Maldives - Population Growth 2018
3.18%
−0.14pp from 2017
Maldives's population growth was 3.18% in 2018, decreased +0.14pp from 3.32% in 2017. This was the 203rd highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2018▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | Puerto Rico (US) | -3.59% | -77.5% |
| 2nd | Lebanon | -2.90% | -11.0% |
| 3rd | Marshall Islands | -2.71% | -8.2% |
| 4th | Saudi Arabia | -2.55% | -3,514.9% |
| 5th | St. Martin (French part) | -2.27% | -148.0% |
| 6th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.78% | -10.2% |
| 7th | Moldova | -1.76% | -1.7% |
| 8th | Albania | -1.54% | 0.0% |
| 9th | Bulgaria | -1.37% | -3.6% |
| 10th | South Sudan | -1.34% | 75.3% |
| 11th | American Samoa | -1.32% | -4.2% |
| 12th | Croatia | -1.31% | 18.4% |
| 13th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.22% | 4.8% |
| 14th | Tuvalu | -1.09% | -95.0% |
| 15th | Lithuania | -0.83% | 31.7% |
| 16th | Latvia | -0.78% | 12.1% |
| 17th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.70% | -8.2% |
| 18th | Romania | -0.59% | -1.6% |
| 19th | Serbia | -0.55% | -2.7% |
| 20th | Curaçao | -0.53% | -264.4% |
| 21st | North Macedonia | -0.51% | -26.0% |
| 22nd | Ukraine | -0.50% | -26.2% |
| 23rd | Guam | -0.50% | -9.7% |
| 24th | Dominica | -0.47% | 70.7% |
| 25th | Armenia | -0.35% | 19.1% |
| 26th | Greenland | -0.27% | -965.8% |
| 27th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.26% | -19.4% |
| 28th | Belarus | -0.21% | -94.8% |
| 29th | Hungary | -0.20% | 39.9% |
| 30th | Greece | -0.20% | -2.6% |
| 31st | Cuba | -0.18% | -16.7% |
| 32nd | Fiji | -0.17% | -288.4% |
| 33rd | Portugal | -0.16% | 34.4% |
| 34th | Japan | -0.13% | -55.0% |
| 35th | French Polynesia | -0.10% | -129.9% |
| 36th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.09% | -68.1% |
| 37th | Georgia | -0.04% | -391.6% |
| 38th | New Caledonia | 0.00% | -104.1% |
| 39th | Poland | 0.00% | -101.6% |
| 40th | Palau | 0.01% | -86.7% |
| 41st | Mauritius | 0.05% | -39.5% |
| 42nd | Russian Federation | 0.07% | -62.3% |
| 43rd | Montenegro | 0.07% | -27.6% |
| 44th | El Salvador | 0.10% | -50.8% |
| 45th | Cabo Verde | 0.10% | 53.9% |
| 46th | Bahrain | 0.13% | -97.5% |
| 47th | Finland | 0.13% | -43.5% |
| 48th | Slovak Republic | 0.14% | -10.7% |
| 49th | Jamaica | 0.15% | -26.1% |
| 50th | Aruba | 0.16% | 2,060.7% |
| 51st | Uruguay | 0.18% | -33.6% |
| 52nd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.19% | -6.7% |
| 53rd | Barbados | 0.19% | -5.9% |
| 54th | Tonga | 0.20% | 225.6% |
| 55th | Grenada | 0.22% | -18.1% |
| 56th | European Union | 0.23% | 56.3% |
| 57th | Isle of Man | 0.23% | 36.8% |
| 58th | Italy | 0.24% | 229.6% |
| 59th | Nepal | 0.24% | 22.4% |
| 60th | Germany | 0.30% | -19.6% |
| 61st | Thailand | 0.30% | -28.4% |
| 62nd | Czechia | 0.33% | 25.9% |
| 63rd | Kosovo | 0.34% | -55.1% |
| 64th | Estonia | 0.35% | 187.5% |
| 65th | France | 0.36% | 23.5% |
| 66th | Slovenia | 0.36% | 456.5% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 0.38% | -3.4% |
| 68th | Channel Islands | 0.38% | 44.0% |
| 69th | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.39% | 5.0% |
| 70th | Bermuda | 0.40% | 95.5% |
| 71st | Korea | 0.43% | 54.3% |
| 72nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.44% | -5.4% |
| 73rd | Spain | 0.45% | 85.7% |
