Maldives - Population Growth 2006
2.39%
+0.74pp from 2005
Maldives's population growth was 2.39% in 2006, increased +0.74pp from 1.65% in 2005. This was the 165th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2006▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Northern Mariana Islands | -2.72% | -8.3% |
| 2nd | Lithuania | -1.60% | 2.0% |
| 3rd | Palau | -1.15% | -22,630.4% |
| 4th | Latvia | -0.92% | 15.1% |
| 5th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -0.81% | 24.6% |
| 6th | Bulgaria | -0.76% | -0.9% |
| 7th | Ukraine | -0.65% | 21.5% |
| 8th | Albania | -0.63% | -23.3% |
| 9th | Armenia | -0.62% | -5.0% |
| 10th | Micronesia, Federated States of | -0.61% | -33.9% |
| 11th | Belarus | -0.61% | 10.4% |
| 12th | Romania | -0.59% | 4.1% |
| 13th | Estonia | -0.59% | -3.0% |
| 14th | Georgia | -0.57% | 10.5% |
| 15th | North Macedonia | -0.55% | -2.3% |
| 16th | Monaco | -0.48% | -58.3% |
| 17th | American Samoa | -0.43% | -21.4% |
| 18th | Puerto Rico (US) | -0.42% | -193.6% |
| 19th | Lesotho | -0.41% | 55.3% |
| 20th | Serbia | -0.39% | -30.9% |
| 21st | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.39% | -13.7% |
| 22nd | Russian Federation | -0.33% | 14.2% |
| 23rd | Kosovo | -0.29% | -19.7% |
| 24th | Greenland | -0.28% | -532.9% |
| 25th | Moldova | -0.28% | -14.2% |
| 26th | Guyana | -0.26% | -29.8% |
| 27th | Hungary | -0.16% | 21.7% |
| 28th | Nauru | -0.15% | -36.5% |
| 29th | Germany | -0.11% | -98.7% |
| 30th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.08% | -546.4% |
| 31st | Poland | -0.06% | -44.2% |
| 32nd | El Salvador | -0.05% | -459.4% |
| 33rd | Faroe Islands | -0.05% | 4.0% |
| 34th | Slovak Republic | 0.00% | -53.1% |
| 35th | Croatia | 0.02% | -81.7% |
| 36th | Japan | 0.06% | 574.8% |
| 37th | Dominica | 0.10% | -15.4% |
| 38th | Uruguay | 0.11% | 42.3% |
| 39th | Montenegro | 0.12% | -16.0% |
| 40th | Cuba | 0.14% | -32.9% |
| 41st | Netherlands | 0.16% | -31.3% |
| 42nd | Marshall Islands | 0.17% | -25.4% |
| 43rd | Portugal | 0.18% | -2.8% |
| 44th | Bermuda | 0.20% | -21.3% |
| 45th | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.27% | 106.9% |
| 46th | Czechia | 0.27% | 95.8% |
| 47th | St. Kitts and Nevis | 0.28% | 7.9% |
| 48th | Guam | 0.29% | -14.9% |
| 49th | Greece | 0.30% | 2.4% |
| 50th | Slovenia | 0.32% | 84.2% |
| 51st | Denmark | 0.33% | 19.3% |
| 52nd | European Union | 0.34% | -7.9% |
| 53rd | Malta | 0.36% | -42.8% |
| 54th | Grenada | 0.36% | -2.8% |
| 55th | Finland | 0.38% | 12.1% |
| 56th | Samoa | 0.39% | -0.1% |
| 57th | Italy | 0.40% | -31.5% |
| 58th | Mauritius | 0.47% | -21.2% |
| 59th | Barbados | 0.48% | -8.4% |
| 60th | Austria | 0.49% | -27.4% |
| 61st | Eswatini | 0.50% | -8.1% |
| 62nd | Jamaica | 0.52% | -6.8% |
| 63rd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.52% | -10.0% |
| 64th | Korea | 0.53% | 147.7% |
| 65th | Tonga | 0.55% | -3.5% |
| 66th | China | 0.56% | -5.1% |
| 67th | Sweden | 0.56% | 40.6% |
| 68th | Switzerland | 0.63% | -2.0% |
| 69th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.64% | 47.0% |
| 70th | Belgium | 0.66% | 19.9% |
| 71st | Sri Lanka | 0.67% | 4.7% |
| 72nd | France | 0.70% | -7.4% |
| 73rd | Channel Islands | 0.71% | -0.6% |
