Maldives - Population Growth 2019
3.05%
−0.13pp from 2018
Maldives's population growth was 3.05% in 2019, decreased +0.13pp from 3.18% in 2018. This was the 204th highest globally.
Global Ranking - 2019▾
| Rank | Country | Value | YoY |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st | St. Martin (French part) | -4.97% | -119.3% |
| 2nd | Lebanon | -3.22% | -11.0% |
| 3rd | Marshall Islands | -2.86% | -5.6% |
| 4th | Northern Mariana Islands | -1.95% | -9.5% |
| 5th | Moldova | -1.60% | 8.9% |
| 6th | Tuvalu | -1.59% | -46.0% |
| 7th | Albania | -1.54% | 0.0% |
| 8th | Bulgaria | -1.41% | -2.9% |
| 9th | American Samoa | -1.38% | -4.5% |
| 10th | Bahrain | -1.29% | -1,084.7% |
| 11th | Bosnia and Herzegovina | -1.23% | -0.7% |
| 12th | Curaçao | -1.20% | -127.8% |
| 13th | Croatia | -0.99% | 24.3% |
| 14th | St. Vincent and the Grenadines | -0.73% | -3.7% |
| 15th | Italy | -0.70% | -387.2% |
| 16th | Latvia | -0.70% | 10.8% |
| 17th | North Macedonia | -0.68% | -33.9% |
| 18th | Ukraine | -0.56% | -11.3% |
| 19th | Guam | -0.54% | -8.0% |
| 20th | Serbia | -0.54% | 1.8% |
| 21st | Romania | -0.53% | 10.3% |
| 22nd | Kosovo | -0.46% | -235.2% |
| 23rd | Saudi Arabia | -0.44% | 82.8% |
| 24th | Dominica | -0.43% | 8.3% |
| 25th | Virgin Islands (US) | -0.31% | -18.9% |
| 26th | Lithuania | -0.29% | 65.2% |
| 27th | French Polynesia | -0.28% | -187.7% |
| 28th | Fiji | -0.25% | -44.8% |
| 29th | Armenia | -0.22% | 37.3% |
| 30th | Cuba | -0.22% | -17.4% |
| 31st | Belarus | -0.20% | 5.6% |
| 32nd | Georgia | -0.17% | -339.5% |
| 33rd | Oman | -0.14% | -110.9% |
| 34th | Japan | -0.14% | -10.7% |
| 35th | Hungary | -0.13% | 38.6% |
| 36th | St. Kitts and Nevis | -0.12% | -33.5% |
| 37th | Monaco | -0.12% | -109.4% |
| 38th | Greece | -0.11% | 48.1% |
| 39th | Palau | -0.09% | -900.3% |
| 40th | Poland | -0.02% | -12,105.5% |
| 41st | New Caledonia | 0.02% | 1,399.9% |
| 42nd | Portugal | 0.02% | 114.8% |
| 43rd | Mauritius | 0.03% | -40.9% |
| 44th | Russian Federation | 0.04% | -47.4% |
| 45th | El Salvador | 0.04% | -60.0% |
| 46th | Montenegro | 0.05% | -31.0% |
| 47th | Uruguay | 0.08% | -56.2% |
| 48th | Tonga | 0.10% | -51.7% |
| 49th | Finland | 0.11% | -16.9% |
| 50th | Jamaica | 0.11% | -26.8% |
| 51st | European Union | 0.13% | -42.6% |
| 52nd | Cabo Verde | 0.13% | 31.8% |
| 53rd | Slovak Republic | 0.14% | -2.3% |
| 54th | Barbados | 0.18% | -8.3% |
| 55th | Isle of Man | 0.18% | -22.6% |
| 56th | Thailand | 0.20% | -32.5% |
| 57th | Germany | 0.23% | -25.0% |
| 58th | Grenada | 0.25% | 14.4% |
| 59th | Aruba | 0.27% | 70.2% |
| 60th | France | 0.33% | -7.2% |
| 61st | Micronesia, Federated States of | 0.34% | -13.2% |
| 62nd | Korea | 0.35% | -19.8% |
| 63rd | Trinidad and Tobago | 0.35% | 86.7% |
| 64th | China | 0.35% | -24.1% |
| 65th | Denmark | 0.36% | -27.8% |
| 66th | Greenland | 0.36% | 235.5% |
| 67th | St. Lucia | 0.36% | -4.9% |
| 68th | Puerto Rico (US) | 0.36% | 110.2% |
| 69th | Estonia | 0.37% | 6.8% |
| 70th | Czechia | 0.39% | 17.8% |
| 71st | San Marino | 0.41% | -80.0% |
| 72nd | Korea, Democratic People’s Republic of | 0.41% | -6.5% |
