Maldives - Population Density 2003
988.3
+16.3 from 2002
Maldives's population density was 988.3 in 2003, increased +16.3 from 972.1 in 2002. This was the 199th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2003▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Greenland | 0.1 | 0.3% |
| 2nd | Mongolia | 1.6 | 0.8% |
| 3rd | Namibia | 2.3 | 1.5% |
| 4th | Australia | 2.6 | 1.2% |
| 5th | Mauritania | 2.7 | 2.3% |
| 6th | Iceland | 2.9 | 0.7% |
| 7th | Botswana | 3.1 | 1.8% |
| 8th | Suriname | 3.2 | 2.0% |
| 9th | Libya | 3.2 | 2.0% |
| 10th | Canada | 3.5 | 0.9% |
| 11th | Guyana | 3.9 | -0.1% |
| 12th | Gabon | 5.4 | 2.8% |
| 13th | Kazakhstan | 5.8 | 0.6% |
| 14th | Central African Republic | 6.6 | 2.4% |
| 15th | Chad | 7.5 | 4.1% |
| 16th | Oman | 7.6 | 1.1% |
| 17th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 8.4 | 1.7% |
| 18th | Saudi Arabia | 8.7 | 4.9% |
| 19th | Russian Federation | 8.8 | -0.5% |
| 20th | Congo, Republic of | 10.1 | 2.8% |
| 21st | Niger | 10.1 | 3.6% |
| 22nd | Turkmenistan | 10.4 | 2.0% |
| 23rd | Mali | 10.4 | 3.2% |
| 24th | Belize | 11.6 | 3.0% |
| 25th | Norway | 12.5 | 0.6% |
| 26th | New Caledonia | 12.9 | 1.9% |
| 27th | Paraguay | 13.4 | 1.2% |
| 28th | Algeria | 13.5 | 1.3% |
| 29th | Papua New Guinea | 13.5 | 3.4% |
| 30th | Argentina | 14.0 | 1.0% |
| 31st | Angola | 14.4 | 3.6% |
| 32nd | Zambia | 14.8 | 3.2% |
| 33rd | New Zealand | 15.3 | 2.0% |
| 34th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 15.8 | 3.8% |
| 35th | Bhutan | 16.0 | 2.1% |
| 36th | Vanuatu | 16.5 | 2.5% |
| 37th | Solomon Islands | 16.7 | 1.9% |
| 38th | Finland | 17.1 | 0.2% |
| 39th | Uruguay | 18.7 | 0.1% |
| 40th | Peru | 21.5 | 1.1% |
| 41st | Chile | 21.6 | 1.1% |
| 42nd | Brazil | 21.6 | 1.2% |
| 43rd | Sweden | 22.0 | 0.4% |
| 44th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 22.9 | 5.5% |
| 45th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 24.4 | 3.0% |
| 46th | Mozambique | 24.7 | 2.3% |
| 47th | Lao PDR | 24.7 | 1.6% |
| 48th | Eritrea | 24.7 | 4.2% |
| 49th | Kyrgyz Republic | 26.3 | 1.1% |
| 50th | Equatorial Guinea | 30.2 | 6.3% |
| 51st | Madagascar | 31.1 | 3.0% |
| 52nd | Zimbabwe | 31.6 | 1.2% |
| 53rd | United States | 31.7 | 0.9% |
| 54th | Estonia | 32.3 | -0.6% |
| 55th | Liberia | 32.4 | 0.8% |
| 56th | Bahamas, The | 33.5 | 1.2% |
| 57th | Cameroon | 34.2 | 2.8% |
| 58th | Faroe Islands | 34.4 | 1.5% |
| 59th | Afghanistan | 34.9 | 6.3% |
| 60th | Djibouti | 35.1 | 2.3% |
| 61st | Guinea | 36.1 | 2.3% |
| 62nd | Latvia | 36.8 | -1.0% |
| 63rd | Colombia | 36.9 | 1.5% |
| 64th | South Africa | 40.0 | 1.0% |
| 65th | Yemen, Republic of | 40.6 | 3.0% |
| 66th | Tanzania | 41.9 | 2.7% |
| 67th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 42.2 | 1.1% |
| 68th | Palau | 42.7 | 0.8% |
| 69th | Panama | 42.9 | 1.9% |
| 70th | Nicaragua | 43.3 | 1.2% |
| 71st | Guinea-Bissau | 46.9 | 2.3% |
| 72nd | Fiji | 47.4 | 1.0% |
| 73rd | Tajikistan | 47.6 | 1.9% |
