Maldives - Population Growth 1972
3.05%
−0.00pp from 1971
Maldives's population growth was 3.05% in 1972, decreased +0.00pp from 3.05% in 1971. This was the 186th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1972▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Equatorial Guinea | -2.07% | -35.5% |
| 2nd | Aruba | -1.26% | -337.7% |
| 3rd | Macao SAR, China | -0.95% | 75.9% |
| 4th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.39% | 56.5% |
| 5th | Antigua and Barbuda | -0.18% | -156.7% |
| 6th | Portugal | -0.15% | 63.6% |
| 7th | Malta | -0.08% | -600.2% |
| 8th | Burundi | 0.00% | -100.2% |
| 9th | Guinea-Bissau | 0.07% | -78.1% |
| 10th | Tuvalu | 0.12% | -68.3% |
| 11th | Grenada | 0.13% | -45.0% |
| 12th | Barbados | 0.20% | 323.6% |
| 13th | Curaçao | 0.22% | -88.0% |
| 14th | Sweden | 0.30% | -57.1% |
| 15th | Hungary | 0.30% | 4.2% |
| 16th | United Kingdom | 0.34% | -18.8% |
| 17th | Bermuda | 0.37% | -59.7% |
| 18th | Belgium | 0.39% | 114.9% |
| 19th | Czechia | 0.41% | 230.5% |
| 20th | Croatia | 0.43% | 1.0% |
| 21st | Bulgaria | 0.47% | -15.4% |
| 22nd | Germany | 0.48% | 160.8% |
| 23rd | Uruguay | 0.54% | -3.6% |
| 24th | Serbia | 0.56% | -14.3% |
| 25th | Italy | 0.57% | 21.7% |
| 26th | Denmark | 0.57% | -17.7% |
| 27th | Russian Federation | 0.57% | -0.2% |
| 28th | Austria | 0.58% | 30.2% |
| 29th | Finland | 0.60% | 371.6% |
| 30th | Greece | 0.65% | 49.8% |
| 31st | European Union | 0.68% | 22.4% |
| 32nd | Nauru | 0.74% | -4.6% |
| 33rd | Dominica | 0.76% | -16.1% |
| 34th | Switzerland | 0.76% | 45.3% |
| 35th | Norway | 0.76% | 9.1% |
| 36th | Ukraine | 0.78% | 18.9% |
| 37th | Slovenia | 0.80% | 2.6% |
| 38th | Cambodia | 0.80% | 388.9% |
| 39th | Belarus | 0.80% | -3.7% |
| 40th | Latvia | 0.81% | 11.1% |
| 41st | Poland | 0.83% | 127.0% |
| 42nd | Slovak Republic | 0.86% | 102.5% |
| 43rd | France | 0.88% | -6.9% |
| 44th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.94% | 0.2% |
| 45th | Romania | 0.96% | -7.9% |
| 46th | Channel Islands | 0.97% | -5.5% |
| 47th | Moldova | 0.98% | 3.8% |
| 48th | Gibraltar | 0.99% | -30.9% |
| 49th | Georgia | 1.01% | -2.9% |
| 50th | Netherlands | 1.01% | -15.0% |
| 51st | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 1.02% | 6.6% |
| 52nd | Cyprus | 1.07% | 5.1% |
| 53rd | United States | 1.07% | -15.3% |
| 54th | Lithuania | 1.08% | -13.1% |
| 55th | Spain | 1.10% | -8.4% |
| 56th | Estonia | 1.12% | -8.9% |
| 57th | Cabo Verde | 1.13% | -46.7% |
| 58th | Monaco | 1.16% | -18.6% |
| 59th | Canada | 1.16% | -60.6% |
| 60th | Faroe Islands | 1.20% | 6.8% |
| 61st | Luxembourg | 1.21% | 27.2% |
| 62nd | Montenegro | 1.22% | 106.4% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.22% | 9.7% |
| 64th | Guyana | 1.25% | -11.2% |
| 65th | St. Lucia | 1.37% | 1.4% |
| 66th | British Virgin Islands | 1.38% | -14.9% |
| 67th | Suriname | 1.39% | -57.1% |
| 68th | Japan | 1.40% | -36.2% |
| 69th | Samoa | 1.42% | -4.6% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 1.45% | 7.4% |
| 71st | Iceland | 1.46% | 81.0% |
| 72nd | Ireland | 1.49% | 27.0% |
| 73rd | Belize | 1.51% | -11.0% |
| 74th | Mauritius | 1.52% | -4.6% |
| 75th | North Macedonia | 1.54% | -4.6% |
| 76th | Argentina | 1.58% | 0.6% |
