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Maldives - Population Growth 1973

Name: Maldives Population Growth 1973
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Annual population growth rate · World Bank

3.00% −0.05pp from 1972 Global rank: 181st

Maldives's population growth was 3.00% in 1973, decreased +0.05pp from 3.05% in 1972. This was the 181st highest globally.

Global Ranking - 1973▾

Population Growth by Country - 1973
Rank	Country	Value	YoY
1st	Equatorial Guinea	-2.35%	-13.5%
2nd	Macao SAR, China	-0.92%	3.4%
3rd	Curaçao	-0.54%	-349.0%
4th	Antigua and Barbuda	-0.42%	-140.2%
5th	Suriname	-0.41%	-129.8%
6th	St. Kitts and Nevis	-0.35%	11.2%
7th	Tuvalu	-0.19%	-257.2%
8th	Burundi	-0.14%	-3,093.0%
9th	Malta	-0.08%	-0.1%
10th	Grenada	-0.07%	-152.7%
11th	Portugal	0.03%	120.0%
12th	Sweden	0.17%	-41.7%
13th	United Kingdom	0.19%	-43.0%
14th	Barbados	0.27%	35.2%
15th	Bermuda	0.27%	-27.3%
16th	Belgium	0.31%	-19.6%
17th	Germany	0.31%	-34.2%
18th	Hungary	0.32%	8.1%
19th	Aruba	0.43%	134.5%
20th	Serbia	0.44%	-21.3%
21st	Croatia	0.44%	1.2%
22nd	Greece	0.45%	-30.1%
23rd	Bulgaria	0.52%	11.9%
24th	Uruguay	0.55%	1.5%
25th	Czechia	0.55%	33.2%
26th	Austria	0.55%	-4.7%
27th	Finland	0.57%	-4.6%
28th	Russian Federation	0.57%	0.2%
29th	Denmark	0.60%	5.7%
30th	European Union	0.65%	-4.5%
31st	Italy	0.68%	19.5%
32nd	Ukraine	0.69%	-12.3%
33rd	Norway	0.70%	-8.5%
34th	Cyprus	0.73%	-31.1%
35th	Switzerland	0.74%	-3.2%
36th	Belarus	0.74%	-7.6%
37th	Dominica	0.75%	-1.3%
38th	Nauru	0.79%	7.2%
39th	France	0.81%	-7.9%
40th	Slovenia	0.82%	3.2%
41st	Netherlands	0.83%	-18.2%
42nd	Cabo Verde	0.84%	-26.0%
43rd	Latvia	0.84%	3.6%
44th	Monaco	0.84%	-27.3%
45th	Romania	0.86%	-10.3%
46th	Channel Islands	0.88%	-9.1%
47th	Georgia	0.88%	-12.9%
48th	Gibraltar	0.90%	-9.4%
49th	Poland	0.91%	9.8%
50th	St. Vincent and the Grenadines	0.92%	-2.8%
51st	Lithuania	0.95%	-11.8%
52nd	United States	0.95%	-10.8%
53rd	Estonia	0.96%	-14.6%
54th	Slovak Republic	0.97%	13.4%
55th	Cambodia	0.98%	23.1%
56th	Bosnia and Herzegovina	1.01%	-0.5%
57th	Moldova	1.03%	6.0%
58th	Guinea-Bissau	1.05%	1,442.2%
59th	San Marino	1.09%	-45.1%
60th	Luxembourg	1.10%	-8.9%
61st	Spain	1.10%	0.1%
62nd	Guyana	1.17%	-6.0%
63rd	Faroe Islands	1.18%	-2.2%
64th	Canada	1.22%	5.3%
65th	Trinidad and Tobago	1.27%	3.5%
66th	British Virgin Islands	1.28%	-7.0%
67th	Samoa	1.36%	-4.1%
68th	St. Lucia	1.40%	2.6%
69th	Japan	1.41%	0.5%
70th	Belize	1.41%	-6.8%
71st	Cuba	1.43%	-10.6%
