
2039	561,958	108,097,653	0.49%	0.34%
2040	564,800	108,437,634	0.51%	0.31%
2041	567,606	108,752,199	0.5%	0.29%
2042	570,381	109,040,314	0.49%	0.26%
2043	573,138	109,292,559	0.48%	0.23%
2044	575,811	109,506,274	0.47%	0.2%
2045	578,459	109,685,396	0.46%	0.16%
2046	581,026	109,827,664	0.44%	0.13%
2047	583,393	109,930,243	0.41%	0.09%
2048	585,720	109,994,024	0.4%	0.06%
2049	587,988	110,018,017	0.39%	0.02%
2050	589,960	110,008,910	0.34%	-0.008%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Maldives increased by 129,457 people (a 41.2% growth), while Vietnam gained 11,832,220 people (a 14.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Maldives gained 88,226 (a 19.9% growth), while Vietnam's population increased by 8,183,327 (a 8.71% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2006 and is 168th in 2026. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2006 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.66% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.