| 74th | Belgium | 0.46% | 18.2% |
| 75th | China | 0.47% | -22.7% |
| 76th | Singapore | 0.47% | 430.2% |
| 77th | Austria | 0.49% | -29.9% |
| 78th | United Kingdom | 0.49% | -10.5% |
| 79th | Denmark | 0.50% | -22.9% |
| 80th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.50% | -8.7% |
| 81st | Bahamas, The | 0.57% | -8.7% |
| 82nd | Netherlands | 0.58% | -1.2% |
| 83rd | United States | 0.59% | -15.4% |
| 84th | Norway | 0.66% | -18.3% |
| 85th | Brazil | 0.68% | -6.2% |
| 86th | Bhutan | 0.72% | -16.8% |
| 87th | Myanmar | 0.72% | -6.2% |
| 88th | Switzerland | 0.74% | -21.1% |
| 89th | Liechtenstein | 0.75% | 14.6% |
| 90th | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.80% | 4.1% |
| 91st | Bangladesh | 0.82% | -3.5% |
| 92nd | Argentina | 0.82% | -6.6% |
| 93rd | Azerbaijan | 0.87% | -11.7% |
| 94th | Costa Rica | 0.90% | -4.2% |
| 95th | Eswatini | 0.92% | 22.5% |
| 96th | Mexico | 0.95% | 1.2% |
| 97th | Seychelles | 0.95% | -22.0% |
| 98th | Indonesia | 0.97% | -5.1% |
| 99th | Suriname | 0.97% | -3.6% |
| 100th | Tunisia | 0.98% | -6.5% |
| 101st | Sri Lanka | 1.01% | -12.0% |
| 102nd | Samoa | 1.05% | 12.0% |
| 103rd | Dominican Republic | 1.07% | -1.2% |
| 104th | India | 1.10% | -5.6% |
| 105th | Morocco | 1.10% | -8.1% |
| 106th | Viet Nam | 1.11% | -11.0% |
| 107th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.16% | -4.4% |
| 108th | Sweden | 1.16% | -13.8% |
| 109th | Lesotho | 1.22% | -1.9% |
| 110th | Philippines | 1.24% | -4.0% |
| 111th | Cambodia | 1.24% | -10.0% |
| 112th | Monaco | 1.26% | 17.0% |
| 113th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.28% | -11.4% |
| 114th | Cyprus | 1.30% | -5.4% |
| 115th | Nicaragua | 1.32% | -1.0% |
| 116th | Oman | 1.32% | -59.7% |
| 117th | Haiti | 1.33% | -2.5% |
| 118th | United Arab Emirates | 1.33% | -58.1% |
| 119th | Eritrea | 1.34% | 63.6% |
| 120th | Nauru | 1.34% | -13.3% |
| 121st | Türkiye | 1.35% | 4.4% |
| 122nd | Qatar | 1.36% | -50.2% |
| 123rd | Paraguay | 1.39% | -2.3% |
| 124th | Botswana | 1.42% | -0.1% |
| 125th | Canada | 1.43% | 19.9% |
| 126th | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.43% | -1.9% |
| 127th | Ireland | 1.45% | 7.5% |
| 128th | Zimbabwe | 1.49% | 3.1% |
| 129th | Kiribati | 1.49% | -0.8% |
| 130th | Kazakhstan | 1.49% | -4.1% |
| 131st | Australia | 1.50% | -9.2% |
| 132nd | São Tomé and Principe | 1.54% | -3.5% |
| 133rd | Lao PDR | 1.55% | -1.1% |
| 134th | Djibouti | 1.60% | -2.5% |
| 135th | Macao SAR, China | 1.61% | 354.8% |
| 136th | Faroe Islands | 1.61% | 12.2% |
| 137th | Libya | 1.62% | 1.8% |
| 138th | Pakistan | 1.62% | 14.8% |
| 139th | Guatemala | 1.67% | -8.4% |
| 140th | Panama | 1.67% | -2.3% |
| 141st | South Africa | 1.68% | 157.3% |
| 142nd | Malaysia | 1.70% | -3.6% |
| 143rd | Ecuador | 1.72% | 12.2% |
| 144th | Uzbekistan | 1.73% | 1.9% |
| 145th | Central African Republic | 1.76% | 4.8% |
| 146th | Gibraltar | 1.76% | 2.0% |
| 147th | Chile | 1.79% | 12.7% |
| 148th | New Zealand | 1.79% | -14.2% |
| 149th | Peru | 1.81% | 23.0% |
| 150th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.82% | -5.9% |
| 151st | Syrian Arab Republic | 1.82% | 1,034.1% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 1.83% | -1.1% |
| 153rd | Colombia | 1.84% | 26.7% |
| 154th | Belize | 1.86% | -19.0% |
