Maldives
Urban population in Maldives
Urban population in Maldives: 10.7% in 1950 and 42.5% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 42.5%
- Since 1950
- +31.8 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 175 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 62.4%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 62.4% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Maldives |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 42.5 |
| 2024 | 42 |
| 2023 | 41.5 |
| 2022 | 41.1 |
| 2021 | 40.7 |
| 2020 | 40.4 |
| 2019 | 40.1 |
| 2018 | 39.7 |
| 2017 | 39.3 |
| 2016 | 39 |
| 2015 | 38.6 |
| 2014 | 38.2 |
| 2013 | 37.8 |
| 2012 | 37.5 |
| 2011 | 37.1 |
| 2010 | 36.8 |
| 2009 | 36.4 |
| 2008 | 35.9 |
| 2007 | 35.4 |
| 2006 | 34.9 |
| 2005 | 34.1 |
| 2004 | 32.9 |
| 2003 | 31.4 |
| 2002 | 29.9 |
| 2001 | 28.6 |
| 2000 | 27.6 |
| 1999 | 27 |
| 1998 | 26.5 |
| 1997 | 26 |
| 1996 | 25.7 |
| 1995 | 25.6 |
| 1994 | 25.6 |
| 1993 | 25.6 |
| 1992 | 25.7 |
| 1991 | 25.8 |
| 1990 | 25.9 |
| 1989 | 25.9 |
| 1988 | 25.8 |
| 1987 | 25.7 |
| 1986 | 25.6 |
| 1985 | 25.5 |
| 1984 | 25.3 |
| 1983 | 24.9 |
| 1982 | 24.3 |
| 1981 | 23.6 |
| 1980 | 22.8 |
| 1979 | 22 |
| 1978 | 21.1 |
| 1977 | 20.2 |
| 1976 | 19 |
| 1975 | 17.7 |
| 1974 | 16.2 |
| 1973 | 14.7 |
| 1972 | 13.5 |
| 1971 | 12.5 |
| 1970 | 11.9 |
| 1969 | 11.6 |
| 1968 | 11.4 |
| 1967 | 11.3 |
| 1966 | 11.4 |
| 1965 | 11.5 |
| 1964 | 11.5 |
| 1963 | 11.4 |
| 1962 | 11.4 |
| 1961 | 11.4 |
| 1960 | 11.4 |
| 1959 | 11.3 |
| 1958 | 11.3 |
| 1957 | 11.2 |
| 1956 | 11.2 |
| 1955 | 11.1 |
| 1954 | 11 |
| 1953 | 11 |
| 1952 | 10.9 |
| 1951 | 10.8 |
| 1950 | 10.7 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Maldives |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 43 |
| 2027 | 43.6 |
| 2028 | 44.2 |
| 2029 | 44.8 |
| 2030 | 45.4 |
| 2031 | 46 |
| 2032 | 46.7 |
| 2033 | 47.4 |
| 2034 | 48.1 |
| 2035 | 48.8 |
| 2036 | 49.5 |
| 2037 | 50.3 |
| 2038 | 51.1 |
| 2039 | 51.9 |
| 2040 | 52.8 |
| 2041 | 53.6 |
| 2042 | 54.5 |
| 2043 | 55.4 |
| 2044 | 56.4 |
| 2045 | 57.3 |
| 2046 | 58.3 |
| 2047 | 59.3 |
| 2048 | 60.3 |
| 2049 | 61.4 |
| 2050 | 62.4 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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Maldives in numbers
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