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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Maldives	Zimbabwe	Maldives	Zimbabwe
1960	91,189	3,809,389	-	-
1961	93,450	3,930,401	2.48%	3.18%
1962	95,802	4,055,959	2.52%	3.19%
1963	98,222	4,185,877	2.53%	3.2%
1964	100,662	4,320,006	2.48%	3.2%
1965	104,102	4,458,462	3.42%	3.2%
1966	108,507	4,601,217	4.23%	3.2%
1967	112,528	4,748,307	3.71%	3.2%
1968	116,075	4,900,440	3.15%	3.2%
1969	119,564	5,058,181	3.01%	3.22%
1970	123,219	5,215,918	3.06%	3.12%
1971	127,035	5,374,712	3.1%	3.04%
1972	130,968	5,542,445	3.1%	3.12%
1973	134,952	5,720,404	3.04%	3.21%
1974	138,978	5,908,328	2.98%	3.29%
1975	143,158	6,098,658	3.01%	3.22%
1976	147,525	6,287,105	3.05%	3.09%
1977	151,930	6,449,512	2.99%	2.58%
1978	156,159	6,543,575	2.78%	1.46%
1979	160,360	6,647,556	2.69%	1.59%
1980	164,835	7,041,303	2.79%	5.92%
1981	169,532	7,498,635	2.85%	6.49%
1982	174,333	7,796,496	2.83%	3.97%
1983	179,128	8,098,404	2.75%	3.87%
1984	184,198	8,391,488	2.83%	3.62%
1985	190,169	8,686,813	3.24%	3.52%
1986	196,935	8,982,578	3.56%	3.4%
1987	203,944	9,284,644	3.56%	3.36%
1988	210,885	9,583,094	3.4%	3.21%
1989	217,738	9,864,798	3.25%	2.94%
1990	224,762	10,137,281	3.23%	2.76%
1991	231,802	10,404,816	3.13%	2.64%
1992	238,543	10,702,700	2.91%	2.86%
1993	244,884	10,860,288	2.66%	1.47%
1994	250,822	10,873,148	2.42%	0.12%
1995	256,649	10,974,599	2.32%	0.93%
1996	262,347	11,158,360	2.22%	1.67%
1997	267,707	11,369,827	2.04%	1.9%
1998	272,723	11,594,297	1.87%	1.97%
1999	277,412	11,783,458	1.72%	1.63%
2000	282,019	11,892,055	1.66%	0.92%
2001	286,767	11,971,901	1.68%	0.67%
2002	291,616	12,087,653	1.69%	0.97%
2003	296,491	12,232,323	1.67%	1.2%
2004	301,413	12,365,896	1.66%	1.09%
2005	306,429	12,483,432	1.66%	0.95%
2006	313,851	12,636,445	2.42%	1.23%
2007	324,479	12,804,058	3.39%	1.33%
2008	336,170	12,959,149	3.6%	1.21%
2009	348,275	13,142,790	3.6%	1.42%
2010	360,792	13,356,548	3.59%	1.63%
2011	373,674	13,595,424	3.57%	1.79%
2012	386,818	13,817,887	3.52%	1.64%
2013	400,070	14,013,808	3.43%	1.42%
2014	413,617	14,207,359	3.39%	1.38%
2015	428,154	14,399,013	3.51%	1.35%
2016	443,308	14,600,294	3.54%	1.4%
2017	458,287	14,812,482	3.38%	1.45%
2018	473,099	15,034,452	3.23%	1.5%
2019	487,731	15,271,368	3.09%	1.58%
2020	502,118	15,526,888	2.95%	1.67%
2021	516,154	15,797,210	2.8%	1.74%
2022	524,106	16,069,056	1.54%	1.72%
2023	525,994	16,340,822	0.36%	1.69%
2024	527,799	16,634,373	0.34%	1.8%
2025	529,677	16,950,805	0.36%	1.9%
2026	531,514	17,273,591	0.35%	1.9%
2027	533,433	17,600,621	0.36%	1.89%
2028	535,502	17,932,015	0.39%	1.88%
2029	537,574	18,268,967	0.39%	1.88%
2030	539,667	18,610,356	0.39%	1.87%
2031	541,929	18,956,207	0.42%	1.86%
2032	544,288	19,311,368	0.44%	1.87%
2033	546,723	19,675,929	0.45%	1.89%
2034	549,162	20,041,125	0.45%	1.86%
2035	551,599	20,409,159	0.44%	1.84%
2036	554,092	20,778,662	0.45%	1.81%
2037	556,637	21,144,748	0.46%	1.76%
2038	559,231	21,512,919	0.47%	1.74%
2039	561,958	21,881,123	0.49%	1.71%
2040	564,800	22,250,123	0.51%	1.69%
2041	567,606	22,627,428	0.5%	1.7%
2042	570,381	23,000,906	0.49%	1.65%
2043	573,138	23,371,301	0.48%	1.61%
2044	575,811	23,740,630	0.47%	1.58%
2045	578,459	24,102,391	0.46%	1.52%
2046	581,026	24,462,491	0.44%	1.49%
2047	583,393	24,816,449	0.41%	1.45%
2048	585,720	25,168,419	0.4%	1.42%
2049	587,988	25,518,513	0.39%	1.39%
2050	589,960	25,866,397	0.34%	1.36%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Maldives increased by 121,725 people (a 39.7% growth), while Zimbabwe gained 1,915,581 people (a 15.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Maldives gained 102,998 (a 24.1% growth), while Zimbabwe's population increased by 2,811,079 (a 19.5% growth).

Maldives was ranked 171st most populous country in 2005 and is 168th in 2025. Zimbabwe was ranked 70th in 2005 and ranked 74th 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 Zimbabwe will increase by 50.3% to 25,866,397 people and rank change from 74th to 65th.