| 77th | Cuba | 1.60% | -7.9% |
| 78th | Chile | 1.63% | -1.3% |
| 79th | Mali | 1.64% | 2.6% |
| 80th | Isle of Man | 1.65% | -18.1% |
| 81st | American Samoa | 1.66% | -10.5% |
| 82nd | Tonga | 1.69% | -4.0% |
| 83rd | Fiji | 1.72% | -7.3% |
| 84th | Burkina Faso | 1.72% | -0.2% |
| 85th | Guinea | 1.73% | -3.7% |
| 86th | Timor-Leste | 1.76% | -0.8% |
| 87th | New Zealand | 1.77% | 18.4% |
| 88th | Sierra Leone | 1.83% | -1.4% |
| 89th | Australia | 1.84% | -45.6% |
| 90th | Singapore | 1.85% | 1.0% |
| 91st | Korea | 1.88% | -4.8% |
| 92nd | Haiti | 1.90% | 0.9% |
| 93rd | Kiribati | 1.90% | -3.3% |
| 94th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.92% | -11.1% |
| 95th | Bangladesh | 1.92% | 10.0% |
| 96th | Central African Republic | 1.96% | -5.6% |
| 97th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.97% | 22.4% |
| 98th | San Marino | 1.98% | 44.2% |
| 99th | Armenia | 2.03% | 2.0% |
| 100th | Sri Lanka | 2.03% | -4.8% |
| 101st | Azerbaijan | 2.03% | -4.2% |
| 102nd | Gabon | 2.05% | -1.2% |
| 103rd | Kazakhstan | 2.08% | -1.6% |
| 104th | South Sudan | 2.11% | 22.7% |
| 105th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.13% | -1.7% |
| 106th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.16% | 3.4% |
| 107th | Nepal | 2.17% | -0.3% |
| 108th | India | 2.20% | -1.0% |
| 109th | Myanmar | 2.21% | -1.1% |
| 110th | Kosovo | 2.22% | 19.2% |
| 111th | Chad | 2.23% | 5.8% |
| 112th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.25% | -0.1% |
| 113th | Viet Nam | 2.28% | -1.7% |
| 114th | Philippines | 2.28% | -3.0% |
| 115th | Benin | 2.30% | 2.1% |
| 116th | Algeria | 2.30% | 1.8% |
| 117th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.30% | -0.4% |
| 118th | Greenland | 2.30% | 34.8% |
| 119th | Colombia | 2.32% | -3.7% |
| 120th | Paraguay | 2.32% | 2.8% |
| 121st | El Salvador | 2.35% | -1.7% |
| 122nd | Guam | 2.35% | 0.1% |
| 123rd | Solomon Islands | 2.38% | 4.9% |
| 124th | Papua New Guinea | 2.39% | -0.4% |
| 125th | Nigeria | 2.40% | 2.6% |
| 126th | Türkiye | 2.40% | 1.1% |
| 127th | Malaysia | 2.40% | 1.1% |
| 128th | Seychelles | 2.41% | 19.2% |
| 129th | Lao PDR | 2.42% | 0.8% |
| 130th | Liechtenstein | 2.43% | 13.0% |
| 131st | Brazil | 2.43% | -0.6% |
| 132nd | Afghanistan | 2.44% | 0.6% |
| 133rd | China | 2.46% | -10.5% |
| 134th | Uganda | 2.49% | -12.2% |
| 135th | Albania | 2.49% | 3.0% |
| 136th | Morocco | 2.53% | -2.6% |
| 137th | Tunisia | 2.53% | 1.0% |
| 138th | Liberia | 2.53% | 0.6% |
| 139th | Israel | 2.54% | -19.2% |
| 140th | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 2.55% | -1.8% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 2.56% | -1.2% |
| 142nd | Malawi | 2.56% | 2.1% |
| 143rd | Eritrea | 2.56% | -1.4% |
| 144th | Lebanon | 2.56% | 2.7% |
| 145th | Guatemala | 2.58% | -0.4% |
| 146th | Costa Rica | 2.60% | -2.4% |
| 147th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 2.62% | -0.1% |
| 148th | Marshall Islands | 2.64% | -27.4% |
| 149th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 2.65% | -3.1% |
| 150th | Peru | 2.65% | 7.7% |
| 151st | Niger | 2.66% | -0.6% |
| 152nd | Thailand | 2.66% | -1.3% |
| 153rd | Indonesia | 2.66% | -1.7% |
| 154th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.67% | -6.8% |
