Homo sapiens; growth slowing toward a projected peak
Asia · Southern Asia
Maldives is recorded at 527.8k people in 2024, with total annual change of +1,910 under the WPP medium variant.
Maldives observed 2023 population pyramid, grouped into five broad age bands from WPP single-age male and female arrays.
Population identity: births minus deaths plus net migration equals total change within the Record tolerance.
| Births | 5,588 |
|---|---|
| Deaths | -1,248 |
| Natural change | +4,340 |
| Net migration | -2,421 |
| Total change | +1,910 |
Change from 2024 to the WPP medium-variant 2100 endpoint.
| This year | +1,910 |
|---|---|
| Since peak | -68,962 since 2057 |
| Projected 2100 | 474.9k |
Current-rate extrapolation, not a forecast; WPP medium-variant projections remain the page baseline.
foreign citizens; working-age share is not published in IMS 2024.
No reviewed Layer 2 dispatch is attached to this country record.
WPP single-age population by sex, rendered as 5-year pyramid bands from the 101-bin canonical arrays.
Maldives 2023 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 105.5k, ages 15-64 397.7k, ages 65+ 22.9k.
Maldives 2050 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 77.5k, ages 15-64 385.7k, ages 65+ 126.8k.
Maldives 2100 pyramid: male and female single-age arrays cover 101 age bins; ages 0-14 65.3k, ages 15-64 258.6k, ages 65+ 151.0k.
Stage since 2014.
First year deaths exceed births, if reached in the series.
Potential support ratio: ages 15-64 per person aged 65+. Working-age peak: 2038.
Generated 2026-06-26. Last observed year: 2023.
| Year | Population | Change | Births | Deaths | TFR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 527.8k | 1,910 | 5.6k | 1.2k | 1.56 |
| 2030 | 539.7k | 2,174 | 4.8k | 1.5k | 1.52 |
| 2050 | 590.0k | 1,817 | 5.3k | 3.4k | 1.54 |
| 2080 | 535.4k | -4,442 | 4.7k | 9.4k | 1.56 |
| 2100 | 474.9k | -1,448 | 4.2k | 5.7k | 1.58 |