72nd	Greenland	1.44%	-37.5%
73rd	Mauritius	1.49%	-1.9%
74th	Iceland	1.51%	3.1%
75th	Jamaica	1.52%	5.1%
76th	North Macedonia	1.53%	-0.6%
77th	Seychelles	1.53%	-36.6%
78th	Australia	1.53%	-16.8%
79th	Isle of Man	1.54%	-6.9%
80th	American Samoa	1.56%	-6.1%
81st	Fiji	1.57%	-8.5%
82nd	Montenegro	1.60%	31.3%
83rd	Ireland	1.60%	7.9%
84th	Chile	1.62%	-1.2%
85th	Argentina	1.62%	2.1%
86th	Tonga	1.65%	-2.4%
87th	Guinea	1.68%	-3.1%
88th	Timor-Leste	1.71%	-2.7%
89th	Mali	1.73%	5.4%
90th	Kiribati	1.73%	-8.8%
91st	Korea	1.77%	-5.7%
92nd	Burkina Faso	1.79%	3.7%
93rd	Sierra Leone	1.85%	0.9%
94th	Singapore	1.87%	0.9%
95th	Azerbaijan	1.88%	-7.4%
96th	Haiti	1.91%	0.5%
97th	Central African Republic	1.92%	-2.1%
98th	Sri Lanka	1.95%	-4.1%
99th	New Zealand	1.96%	10.7%
100th	Kazakhstan	1.96%	-5.9%
101st	Armenia	2.07%	1.9%
102nd	Gabon	2.08%	1.2%
103rd	Myanmar	2.08%	-5.8%
104th	Kyrgyz Republic	2.10%	-2.6%
105th	São Tomé and Principe	2.14%	0.5%
106th	Puerto Rico (US)	2.16%	9.5%
107th	Nepal	2.18%	0.3%
108th	Philippines	2.22%	-2.7%
109th	Viet Nam	2.23%	-2.2%
110th	Kosovo	2.25%	1.3%
111th	Bolivia, Plurinational State of	2.25%	0.1%
112th	India	2.25%	2.5%
113th	China	2.28%	-7.1%
114th	Colombia	2.29%	-1.2%
115th	Egypt, Arab Republic of	2.30%	-0.1%
116th	Guam	2.31%	-1.9%
117th	Türkiye	2.31%	-3.6%
118th	Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of	2.32%	-9.0%
119th	Papua New Guinea	2.34%	-2.0%
120th	Benin	2.34%	2.0%
121st	El Salvador	2.34%	-0.2%
122nd	Uganda	2.35%	-5.7%
123rd	Chad	2.35%	5.4%
124th	Algeria	2.36%	2.4%
125th	Albania	2.36%	-5.3%
126th	South Sudan	2.37%	12.4%
127th	Bahamas, The	2.39%	-11.2%
128th	Malaysia	2.39%	-0.3%
129th	Paraguay	2.42%	4.3%
130th	Brazil	2.42%	-0.5%
131st	Marshall Islands	2.43%	-8.3%
132nd	Lao PDR	2.43%	0.3%
133rd	Lebanon	2.49%	-2.8%
134th	Morocco	2.49%	-1.5%
135th	Nigeria	2.49%	4.2%
136th	Eritrea	2.52%	-1.5%
137th	Afghanistan	2.53%	3.8%
138th	Turkmenistan	2.54%	-0.5%
139th	Solomon Islands	2.55%	7.0%
140th	Costa Rica	2.55%	-1.8%
141st	Tunisia	2.57%	1.7%
142nd	Guatemala	2.58%	0.4%
143rd	Peru	2.59%	-2.4%
144th	Liberia	2.62%	3.3%
145th	Malawi	2.62%	2.5%
146th	Indonesia	2.63%	-1.3%
147th	Thailand	2.64%	-0.9%
148th	Togo	2.64%	-7.4%
149th	Somalia, Fed. Rep.	2.66%	1.6%
150th	Niger	2.68%	0.7%
151st	Congo, Democratic Republic of	2.68%	1.0%
152nd	Micronesia, Federated States of	2.71%	1.3%
153rd	Panama	2.71%	-2.0%
154th	Cameroon	2.75%	1.2%
155th	Dominican Republic	2.76%	-0.7%
156th	Mongolia	2.79%	2.4%
157th	Eswatini	2.80%	2.2%