| 155th | Bahamas, The | 2.69% | -14.1% |
| 156th | Cameroon | 2.72% | 1.7% |
| 157th | Mongolia | 2.73% | 2.8% |
| 158th | Eswatini | 2.74% | 2.5% |
| 159th | Yemen, Republic of | 2.75% | 2.6% |
| 160th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 2.76% | 81.1% |
| 161st | Mozambique | 2.76% | 12.0% |
| 162nd | Panama | 2.77% | -1.3% |
| 163rd | Pakistan | 2.77% | 0.4% |
| 164th | Dominican Republic | 2.78% | -0.6% |
| 165th | Zambia | 2.81% | 2.1% |
| 166th | Ghana | 2.81% | 1.7% |
| 167th | Oman | 2.82% | 2.7% |
| 168th | Togo | 2.85% | -11.2% |
| 169th | St. Martin (French part) | 2.86% | -2.9% |
| 170th | South Africa | 2.87% | -2.1% |
| 171st | Uzbekistan | 2.88% | -1.5% |
| 172nd | Rwanda | 2.89% | -2.1% |
| 173rd | Nicaragua | 2.91% | -6.8% |
| 174th | Gambia, The | 2.92% | 1.6% |
| 175th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.93% | -2.0% |
| 176th | Ecuador | 2.94% | -0.6% |
| 177th | Madagascar | 2.95% | 1.4% |
| 178th | Senegal | 2.99% | 0.1% |
| 179th | Vanuatu | 2.99% | 1.0% |
| 180th | Namibia | 3.01% | 1.8% |
| 181st | Mauritania | 3.01% | -0.8% |
| 182nd | Angola | 3.01% | 28.9% |
| 183rd | Honduras | 3.04% | 1.1% |
| 184th | Mexico | 3.04% | -1.8% |
| 185th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.05% | 49.5% |
| 186th | Maldives | 3.05% | 0.0% |
| 187th | Zimbabwe | 3.07% | 2.5% |
| 188th | Tajikistan | 3.08% | -0.1% |
| 189th | Congo, Republic of | 3.10% | 1.5% |
| 190th | Comoros | 3.21% | 3.6% |
| 191st | French Polynesia | 3.29% | -3.1% |
| 192nd | Libya | 3.31% | -1.1% |
| 193rd | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.40% | 1.3% |
| 194th | Bhutan | 3.40% | 0.0% |
| 195th | Sudan | 3.43% | -0.4% |
| 196th | Iraq | 3.44% | -0.5% |
| 197th | Kenya | 3.48% | -4.2% |
| 198th | Lesotho | 3.52% | -1.3% |
| 199th | Tanzania | 3.57% | 2.4% |
| 200th | Botswana | 3.59% | 110.4% |
| 201st | Palau | 3.63% | 7.4% |
| 202nd | Jordan | 4.13% | -17.1% |
| 203rd | Côte d'Ivoire | 4.48% | 3.5% |
| 204th | New Caledonia | 4.62% | -0.1% |
| 205th | Saudi Arabia | 4.76% | 7.4% |
| 206th | Bahrain | 4.81% | 85.1% |
| 207th | Cayman Islands | 5.83% | 8.4% |
| 208th | Kuwait | 6.19% | -7.4% |
| 209th | Andorra | 6.83% | -3.5% |
| 210th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.90% | -3.2% |
| 211th | Djibouti | 6.92% | 4.3% |
| 212th | Virgin Islands (US) | 7.31% | -34.2% |
| 213th | Qatar | 10.92% | -9.9% |
| 214th | Northern Mariana Islands | 11.43% | 11.2% |
| 215th | United Arab Emirates | 13.91% | -11.1% |
FAQ
What was Maldives's population growth in 1972?▾
Maldives's population growth in 1972 was 3.05%. This ranked 186th globally.
How did Maldives's population growth change in 1972?▾
Maldives's population growth decreased by 0.0% in 1972 compared to 1971.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1972?▾
United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1972 at 13.91%.
What is the population growth of Maldives in 1972?▾
The population growth of Maldives in 1972 was 3.05%. This ranked 186th globally.
How does 1972 compare to 1971 for Maldives's population growth?▾
Maldives's population growth went from 3.05% in 1971 to 3.05% in 1972, a 0.0% decrease.
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