Maldives - Population Growth 1978
2.75%
−0.20pp from 1977
Maldives's population growth was 2.75% in 1978, decreased +0.20pp from 2.94% in 1977. This was the 155th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 1978▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Cambodia | -8.40% | -6.3% |
| 2nd | Suriname | -0.93% | -11.6% |
| 3rd | Curaçao | -0.75% | -1,970.0% |
| 4th | Grenada | -0.74% | -16.6% |
| 5th | Palau | -0.68% | -17.2% |
| 6th | Kiribati | -0.67% | -3.0% |
| 7th | Greenland | -0.41% | 33.0% |
| 8th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.33% | -14.1% |
| 9th | Macao SAR, China | -0.24% | 79.1% |
| 10th | Equatorial Guinea | -0.09% | 94.1% |
| 11th | Germany | -0.09% | 61.6% |
| 12th | Austria | -0.08% | -310.9% |
| 13th | Barbados | -0.03% | -140.8% |
| 14th | United Kingdom | 0.01% | 116.3% |
| 15th | Switzerland | 0.01% | 102.6% |
| 16th | New Zealand | 0.03% | -89.7% |
| 17th | Belgium | 0.09% | -24.4% |
| 18th | Bulgaria | 0.11% | -78.5% |
| 19th | Luxembourg | 0.18% | 3.3% |
| 20th | Channel Islands | 0.20% | -24.1% |
| 21st | Bermuda | 0.20% | -2.9% |
| 22nd | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.28% | 75.6% |
| 23rd | Finland | 0.29% | 2.6% |
| 24th | Sweden | 0.29% | -18.0% |
| 25th | Denmark | 0.31% | -0.3% |
| 26th | Aruba | 0.33% | -7.9% |
| 27th | Hungary | 0.34% | -25.8% |
| 28th | Italy | 0.36% | -16.1% |
| 29th | Ukraine | 0.37% | -14.7% |
| 30th | Norway | 0.38% | -9.7% |
| 31st | Dominica | 0.44% | -18.7% |
| 32nd | France | 0.45% | -3.0% |
| 33rd | European Union | 0.46% | -5.0% |
| 34th | Croatia | 0.47% | -9.4% |
| 35th | Tonga | 0.49% | -66.1% |
| 36th | Gibraltar | 0.51% | -12.5% |
| 37th | Latvia | 0.52% | -9.3% |
| 38th | Czechia | 0.54% | -9.5% |
| 39th | Serbia | 0.55% | -6.4% |
| 40th | Uruguay | 0.56% | -10.6% |
| 41st | Georgia | 0.58% | -14.3% |
| 42nd | Seychelles | 0.59% | -72.0% |
| 43rd | Netherlands | 0.62% | 3.5% |
| 44th | Belarus | 0.65% | 18.5% |
| 45th | Cuba | 0.66% | -18.3% |
| 46th | Estonia | 0.69% | -6.9% |
| 47th | Russian Federation | 0.70% | 0.0% |
| 48th | Lithuania | 0.73% | -7.9% |
| 49th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | 0.76% | -4.0% |
| 50th | Cyprus | 0.77% | 0.8% |
| 51st | Guyana | 0.78% | -8.1% |
| 52nd | Iceland | 0.78% | 4.9% |
| 53rd | British Virgin Islands | 0.79% | -6.3% |
| 54th | Poland | 0.79% | -17.6% |
| 55th | Montenegro | 0.80% | -11.2% |
| 56th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | 0.89% | -4.7% |
| 57th | Romania | 0.89% | -5.3% |
| 58th | Japan | 0.91% | -6.0% |
| 59th | Spain | 0.96% | -6.4% |
| 60th | Canada | 1.00% | -14.9% |
| 61st | Samoa | 1.01% | -39.4% |
| 62nd | Slovak Republic | 1.02% | -3.7% |
| 63rd | Malta | 1.04% | 166.6% |
| 64th | Central African Republic | 1.05% | 1.7% |
| 65th | Cabo Verde | 1.05% | -3.0% |
| 66th | United States | 1.06% | 5.3% |
| 67th | Portugal | 1.08% | 1.6% |
| 68th | Slovenia | 1.09% | -9.9% |
| 69th | Moldova | 1.13% | -0.8% |
| 70th | Jamaica | 1.16% | -4.7% |
| 71st | Australia | 1.16% | 3.2% |
| 72nd | Faroe Islands | 1.20% | 10.3% |
| 73rd | Singapore | 1.21% | -12.7% |
| 74th | New Caledonia | 1.23% | -29.6% |
| 75th | Monaco | 1.26% | -13.3% |
| 76th | Trinidad and Tobago | 1.27% | 3.1% |