| 74th | St. Lucia | 0.72% | -2.5% |
| 75th | Myanmar | 0.73% | -6.9% |
| 76th | Iraq | 0.73% | -75.3% |
| 77th | United Kingdom | 0.74% | 7.1% |
| 78th | Peru | 0.79% | -11.1% |
| 79th | Norway | 0.81% | 18.3% |
| 80th | Liechtenstein | 0.81% | -8.0% |
| 81st | Thailand | 0.83% | -3.5% |
| 82nd | Kazakhstan | 0.85% | 14.0% |
| 83rd | Tunisia | 0.88% | 0.9% |
| 84th | Fiji | 0.90% | -1.2% |
| 85th | United States | 0.96% | 4.6% |
| 86th | Nepal | 0.97% | -13.5% |
| 87th | Isle of Man | 0.97% | 6.4% |
| 88th | Chile | 0.98% | -1.6% |
| 89th | Canada | 1.01% | 7.0% |
| 90th | South Africa | 1.02% | 0.9% |
| 91st | Türkiye | 1.03% | -3.9% |
| 92nd | Argentina | 1.03% | 0.1% |
| 93rd | Paraguay | 1.04% | -5.8% |
| 94th | Brazil | 1.06% | -3.4% |
| 95th | Kyrgyz Republic | 1.07% | -4.8% |
| 96th | Suriname | 1.09% | 4.3% |
| 97th | Azerbaijan | 1.10% | 7.5% |
| 98th | Cabo Verde | 1.15% | -3.4% |
| 99th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.15% | -0.1% |
| 100th | San Marino | 1.16% | -9.3% |
| 101st | Tuvalu | 1.16% | -7.6% |
| 102nd | Bangladesh | 1.16% | -7.9% |
| 103rd | Mongolia | 1.21% | 8.6% |
| 104th | Zimbabwe | 1.22% | 28.8% |
| 105th | New Zealand | 1.22% | 8.0% |
| 106th | Antigua and Barbuda | 1.24% | 10.0% |
| 107th | Dominican Republic | 1.25% | -4.6% |
| 108th | Namibia | 1.28% | 2.0% |
| 109th | New Caledonia | 1.29% | -11.5% |
| 110th | Uzbekistan | 1.29% | 3.1% |
| 111th | Bahamas, The | 1.29% | 7.6% |
| 112th | Viet Nam | 1.32% | 42.5% |
| 113th | Indonesia | 1.33% | 3.2% |
| 114th | Colombia | 1.33% | -5.3% |
| 115th | Bhutan | 1.34% | -22.3% |
| 116th | Australia | 1.35% | 10.9% |
| 117th | Morocco | 1.35% | 0.6% |
| 118th | Mexico | 1.35% | 0.4% |
| 119th | Costa Rica | 1.40% | -3.1% |
| 120th | French Polynesia | 1.42% | -5.0% |
| 121st | Nicaragua | 1.43% | 9.4% |
| 122nd | Gibraltar | 1.47% | -5.2% |
| 123rd | Cambodia | 1.48% | 1.3% |
| 124th | Algeria | 1.54% | 5.3% |
| 125th | India | 1.56% | -4.1% |
| 126th | Eritrea | 1.58% | -34.1% |
| 127th | Lao PDR | 1.58% | 4.9% |
| 128th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.59% | -5.9% |
| 129th | Luxembourg | 1.60% | 4.2% |
| 130th | Philippines | 1.68% | -9.5% |
| 131st | Spain | 1.69% | 0.1% |
| 132nd | Lebanon | 1.70% | 9.6% |
| 133rd | Haiti | 1.70% | 1.1% |
| 134th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.70% | 1.1% |
| 135th | Ecuador | 1.72% | -0.7% |
| 136th | Solomon Islands | 1.75% | -1.2% |
| 137th | Cyprus | 1.75% | -1.8% |
| 138th | Israel | 1.77% | 0.3% |
| 139th | Aruba | 1.80% | -30.7% |
| 140th | Panama | 1.85% | -1.7% |
| 141st | Turkmenistan | 1.86% | -1.1% |
| 142nd | Botswana | 1.87% | 3.9% |
| 143rd | Tajikistan | 1.90% | -2.9% |
| 144th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.95% | -3.4% |
| 145th | Djibouti | 1.96% | 25.0% |
| 146th | Kiribati | 2.00% | -0.4% |
| 147th | Comoros | 2.02% | -1.2% |
| 148th | Central African Republic | 2.05% | -9.5% |
| 149th | Libya | 2.05% | -2.6% |
| 150th | Seychelles | 2.08% | 349.1% |
| 151st | Guinea | 2.09% | 4.5% |
| 152nd | Guatemala | 2.12% | -2.3% |
| 153rd | St. Martin (French part) | 2.13% | -5.7% |
| 154th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 2.15% | -2.6% |
| 155th | Sierra Leone | 2.21% | -18.0% |