| 73rd | Channel Islands | 0.42% | 9.1% |
| 74th | Bermuda | 0.43% | 8.6% |
| 75th | Austria | 0.44% | -8.7% |
| 76th | Antigua and Barbuda | 0.48% | -4.8% |
| 77th | Bahamas, The | 0.50% | -12.7% |
| 78th | United Kingdom | 0.51% | 5.4% |
| 79th | United States | 0.52% | -12.2% |
| 80th | Belgium | 0.54% | 18.7% |
| 81st | Sri Lanka | 0.61% | -39.2% |
| 82nd | Brazil | 0.65% | -4.6% |
| 83rd | Netherlands | 0.66% | 12.2% |
| 84th | Bhutan | 0.66% | -7.3% |
| 85th | Norway | 0.68% | 2.3% |
| 86th | Slovenia | 0.70% | 92.0% |
| 87th | Myanmar | 0.70% | -3.0% |
| 88th | Argentina | 0.71% | -13.6% |
| 89th | Switzerland | 0.71% | -3.2% |
| 90th | Spain | 0.72% | 58.7% |
| 91st | Hong Kong SAR, China | 0.74% | -7.6% |
| 92nd | Liechtenstein | 0.83% | 10.7% |
| 93rd | Costa Rica | 0.84% | -7.3% |
| 94th | Bangladesh | 0.85% | 3.1% |
| 95th | Azerbaijan | 0.85% | -2.3% |
| 96th | Seychelles | 0.89% | -7.0% |
| 97th | Tunisia | 0.93% | -5.6% |
| 98th | Eswatini | 0.93% | 1.0% |
| 99th | Indonesia | 0.94% | -3.5% |
| 100th | Mexico | 0.95% | 0.4% |
| 101st | Nauru | 0.95% | -28.9% |
| 102nd | Viet Nam | 0.97% | -12.6% |
| 103rd | Sweden | 1.01% | -12.7% |
| 104th | Morocco | 1.03% | -6.7% |
| 105th | Dominican Republic | 1.03% | -3.8% |
| 106th | Suriname | 1.04% | 6.8% |
| 107th | India | 1.04% | -5.2% |
| 108th | Samoa | 1.05% | 0.4% |
| 109th | United Arab Emirates | 1.05% | -20.7% |
| 110th | Iran, Islamic Republic of | 1.08% | -15.4% |
| 111th | Brunei Darussalam | 1.11% | -4.4% |
| 112th | Singapore | 1.14% | 143.6% |
| 113th | Lesotho | 1.17% | -3.8% |
| 114th | Nepal | 1.18% | 385.2% |
| 115th | Philippines | 1.22% | -1.7% |
| 116th | Cyprus | 1.25% | -4.4% |
| 117th | Cambodia | 1.26% | 1.5% |
| 118th | Haiti | 1.29% | -2.5% |
| 119th | Nicaragua | 1.30% | -1.6% |
| 120th | Central African Republic | 1.34% | -23.6% |
| 121st | Paraguay | 1.35% | -2.5% |
| 122nd | Bolivia, Plurinational State of | 1.41% | -1.9% |
| 123rd | New Zealand | 1.41% | -21.2% |
| 124th | Botswana | 1.42% | 0.3% |
| 125th | Türkiye | 1.43% | 5.6% |
| 126th | Kazakhstan | 1.45% | -2.9% |
| 127th | Canada | 1.46% | 2.0% |
| 128th | Belize | 1.46% | -21.5% |
| 129th | Eritrea | 1.47% | 10.3% |
| 130th | Australia | 1.48% | -1.2% |
| 131st | Libya | 1.48% | -9.0% |
| 132nd | Kiribati | 1.49% | 0.0% |
| 133rd | São Tomé and Principe | 1.51% | -1.9% |
| 134th | Guatemala | 1.52% | -8.7% |
| 135th | Lao PDR | 1.53% | -1.8% |
| 136th | Faroe Islands | 1.55% | -4.0% |
| 137th | Djibouti | 1.56% | -2.8% |
| 138th | Zimbabwe | 1.56% | 5.1% |
| 139th | Ireland | 1.59% | 9.5% |
| 140th | Panama | 1.59% | -4.9% |
| 141st | Malaysia | 1.60% | -6.2% |
| 142nd | Chile | 1.60% | -10.4% |
| 143rd | South Africa | 1.65% | -1.9% |
| 144th | Sint Maarten (Dutch part) | 1.68% | -7.6% |
| 145th | Ecuador | 1.69% | -1.5% |
| 146th | Pakistan | 1.69% | 4.2% |
| 147th | Peru | 1.71% | -5.4% |
| 148th | Andorra | 1.73% | -7.9% |
| 149th | Egypt, Arab Republic of | 1.75% | -7.5% |
| 150th | Colombia | 1.79% | -2.9% |
| 151st | Uzbekistan | 1.81% | 4.8% |
| 152nd | Honduras | 1.81% | -1.1% |
| 153rd | Gibraltar | 1.82% | 3.2% |
| 154th | Mongolia | 1.84% | -1.5% |