| 77th | Greece | 1.30% | -0.3% |
| 78th | Mauritius | 1.31% | -19.7% |
| 79th | Puerto Rico (US) | 1.31% | -10.4% |
| 80th | China | 1.34% | -1.8% |
| 81st | Isle of Man | 1.34% | 0.6% |
| 82nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 1.38% | -3.8% |
| 83rd | Ireland | 1.42% | 4.8% |
| 84th | North Macedonia | 1.43% | -3.6% |
| 85th | Zimbabwe | 1.45% | -43.2% |
| 86th | St. Lucia | 1.48% | -2.1% |
| 87th | Chile | 1.51% | -1.6% |
| 88th | Korea | 1.52% | -2.6% |
| 89th | Guinea | 1.59% | 1.9% |
| 90th | Argentina | 1.60% | 1.0% |
| 91st | Timor-Leste | 1.68% | -3.9% |
| 92nd | Lao PDR | 1.68% | -3.9% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 1.69% | 3.4% |
| 94th | Namibia | 1.72% | -35.6% |
| 95th | American Samoa | 1.80% | -3.0% |
| 96th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 1.81% | 25.5% |
| 97th | Chad | 1.82% | -2.7% |
| 98th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.83% | -4.9% |
| 99th | Sri Lanka | 1.84% | 1.4% |
| 100th | Nauru | 1.87% | 34.2% |
| 101st | Haiti | 1.93% | 0.0% |
| 102nd | Sierra Leone | 1.93% | 4.4% |
| 103rd | Mali | 1.94% | 4.7% |
| 104th | Myanmar | 1.95% | 1.3% |
| 105th | Afghanistan | 2.01% | -5.6% |
| 106th | Türkiye | 2.02% | -2.2% |
| 107th | Guam | 2.04% | -2.3% |
| 108th | Belize | 2.06% | -0.7% |
| 109th | Albania | 2.08% | -6.2% |
| 110th | Bahamas, The | 2.08% | -3.2% |
| 111th | Israel | 2.11% | -5.8% |
| 112th | Papua New Guinea | 2.13% | -1.5% |
| 113th | El Salvador | 2.14% | -0.1% |
| 114th | Northern Mariana Islands | 2.15% | -3.9% |
| 115th | Lebanon | 2.17% | 66.7% |
| 116th | Thailand | 2.18% | -2.4% |
| 117th | Colombia | 2.26% | 1.8% |
| 118th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 2.30% | -0.5% |
| 119th | India | 2.30% | -2.4% |
| 120th | Nepal | 2.32% | 3.5% |
| 121st | Senegal | 2.34% | -4.2% |
| 122nd | Congo, Republic of | 2.35% | -1.9% |
| 123rd | Fiji | 2.36% | 13.9% |
| 124th | Liechtenstein | 2.37% | 49.6% |
| 125th | Brazil | 2.39% | 0.0% |
| 126th | Malaysia | 2.40% | 0.0% |
| 127th | Togo | 2.42% | 0.9% |
| 128th | Panama | 2.43% | -2.1% |
| 129th | Indonesia | 2.44% | -0.7% |
| 130th | Bangladesh | 2.44% | -1.9% |
| 131st | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 2.45% | 3.7% |
| 132nd | Gabon | 2.46% | 3.0% |
| 133rd | Tunisia | 2.46% | -5.9% |
| 134th | Kazakhstan | 2.47% | -1.4% |
| 135th | Guatemala | 2.47% | 12.4% |
| 136th | Peru | 2.49% | 0.8% |
| 137th | Burkina Faso | 2.49% | 6.9% |
| 138th | Paraguay | 2.49% | 0.9% |
| 139th | Turkmenistan | 2.53% | 0.1% |
| 140th | Dominican Republic | 2.53% | -1.5% |
| 141st | Morocco | 2.54% | 2.4% |
| 142nd | South Sudan | 2.54% | -1.1% |
| 143rd | Benin | 2.59% | 1.9% |
| 144th | Viet Nam | 2.61% | -0.7% |
| 145th | Mexico | 2.65% | -2.2% |
| 146th | Eritrea | 2.65% | 0.0% |
| 147th | Uganda | 2.65% | 0.4% |
| 148th | Costa Rica | 2.66% | 1.2% |
| 149th | Philippines | 2.68% | 0.8% |
| 150th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.69% | 2.0% |
| 151st | Mongolia | 2.71% | -5.1% |
| 152nd | Cameroon | 2.73% | 5.7% |
| 153rd | South Africa | 2.73% | 1.0% |
| 154th | Ecuador | 2.74% | -1.1% |
| 155th | Maldives | 2.75% | -6.7% |
| 156th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 2.79% | 14.4% |