| 74th | Burkina Faso | 47.8 | 3.2% |
| 75th | Belarus | 48.3 | -0.7% |
| 76th | Mexico | 53.0 | 1.4% |
| 77th | Ecuador | 53.8 | 1.8% |
| 78th | Lithuania | 54.5 | -0.8% |
| 79th | Senegal | 55.7 | 2.4% |
| 80th | Ireland | 58.0 | 1.6% |
| 81st | Uzbekistan | 59.0 | 1.2% |
| 82nd | United Arab Emirates | 59.0 | 6.0% |
| 83rd | Kenya | 59.1 | 3.1% |
| 84th | Côte d'Ivoire | 60.1 | 2.5% |
| 85th | Iraq | 61.3 | 3.1% |
| 86th | Timor-Leste | 61.7 | 4.3% |
| 87th | Eswatini | 62.0 | 0.7% |
| 88th | Honduras | 63.6 | 2.6% |
| 89th | Qatar | 64.1 | 4.7% |
| 90th | Tunisia | 64.8 | 1.0% |
| 91st | Jordan | 65.1 | 2.2% |
| 92nd | Lesotho | 65.4 | -0.5% |
| 93rd | Samoa | 65.5 | 0.5% |
| 94th | Brunei Darussalam | 65.8 | 1.9% |
| 95th | Morocco | 66.3 | 1.3% |
| 96th | Georgia | 69.1 | -0.7% |
| 97th | Benin | 70.2 | 3.1% |
| 98th | Myanmar | 71.4 | 0.9% |
| 99th | Bulgaria | 71.5 | -0.8% |
| 100th | Sierra Leone | 71.7 | 4.1% |
| 101st | French Polynesia | 72.5 | 1.6% |
| 102nd | Cambodia | 73.9 | 1.5% |
| 103rd | Malaysia | 75.1 | 2.4% |
| 104th | Croatia | 76.9 | -0.1% |
| 105th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 78.2 | 2.1% |
| 106th | North Macedonia | 79.5 | 0.1% |
| 107th | Costa Rica | 81.1 | 1.5% |
| 108th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 81.6 | -0.2% |
| 109th | Ukraine | 83.4 | -0.7% |
| 110th | Spain | 84.5 | 1.8% |
| 111th | Greece | 84.8 | 0.2% |
| 112th | Türkiye | 88.1 | 1.2% |
| 113th | Dominica | 91.4 | 0.2% |
| 114th | Ghana | 93.6 | 2.7% |
| 115th | Romania | 93.8 | -0.8% |
| 116th | Syrian Arab Republic | 97.4 | 2.5% |
| 117th | Austria | 98.4 | 0.5% |
| 118th | Slovenia | 99.1 | 0.1% |
| 119th | Azerbaijan | 99.6 | 0.7% |
| 120th | Moldova | 101.1 | -0.2% |
| 121st | Togo | 102.1 | 2.6% |
| 122nd | Cuba | 105.4 | 0.3% |
| 123rd | Cyprus | 108.2 | 1.8% |
| 124th | European Union | 108.3 | 0.4% |
| 125th | Albania | 110.9 | -0.4% |
| 126th | Slovak Republic | 111.7 | -0.1% |
| 127th | Armenia | 111.8 | -0.5% |
| 128th | Hungary | 113.0 | -0.3% |
| 129th | Portugal | 114.3 | 0.4% |
| 130th | France | 115.5 | 0.7% |
| 131st | Kiribati | 116.3 | 2.1% |
| 132nd | Guatemala | 116.9 | 2.3% |
| 133rd | Cabo Verde | 117.5 | 1.4% |
| 134th | Kuwait | 118.4 | 2.4% |
| 135th | Indonesia | 119.9 | 1.3% |
| 136th | Poland | 124.8 | -0.1% |
| 137th | Thailand | 127.0 | 0.9% |
| 138th | Malawi | 129.2 | 2.5% |
| 139th | Uganda | 131.9 | 3.2% |
| 140th | Czechia | 131.9 | 0.0% |
| 141st | Denmark | 134.8 | 0.3% |
| 142nd | Isle of Man | 136.9 | 1.0% |
| 143rd | China | 137.2 | 0.6% |
| 144th | Northern Mariana Islands | 142.2 | -2.0% |
| 145th | Tonga | 145.1 | 0.6% |
| 146th | British Virgin Islands | 147.6 | 3.3% |
| 147th | Andorra | 147.8 | 4.5% |
| 148th | Nigeria | 150.6 | 2.8% |
| 149th | Gambia, The | 155.9 | 2.7% |
| 150th | São Tomé and Principe | 160.2 | 2.6% |
| 151st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 160.4 | -0.1% |
| 152nd | Luxembourg | 175.4 | 1.2% |
| 153rd | Antigua and Barbuda | 177.0 | 1.1% |