| 155th | Algeria | 1.84% | -5.0% |
| 156th | Israel | 1.91% | -0.9% |
| 157th | Comoros | 1.92% | -1.5% |
| 158th | Timor-Leste | 1.94% | 1.0% |
| 159th | Luxembourg | 1.96% | 1.8% |
| 160th | Kenya | 1.96% | -3.3% |
| 161st | Macao SAR, China | 1.97% | 22.6% |
| 162nd | Liberia | 1.98% | 1.3% |
| 163rd | Jordan | 1.98% | -10.0% |
| 164th | Ghana | 2.01% | -3.2% |
| 165th | Guyana | 2.01% | -31.9% |
| 166th | Cayman Islands | 2.08% | -3.5% |
| 167th | Nigeria | 2.19% | -5.1% |
| 168th | Iceland | 2.20% | -17.9% |
| 169th | Turkmenistan | 2.21% | -2.2% |
| 170th | Qatar | 2.22% | 63.0% |
| 171st | Kyrgyz Republic | 2.24% | 4.1% |
| 172nd | Papua New Guinea | 2.26% | -2.9% |
| 173rd | Iraq | 2.28% | -2.5% |
| 174th | Rwanda | 2.28% | -1.5% |
| 175th | Sierra Leone | 2.32% | -1.1% |
| 176th | Vanuatu | 2.33% | -2.7% |
| 177th | Guinea-Bissau | 2.34% | -1.4% |
| 178th | Gambia, The | 2.36% | -2.8% |
| 179th | Tajikistan | 2.36% | -1.8% |
| 180th | Congo, Republic of | 2.41% | -1.3% |
| 181st | Togo | 2.44% | -1.1% |
| 182nd | Gabon | 2.47% | -2.5% |
| 183rd | West Bank and Gaza | 2.51% | -0.8% |
| 184th | Burkina Faso | 2.53% | -6.2% |
| 185th | Guinea | 2.56% | 0.7% |
| 186th | Madagascar | 2.60% | -0.1% |
| 187th | Côte d'Ivoire | 2.62% | -2.9% |
| 188th | Solomon Islands | 2.65% | -21.1% |
| 189th | Malawi | 2.65% | -0.8% |
| 190th | Kuwait | 2.71% | -31.9% |
| 191st | Senegal | 2.72% | -3.0% |
| 192nd | Benin | 2.74% | -2.8% |
| 193rd | Cameroon | 2.78% | 0.4% |
| 194th | Namibia | 2.80% | 1.0% |
| 195th | South Sudan | 2.92% | 318.8% |
| 196th | Sudan | 2.94% | -15.9% |
| 197th | Mozambique | 2.94% | -1.4% |
| 198th | Mauritania | 2.95% | -0.7% |
| 199th | Zambia | 2.96% | -1.5% |
| 200th | Yemen, Republic of | 2.97% | 0.2% |
| 201st | Tanzania | 2.98% | -5.5% |
| 202nd | Afghanistan | 2.98% | 2.5% |
| 203rd | Mali | 3.02% | -3.4% |
| 204th | Maldives | 3.05% | -4.2% |
| 205th | Congo, Democratic Republic of | 3.17% | -5.3% |
| 206th | Chad | 3.22% | -4.2% |
| 207th | Equatorial Guinea | 3.27% | -3.8% |
| 208th | Burundi | 3.28% | 8.8% |
| 209th | Niger | 3.37% | -2.4% |
| 210th | Angola | 3.39% | -1.9% |
| 211th | Uganda | 3.39% | -0.2% |
| 212th | Somalia, Fed. Rep. | 3.68% | 4.1% |
| 213th | Turks and Caicos Islands | 3.79% | -6.1% |
| 214th | Syrian Arab Republic | 3.89% | 113.4% |
| 215th | Malta | 4.05% | 14.7% |
| 216th | British Virgin Islands | 4.89% | -15.9% |
FAQ
What was Maldives's population growth in 2019?▾
Maldives's population growth in 2019 was 3.05%. This ranked 204th globally.
How did Maldives's population growth change in 2019?▾
Maldives's population growth decreased by 4.2% in 2019 compared to 2018.
Which country had the highest population growth in 2019?▾
British Virgin Islands had the highest population growth in 2019 at 4.89%.
What is the population growth of Maldives in 2019?▾
The population growth of Maldives in 2019 was 3.05%. This ranked 204th globally.
How does 2019 compare to 2018 for Maldives's population growth?▾
Maldives's population growth went from 3.18% in 2018 to 3.05% in 2019, a 4.2% decrease.
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