| 156th | Oman | 2.21% | -2.2% |
| 157th | Malaysia | 2.23% | -1.8% |
| 158th | Sudan | 2.31% | 1.1% |
| 159th | Senegal | 2.33% | -0.5% |
| 160th | Iceland | 2.35% | 48.3% |
| 161st | Mozambique | 2.35% | 1.5% |
| 162nd | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.36% | -1.3% |
| 163rd | Honduras | 2.36% | -2.8% |
| 164th | Pakistan | 2.38% | -0.9% |
| 165th | Maldives | 2.39% | 45.0% |
| 166th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.41% | 2.8% |
| 167th | Vanuatu | 2.42% | -0.2% |
| 168th | São Tomé and Principe | 2.44% | -0.8% |
| 169th | Mauritania | 2.51% | 3.4% |
| 170th | West Bank and Gaza | 2.56% | 0.0% |
| 171st | Curaçao | 2.57% | 0.7% |
| 172nd | Ghana | 2.60% | -0.9% |
| 173rd | Rwanda | 2.67% | 0.3% |
| 174th | Ireland | 2.70% | 23.7% |
| 175th | Cameroon | 2.75% | -0.3% |
| 176th | Malawi | 2.76% | 2.9% |
| 177th | Andorra | 2.76% | -32.5% |
| 178th | Nigeria | 2.76% | -0.3% |
| 179th | Tanzania | 2.80% | 0.9% |
| 180th | Togo | 2.80% | 9.1% |
| 181st | Gambia, The | 2.85% | 2.6% |
| 182nd | Belize | 2.87% | -1.6% |
| 183rd | Uganda | 2.93% | -0.3% |
| 184th | Madagascar | 2.94% | 0.3% |
| 185th | Timor-Leste | 2.94% | 43.4% |
| 186th | Gabon | 3.02% | 3.9% |
| 187th | Cayman Islands | 3.04% | -2.5% |
| 188th | Kenya | 3.05% | -0.8% |
| 189th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.06% | -11.7% |
| 190th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.08% | 0.4% |
| 191st | Burkina Faso | 3.12% | -0.8% |
| 192nd | Benin | 3.12% | -3.1% |
| 193rd | Singapore | 3.13% | 33.1% |
| 194th | Papua New Guinea | 3.19% | -1.3% |
| 195th | Yemen, Republic of | 3.25% | 5.0% |
| 196th | Mali | 3.28% | 0.2% |
| 197th | British Virgin Islands | 3.44% | 2.1% |
| 198th | Zambia | 3.44% | 4.3% |
| 199th | Chad | 3.60% | -10.8% |
| 200th | Burundi | 3.60% | -3.0% |
| 201st | Niger | 3.66% | 0.8% |
| 202nd | Angola | 3.68% | 1.1% |
| 203rd | Congo, Republic of | 3.74% | 3.9% |
| 204th | Afghanistan | 4.09% | 16.3% |
| 205th | Saudi Arabia | 4.28% | -3.3% |
| 206th | Syrian Arab Republic | 4.28% | 66.6% |
| 207th | Equatorial Guinea | 4.44% | -13.7% |
| 208th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.62% | -4.4% |
| 209th | South Sudan | 4.97% | 3.0% |
| 210th | Macao SAR, China | 5.23% | 29.0% |
| 211th | Kuwait | 5.56% | 53.8% |
| 212th | Liberia | 5.59% | 25.2% |
| 213th | Jordan | 6.39% | 157.9% |
| 214th | United Arab Emirates | 7.12% | 37.3% |
| 215th | Bahrain | 7.75% | 1.9% |
| 216th | Qatar | 16.43% | 152.2% |
FAQ
What was Maldives's population growth in 2006?▾
Maldives's population growth in 2006 was 2.39%. This ranked 165th globally.
How did Maldives's population growth change in 2006?▾
Maldives's population growth increased by 45.0% in 2006 compared to 2005.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2006?▾
Qatar had the highest population growth in 2006 at 16.43%.
What is the population growth of Maldives in 2006?▾
The population growth of Maldives in 2006 was 2.39%. This ranked 165th globally.
How does 2006 compare to 2005 for Maldives's population growth?▾
Maldives's population growth went from 1.65% in 2005 to 2.39% in 2006, a 45.0% increase.
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