| 157th | Uzbekistan | 2.79% | -3.4% |
| 158th | Kosovo | 2.79% | 2.7% |
| 159th | Mauritania | 2.84% | -1.5% |
| 160th | Algeria | 2.84% | -21.7% |
| 161st | Lesotho | 2.85% | -1.5% |
| 162nd | Niger | 2.86% | 2.5% |
| 163rd | Virgin Islands (US) | 2.88% | 192.1% |
| 164th | Burundi | 2.89% | 12.5% |
| 165th | Nicaragua | 2.89% | -3.9% |
| 166th | Liberia | 2.91% | 3.7% |
| 167th | Rwanda | 2.96% | 0.3% |
| 168th | Zambia | 3.03% | -0.4% |
| 169th | Ghana | 3.04% | 3.1% |
| 170th | Madagascar | 3.04% | 0.3% |
| 171st | Nigeria | 3.06% | 2.7% |
| 172nd | Vanuatu | 3.09% | 0.4% |
| 173rd | Honduras | 3.09% | -0.6% |
| 174th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.10% | 22.7% |
| 175th | Tajikistan | 3.11% | -1.3% |
| 176th | French Polynesia | 3.12% | 4.1% |
| 177th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.14% | 4.1% |
| 178th | Jordan | 3.15% | 2.9% |
| 179th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.17% | 2.1% |
| 180th | Marshall Islands | 3.18% | -1.2% |
| 181st | Pakistan | 3.20% | 2.1% |
| 182nd | Comoros | 3.23% | -2.6% |
| 183rd | Gambia, The | 3.25% | 2.8% |
| 184th | Brunei Darussalam | 3.26% | -4.4% |
| 185th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 3.27% | 5.5% |
| 186th | St. Martin (French part) | 3.29% | -8.1% |
| 187th | Eswatini | 3.29% | 2.9% |
| 188th | Iraq | 3.37% | 1.2% |
| 189th | Armenia | 3.37% | 2.1% |
| 190th | Bhutan | 3.41% | 0.0% |
| 191st | Malawi | 3.42% | 10.1% |
| 192nd | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.43% | -0.2% |
| 193rd | Kenya | 3.44% | 3.7% |
| 194th | Angola | 3.48% | 2.9% |
| 195th | Solomon Islands | 3.49% | 1.8% |
| 196th | Tanzania | 3.53% | -2.4% |
| 197th | Côte d'Ivoire | 3.77% | 2.6% |
| 198th | Mozambique | 3.77% | 6.0% |
| 199th | Sudan | 3.95% | 13.4% |
| 200th | Tuvalu | 3.97% | -7.8% |
| 201st | Cayman Islands | 4.04% | -8.4% |
| 202nd | Bahrain | 4.75% | -3.0% |
| 203rd | San Marino | 4.92% | 6.1% |
| 204th | Oman | 5.13% | 5.4% |
| 205th | Andorra | 5.13% | -6.5% |
| 206th | Saudi Arabia | 5.71% | 2.7% |
| 207th | Libya | 5.76% | 0.7% |
| 208th | Botswana | 6.03% | 14.3% |
| 209th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 6.31% | -2.3% |
| 210th | Kuwait | 6.34% | -2.7% |
| 211th | Guinea-Bissau | 6.51% | -1.8% |
| 212th | Qatar | 7.08% | -5.4% |
| 213th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 7.12% | 166.4% |
| 214th | Djibouti | 9.52% | -3.4% |
| 215th | United Arab Emirates | 13.06% | -8.4% |
FAQ
What was Maldives's population growth in 1978?▾
Maldives's population growth in 1978 was 2.75%. This ranked 155th globally.
How did Maldives's population growth change in 1978?▾
Maldives's population growth decreased by 6.7% in 1978 compared to 1977.
Which country had the highest population growth in 1978?▾
United Arab Emirates had the highest population growth in 1978 at 13.06%.
What is the population growth of Maldives in 1978?▾
The population growth of Maldives in 1978 was 2.75%. This ranked 155th globally.
How does 1978 compare to 1977 for Maldives's population growth?▾
Maldives's population growth went from 2.94% in 1977 to 2.75% in 1978, a 6.7% decrease.
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