| 154th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 177.6 | 0.3% |
| 155th | Nepal | 179.2 | 1.4% |
| 156th | Seychelles | 180.0 | -1.1% |
| 157th | Cayman Islands | 183.1 | 3.3% |
| 158th | Switzerland | 185.7 | 0.7% |
| 159th | Dominican Republic | 185.9 | 1.5% |
| 160th | Italy | 194.1 | 0.5% |
| 161st | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 200.1 | 0.6% |
| 162nd | Liechtenstein | 213.0 | 1.1% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 216.8 | 2.4% |
| 164th | Germany | 236.6 | 0.1% |
| 165th | Jamaica | 245.3 | 0.6% |
| 166th | United Kingdom | 246.5 | 0.5% |
| 167th | Viet Nam | 256.6 | 1.2% |
| 168th | Trinidad and Tobago | 261.0 | 0.5% |
| 169th | St. Lucia | 267.2 | 0.8% |
| 170th | Burundi | 274.3 | 3.2% |
| 171st | Philippines | 284.2 | 2.0% |
| 172nd | American Samoa | 284.9 | -0.2% |
| 173rd | Marshall Islands | 286.9 | 0.4% |
| 174th | El Salvador | 289.5 | 0.2% |
| 175th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 290.1 | -0.2% |
| 176th | Guam | 302.1 | 0.5% |
| 177th | Comoros | 306.2 | 1.9% |
| 178th | Israel | 309.1 | 1.8% |
| 179th | Virgin Islands (US) | 310.0 | 0.0% |
| 180th | Haiti | 317.8 | 1.8% |
| 181st | Sri Lanka | 318.2 | 0.7% |
| 182nd | Grenada | 320.2 | 0.4% |
| 183rd | Tuvalu | 323.2 | 0.7% |
| 184th | Belgium | 342.1 | 0.4% |
| 185th | Rwanda | 348.1 | 2.2% |
| 186th | Japan | 350.4 | 0.2% |
| 187th | India | 375.6 | 1.7% |
| 188th | Puerto Rico (US) | 431.4 | 0.1% |
| 189th | Lebanon | 442.4 | 1.4% |
| 190th | San Marino | 464.1 | 1.3% |
| 191st | Netherlands | 480.6 | 0.5% |
| 192nd | Korea | 494.8 | 0.5% |
| 193rd | Nauru | 503.0 | -0.2% |
| 194th | Aruba | 517.4 | 1.1% |
| 195th | West Bank and Gaza | 524.1 | 2.6% |
| 196th | Mauritius | 597.7 | 0.7% |
| 197th | Barbados | 618.1 | 0.6% |
| 198th | Channel Islands | 762.4 | 0.7% |
| 199th | Maldives | 988.3 | 1.7% |
| 200th | Bahrain | 1,061.8 | 6.1% |
| 201st | Bangladesh | 1,083.0 | 1.5% |
| 202nd | Bermuda | 1,155.3 | 0.4% |
| 203rd | Malta | 1,245.6 | 0.7% |
| 204th | Gibraltar | 2,827.4 | 1.6% |
| 205th | Singapore | 5,989.6 | -3.2% |
| 206th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 6,410.3 | -0.2% |
| 207th | Monaco | 15,971.4 | -0.1% |
| 208th | Macao SAR, China | 16,429.6 | 1.2% |
FAQ
What was Maldives's population density in 2003?▾
Maldives's population density in 2003 was 988.3. This ranked 199th globally.
How did Maldives's population density change in 2003?▾
Maldives's population density increased by 1.7% in 2003 compared to 2002.
Which country had the highest population density in 2003?▾
Macao SAR, China had the highest population density in 2003 at 16,429.6.
What is the population density of Maldives in 2003?▾
The population density of Maldives in 2003 was 988.3. This ranked 199th globally.
How does 2003 compare to 2002 for Maldives's population density?▾
Maldives's population density went from 972.1 in 2002 to 988.3 in 2003, a 1.7% increase.
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