158th	Yemen, Republic of	2.81%	2.1%
159th	Hong Kong SAR, China	2.82%	47.2%
160th	South Africa	2.86%	-0.3%
161st	Bangladesh	2.86%	48.9%
162nd	St. Martin (French part)	2.88%	0.4%
163rd	Zambia	2.88%	2.3%
164th	Ghana	2.89%	2.6%
165th	Uzbekistan	2.89%	0.5%
166th	Palau	2.89%	-20.3%
167th	Oman	2.90%	2.7%
168th	Nicaragua	2.90%	-0.3%
169th	Liechtenstein	2.91%	19.5%
170th	Pakistan	2.91%	5.2%
171st	Rwanda	2.91%	0.7%
172nd	Ecuador	2.91%	-0.8%
173rd	Turks and Caicos Islands	2.92%	5.7%
174th	Iran, Islamic Republic of	2.93%	0.0%
175th	Gambia, The	2.95%	1.0%
176th	Mozambique	2.96%	7.3%
177th	Madagascar	2.98%	0.9%
178th	Senegal	2.98%	-0.3%
179th	Mexico	2.99%	-1.8%
180th	Mauritania	2.99%	-0.6%
181st	Maldives	3.00%	-1.7%
182nd	Namibia	3.00%	-0.1%
183rd	Vanuatu	3.01%	0.6%
184th	Honduras	3.01%	-0.8%
185th	Tajikistan	3.11%	0.8%
186th	Congo, Republic of	3.13%	0.7%
187th	Zimbabwe	3.16%	2.8%
188th	French Polynesia	3.24%	-1.5%
189th	Comoros	3.31%	3.1%
190th	Syrian Arab Republic	3.37%	-0.6%
191st	Bhutan	3.41%	0.0%
192nd	Angola	3.41%	13.3%
193rd	Iraq	3.45%	0.3%
194th	Kenya	3.45%	-0.7%
195th	Lesotho	3.47%	-1.3%
196th	Brunei Darussalam	3.58%	17.4%
197th	Tanzania	3.60%	0.8%
198th	Jordan	3.64%	-11.9%
199th	Libya	3.88%	17.1%
200th	Israel	4.05%	59.2%
201st	Sudan	4.08%	18.9%
202nd	Côte d'Ivoire	4.55%	1.6%
203rd	New Caledonia	4.61%	-0.3%
204th	Botswana	4.71%	31.3%
205th	Saudi Arabia	5.01%	5.2%
206th	Bahrain	5.31%	10.3%
207th	Cayman Islands	5.57%	-4.4%
208th	Kuwait	6.04%	-2.5%
209th	Andorra	6.60%	-3.3%
210th	Sint Maarten (Dutch part)	7.02%	1.8%
211th	Djibouti	7.08%	2.2%
212th	Northern Mariana Islands	9.39%	-17.9%
213th	Virgin Islands (US)	9.73%	33.1%
214th	Qatar	9.95%	-8.9%
215th	United Arab Emirates	12.53%	-9.9%

FAQ

What was Maldives's population growth in 1973?▾

Maldives's population growth in 1973 was 3.00%. This ranked 181st globally.

How did Maldives's population growth change in 1973?▾

Maldives's population growth decreased by 1.7% in 1973 compared to 1972.

Which country had the highest population growth in 1973?▾

United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1973 at 12.53%.

What is the population growth of Maldives in 1973?▾

The population growth of Maldives in 1973 was 3.00%. This ranked 181st globally.

How does 1973 compare to 1972 for Maldives's population growth?▾

Maldives's population growth went from 3.05% in 1972 to 3.00% in 1973, a 1.7% decrease.

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