# Population in Maldives

Population in Maldives was 529,676 in 2025. Source: World Bank.

- Indicator id: `population`
- Place id: `mv`
- Unit: persons
- Definition: Resident population. Spain and the EU: 1 January, with Spanish figures from the official municipal register (Padrón). United States: Census Bureau population estimates for 1 July. Other countries and the World: World Bank mid-year estimates, which count all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.
- Note: For Denmark, Statistics Denmark counts the registered resident population on 1 January. Greenland and the Faroe Islands are excluded. The annual series selects the first-quarter reference date from FOLK1A. The World Bank series exists for every country, so use it (through compare) to rank countries on one basis.
- Source: World Bank, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL)
- Retrieved: 2026-10-09
- License: CC BY 4.0 (commercial and non-commercial reuse, attribution required)
- Citation: World Bank, World Development Indicators. Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL). https://data.worldbank.org/indicator/SP.POP.TOTL. Retrieved 2026-10-09.
- Web page: https://invokely.ai/en/population/maldives
- CSV: https://invokely.ai/download/population/maldives.csv
- API: https://invokely.ai/api/v1/series?indicator=population&place=mv

| Period | persons |
|---|---:|
| 2025 | 529,676 |
| 2024 | 527,799 |
| 2023 | 525,994 |
| 2022 | 524,106 |
| 2021 | 516,154 |
| 2020 | 502,118 |
| 2019 | 487,731 |
| 2018 | 473,099 |
| 2017 | 458,287 |
| 2016 | 443,308 |
| 2015 | 428,154 |
| 2014 | 413,617 |
| 2013 | 400,070 |
| 2012 | 386,818 |
| 2011 | 373,674 |
| 2010 | 360,792 |
| 2009 | 348,275 |
| 2008 | 336,170 |
| 2007 | 324,479 |
| 2006 | 313,851 |
| 2005 | 306,429 |
| 2004 | 301,413 |
| 2003 | 296,491 |
| 2002 | 291,616 |
| 2001 | 286,767 |
| 2000 | 282,019 |
| 1999 | 277,412 |
| 1998 | 272,723 |
| 1997 | 267,707 |
| 1996 | 262,347 |
| 1995 | 256,649 |
| 1994 | 250,822 |
| 1993 | 244,884 |
| 1992 | 238,543 |
| 1991 | 231,802 |
| 1990 | 224,762 |
| 1989 | 217,738 |
| 1988 | 210,885 |
| 1987 | 203,944 |
| 1986 | 196,935 |
| 1985 | 190,169 |
| 1984 | 184,198 |
| 1983 | 179,128 |
| 1982 | 174,333 |
| 1981 | 169,532 |
| 1980 | 164,835 |
| 1979 | 160,360 |
| 1978 | 156,159 |
| 1977 | 151,930 |
| 1976 | 147,525 |
| 1975 | 143,158 |
| 1974 | 138,978 |
| 1973 | 134,952 |
| 1972 | 130,968 |
| 1971 | 127,035 |
| 1970 | 123,219 |
| 1969 | 119,564 |
| 1968 | 116,075 |
| 1967 | 112,528 |
| 1966 | 108,507 |
| 1965 | 104,102 |
| 1964 | 100,662 |
| 1963 | 98,222 |
| 1962 | 95,802 |
| 1961 | 93,450 |
| 1960 | 91,189 |