| 155th | Mongolia | 1.86% | -3.2% |
| 156th | Andorra | 1.88% | -13.3% |
| 157th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.90% | -5.1% |
| 158th | Timor-Leste | 1.92% | 1.7% |
| 159th | Israel | 1.93% | -0.6% |
| 160th | Luxembourg | 1.93% | -20.7% |
| 161st | Algeria | 1.94% | -4.6% |
| 162nd | Comoros | 1.95% | -2.0% |
| 163rd | Liberia | 1.96% | 0.7% |
| 164th | Kenya | 2.03% | -6.6% |
| 165th | San Marino | 2.04% | -5.7% |
| 166th | Ghana | 2.08% | -5.5% |
| 167th | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.15% | 2.4% |
| 168th | Cayman Islands | 2.16% | -4.2% |
| 169th | Jordan | 2.20% | -2.1% |
| 170th | Turkmenistan | 2.26% | -1.3% |
| 171st | Nigeria | 2.31% | -4.9% |
| 172nd | Rwanda | 2.32% | -1.2% |
| 173rd | Papua New Guinea | 2.32% | -2.9% |
| 174th | Iraq | 2.33% | 4.6% |
| 175th | Sierra Leone | 2.35% | -1.6% |
| 176th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.37% | -2.6% |
| 177th | Vanuatu | 2.40% | 2.7% |
| 178th | Tajikistan | 2.41% | -1.9% |
| 179th | Gambia, The | 2.42% | -4.1% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | 2.44% | 0.4% |
| 181st | Togo | 2.47% | -1.1% |
| 182nd | West Bank and Gaza | 2.53% | 27.4% |
| 183rd | Gabon | 2.54% | -4.6% |
| 184th | Guinea | 2.54% | -0.5% |
| 185th | Madagascar | 2.60% | 0.0% |
| 186th | Malawi | 2.67% | -1.4% |
| 187th | Iceland | 2.68% | 14.2% |
| 188th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.70% | -4.4% |
| 189th | Burkina Faso | 2.70% | -5.5% |
| 190th | Cameroon | 2.77% | -2.3% |
| 191st | Namibia | 2.77% | 1.4% |
| 192nd | Senegal | 2.80% | -3.0% |
| 193rd | Benin | 2.81% | -2.3% |
| 194th | Afghanistan | 2.91% | 3.6% |
| 195th | Guyana | 2.96% | 359.6% |
| 196th | Yemen, Republic of | 2.96% | -1.7% |
| 197th | Mauritania | 2.97% | -0.5% |
| 198th | Mozambique | 2.98% | -0.3% |
| 199th | Zambia | 3.01% | -2.0% |
| 200th | Burundi | 3.02% | 28.4% |
| 201st | Mali | 3.13% | -2.0% |
| 202nd | Tanzania | 3.16% | -5.6% |
| 203rd | Maldives | 3.18% | -4.3% |
| 204th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.35% | -8.5% |
| 205th | Chad | 3.36% | 1.6% |
| 206th | Solomon Islands | 3.36% | -2.8% |
| 207th | Uganda | 3.40% | -2.7% |
| 208th | Equatorial Guinea | 3.40% | -3.7% |
| 209th | Niger | 3.45% | -3.1% |
| 210th | Angola | 3.45% | -2.5% |
| 211th | Sudan | 3.49% | 0.7% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.53% | -9.1% |
| 213th | Malta | 3.53% | 29.2% |
| 214th | Kuwait | 3.98% | 7.7% |
| 215th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 4.04% | -1.1% |
| 216th | British Virgin Islands | 5.82% | 264.2% |
FAQ
What was Maldives's population growth in 2018?▾
Maldives's population growth in 2018 was 3.18%. This ranked 203rd globally.
How did Maldives's population growth change in 2018?▾
Maldives's population growth decreased by 4.3% in 2018 compared to 2017.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2018?▾
British Virgin Islands had the highest population growth in 2018 at 5.82%.
What is the population growth of Maldives in 2018?▾
The population growth of Maldives in 2018 was 3.18%. This ranked 203rd globally.
How does 2018 compare to 2017 for Maldives's population growth?▾
Maldives's population growth went from 3.32% in 2017 to 3.18% in 2018, a 4.3% decrease.
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