Urban population rose 1.64% to 0.223 mil in Maldives in 2021, according to the National Statistical Office.
Historically, urban population in Maldives reached an all time high of 0.223 mil in 2021 and an all time low of 0.010 mil in 1960. When compared to Maldives's main peers, urban population in India amounted to 493 mil, 158 mil in Indonesia, 5.45 mil in Singapore and 4.18 mil in Sri Lanka in 2021.
Maldives has been ranked 170th within the group of 176 countries we follow in terms of urban population, 3 places above the position seen 10 years ago.
| Urban Population | Unit | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 | 2008 | 2009 | 2010 | 2011 | 2012 | 2013 | 2014 | 2015 | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 |
| Australia | mil | 21.5 | 21.8 | 22.1 | 22.2 | 22.5 | ||||||||||||||||
| Bangladesh | mil | 59.9 | 61.7 | 63.5 | 65.3 | 67.3 | ||||||||||||||||
| China | mil | 830 | 849 | 867 | 883 | 898 | ||||||||||||||||
| India | mil | 468 | 479 | 490 | 501 | 511 | ||||||||||||||||
| Indonesia | mil | 149 | 153 | 156 | 159 | 162 | ||||||||||||||||
| Malaysia | mil | 25.0 | 25.6 | 26.1 | 26.6 | 27.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Maldives | mil | 0.188 | 0.196 | 0.204 | 0.212 | 0.218 | ||||||||||||||||
| Myanmar | mil | 16.0 | 16.2 | 16.5 | 16.8 | 17.1 | ||||||||||||||||
| Pakistan | mil | 83.2 | 85.2 | 87.3 | 89.7 | 92.0 | ||||||||||||||||
| Philippines | mil | 51.3 | 52.2 | 53.1 | 53.9 | 54.7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Singapore | mil | 5.64 | 5.70 | 5.69 | 5.45 | 5.64 | ||||||||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | mil | 4.00 | 4.05 | 4.10 | 4.18 | 4.22 | ||||||||||||||||
| Thailand | mil | 35.7 | 36.3 | 36.8 | 37.4 | 37.9 |
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