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Maldives — Population growth
Population Growth (Annual %) for Maldives, 1961–2025.
Latest value · 2025
0.35%
Population Growth (Annual %) · annual % · -85.5% since 1961
Population growth for Maldives was 0.35% in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 65 years, from 1961 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 4.14% in 1966. The lowest was 0.34% in 2024 (about 1.0× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to -2.97% per year.
Maldives ranks 151 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 70%. The median for South Asia is 0.65%, so Maldives sits below it. It peaked in 1966 and has fallen 91% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 90%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
0.35%
First (1961)
2.45%
Change
-85.5%
Highest
4.14%
in 1966
Lowest
0.34%
in 2024
Average
2.71%
Annual growth (CAGR)
-2.97%
Years of data
65
Recent years
| Year | annual % |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 0.35% |
| 2024 | 0.34% |
| 2023 | 0.36% |
| 2022 | 1.53% |
| 2021 | 2.76% |
| 2020 | 2.91% |
| 2019 | 3.05% |
| 2018 | 3.18% |
| 2017 | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 3.48% |
| 2015 | 3.45% |
| 2014 | 3.33% |
Reading this correctly. Annual population growth rate. A negative value means the population shrank, usually through emigration or low birth rates. Figures are in annual %. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.GROW — Population Growth (Annual %). Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.