Maldives

Net migration rate in Maldives

Net migration rate in Maldives: 0 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -5.5 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.

Latest, 2023
-5.5 per 1,000 people
Since 1950
−5.5 per 1,000 people
Rank, 2023
201 of 229
counting from the highest
Projected, 2100
0.1 per 1,000 people
UN projection (medium variant)

per 1,000 people · UN

Net migration rate in MaldivesNet migration rate in Maldives: 0 per 1,000 people in 1950 and -5.5 per 1,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates. The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -18.8 per 1,000 people and 23.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
Estimates, UNUN projection (medium variant)95% prediction interval

What the numbers say

  • The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.1 per 1,000 people in 2100, between -18.8 per 1,000 people and 23.4 per 1,000 people (95% prediction interval).
  • The highest was 21.8 per 1,000 people in 2015, the lowest -9 per 1,000 people in 1983.

Every year

per 1,000 people · UN

YearMaldives
2023-5.5
2022-5.1
202118.2
202019.2
201919.8
201820.4
201720.9
201621.3
201521.8
201418.6
201317.4
201217.6
201117.7
201017.7
200917.5
200818
200719
200616
20051.9
20042.2
20031.9
20022.1
20012
20001.1
1999-0.2
1998-0.3
1997-0.2
1996-0.7
1995-1.2
1994-3.1
1993-3.1
1992-2.2
1991-1.6
1990-1.2
1989-2.8
1988-2.7
1987-1.3
1986-0.9
1985-2
1984-7.1
1983-9
1982-7
1981-6
1980-5.5
1979-6
1978-4.6
1977-2.7
1976-0.7
1975-0.1
1974-0.6
19730.4
19722.1
19712.7
19702.7
19692.6
19682.2
19676
196613.9
196516.4
1964-2.3
1963-1.3
1962-0.8
1961-0.5
1960-0.4
1959-0.2
19580
19570
19560
19550
19540
19530
19520
19510
19500
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
YearMaldives
2024-4.6-13.5–3.4
2025-4.3-16.2–6.9
2026-3.9-18.3–9
2027-3.3-19.9–10.3
2028-2.7-19.4–12.2
2029-2.6-20.5–13
2030-2.1-20.8–14.5
2031-1.6-20–15.9
2032-1.4-20.8–16
2033-1.1-21.3–16.8
2034-1.2-21.9–16.4
2035-1-21.9–15.6
2036-0.9-21.1–15.8
2037-0.7-21.1–16.5
2038-0.7-22.5–17.4
2039-0.2-21.6–18.6
2040-0.2-21.3–18.2
2041-0.3-21.7–19.7
2042-0.2-21.3–18.6
2043-0.1-21.9–17.9
2044-0.2-21.9–18.5
20450.1-21.9–18.5
2046-0.1-22.4–18.9
2047-0.2-23.8–19.1
20480.3-22.5–20
20490.2-23.2–20.3
2050-0.1-22.1–19.3
2051-0.2-22.8–19.9
2052-0-22.3–21.1
2053-0.2-22.5–21.6
2054-0.1-22–21.9
20550.2-20.4–23.2
20560.2-20.4–23.5
2057-0.1-21.7–22.5
2058-0.1-20.7–22.7
2059-0.2-19.9–22.3
20600.2-19.1–21.9
2061-0.2-20.2–22.6
2062-0.3-20–23.2
2063-0.3-21.3–21
2064-0.1-21.2–22
20650.1-20.8–21.7
2066-0.1-20.3–22.6
2067-0.1-21.8–22
2068-0-21.3–22.3
20690.1-20.9–22.7
20700.1-20.8–21.5
20710.1-21.1–22.4
20720.3-20.2–21.3
20730.1-20.5–22.5
20740.4-20.5–22.1
20750.4-18.6–21.8
20760.4-18.1–23.3
20770.3-18.9–23.3
20780.1-19–21.6
20790.3-18.9–23.3
20800.4-19–21.7
20810.4-19.1–22.1
20820.7-18.4–22.2
20830.6-18–21.7
20840.6-18.4–21.9
20850.5-17.4–22.4
20860.4-18.2–23.6
20870.5-17.4–23.2
20880.3-17.9–22.3
20890.6-17.6–21.8
20900.3-18.5–22.5
20910.7-16.6–23.3
20920.4-18.7–23.5
20930.4-19–23.2
20940.5-18.8–25.1
20950.4-19.4–22.5
20960.3-19.1–22.4
20970.2-18.9–22.4
20980.4-18.3–21.7
20990.3-17.9–23.9
21000.1-18.8–23.4

Good to know

  • People moving in minus people moving out in a year, per 1,000 residents; below zero, more left than arrived.
  • Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
  • The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
  • Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.

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Maldives in numbers

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