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{{Infobox place demographics|place=[[Maldives]]
|image=File:Maldives single age population pyramid 2020.png
|image_size=350
|caption=Population pyramid of the Maldives in 2020
|size_of_population=515,122 (2022)<ref name="Maldives Bureau of Statistics">{{Cite web|url=https://census.gov.mv/2022/provisional-results/|title = Maldives Population census (2022) - Maldives Bureau of Statistics}}</ref>
|nation=Maldivian|age_0–14_years=19.72%|age_15–64_years=76.94%|age_65_years=3.34%|growth=-0.14% (2022)
|birth=15.54 births/1,000 population (2022)
|death=4.15 deaths/1,000 population (2022)
|net_migration=-12.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2022 est.)
|infant_mortality=25.7 deaths/1,000 live births
|life=76.94 years
|life_male=74.57 years
|life_female=79.42 years
|fertility=1.71 children born/woman (2022 est.)}}

{{Historical populations
| percentages = pagr
|footnote = Source:<ref>{{cite web |title=Population dynamics in The Maldives - An analysis from Census 2022 |url=https://census.gov.mv/2022/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Population_Census-2022_Report.pdf |website=Maldives Bureau of Statistics |access-date=14 February 2024}}</ref>
|title       = Census population and growth rate
|1911|72237
|1921|70413
|1931|79281
|1946|82068
|1953|77273
|1957|83075
|1962|92744
|1967|103801
|1972|122673
|1977|142832
|1985|180088
|1990|213215
|1995|244814
|2000|270101
|2006|298968
|2014|344023
|2022|382639
}}

This is a [[demographics|demography]] of the [[population]] of [[Maldives]], including [[population density]], [[Ethnic group|ethnicity]], education level, health of the populace, economic status, religious affiliations and other aspects of the population.

==Population size and structure==
[[File:Population estimates of Maldives.png|thumb|Demographics of the Maldives, from 2000 to 2012]]
[[File:Largest cities or towns of Maldives (2012).png|thumb|Population by locality (2012)]]
=== Structure of the population ===
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|title= Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 21.III.2006) (Total population is taken as de facto and de jure together.):<ref>{{cite web |url=http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |title=United Nations Statistics Division - Demographic and Social Statistics |access-date=2016-12-20 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161227194033/http://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic/products/dyb/dyb2.htm |archive-date=27 December 2016 }}</ref> 
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{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 151 459
| align="right" | 147 509
| align="right" | 298 968
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 13 362
| align="right" | 12 809
| align="right" | 26 171
| align="right" | 8.75
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 15 352
| align="right" | 14 515
| align="right" | 29 867
| align="right" | 9.99
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 19 111
| align="right" | 17 888
| align="right" | 36 999
| align="right" | 12.38
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 20 155
| align="right" | 19 749
| align="right" | 39 904
| align="right" | 13.35
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 16 933
| align="right" | 17 876
| align="right" | 34 809
| align="right" | 11.64
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 11 915
| align="right" | 12 666
| align="right" | 24 581
| align="right" | 8.22
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 10 022
| align="right" | 10 613
| align="right" | 20 635
| align="right" | 6.90
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 8 780
| align="right" | 9 394
| align="right" | 18 174
| align="right" | 6.08
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 7 828
| align="right" | 8 043
| align="right" | 15 871
| align="right" | 5.31
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 6 872
| align="right" | 6 697
| align="right" | 13 569
| align="right" | 4.54
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 4 147
| align="right" | 3 789
| align="right" | 7 936
| align="right" | 2.65
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 3 046
| align="right" | 2 813
| align="right" | 5 859
| align="right" | 1.96
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 2 852
| align="right" | 2 714
| align="right" | 5 566
| align="right" | 1.86
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 3 014
| align="right" | 2 664
| align="right" | 5 678
| align="right" | 1.90
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 2 333
| align="right" | 1 853
| align="right" | 4 186
| align="right" | 1.40
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 1 444
| align="right" | 933
| align="right" | 2 377
| align="right" | 0.80
|-
| align="right" | 80–84
| align="right" | 617
| align="right" | 447
| align="right" | 1 064
| align="right" | 0.36
|-
| align="right" | 85–89
| align="right" | 241
| align="right" | 155
| align="right" | 396
| align="right" | 0.13
|-
| align="right" | 90–94
| align="right" | 89
| align="right" | 70
| align="right" | 159
| align="right" | 0.05
|-
| align="right" | 95+
| align="right" | 52
| align="right" | 32
| align="right" | 84
| align="right" | 0.03
|-
| align="right" | unknown
| align="right" | 3 294
| align="right" | 1 789
| align="right" | 5 083
| align="right" | 1.70
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 47 825
| align="right" | 45 212
| align="right" | 93 037
| align="right" | 31.12
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 92 550
| align="right" | 94 354
| align="right" | 186 904
| align="right" | 62.52
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 7 790
| align="right" | 6 154
| align="right" | 13 944
| align="right" | 4.66
|-
|}
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|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2013) :
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{| class="wikitable"
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
|-
| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 169 800
| align="right" | 166 424
| align="right" | 336 224
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 16 714
| align="right" | 16 429
| align="right" | 33 143
| align="right" | 9.86
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 13 826
| align="right" | 13 318
| align="right" | 27 144
| align="right" | 8.07
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 14 498
| align="right" | 13 671
| align="right" | 28 169
| align="right" | 8.38
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 18 153
| align="right" | 16 795
| align="right" | 34 948
| align="right" | 10.39
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 20 743
| align="right" | 19 640
| align="right" | 40 383
| align="right" | 12.01
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 19 091
| align="right" | 19 401
| align="right" | 38 492
| align="right" | 11.45
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 14 054
| align="right" | 14 828
| align="right" | 28 882
| align="right" | 8.59
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 10 761
| align="right" | 11 263
| align="right" | 22 024
| align="right" | 6.55
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 9 409
| align="right" | 9 935
| align="right" | 19 344
| align="right" | 5.75
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 8 270
| align="right" | 8 587
| align="right" | 16 857
| align="right" | 5.01
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 7 421
| align="right" | 7 340
| align="right" | 14 761
| align="right" | 4.39
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 5 105
| align="right" | 4 799
| align="right" | 9 904
| align="right" | 2.95
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 3 118
| align="right" | 2 884
| align="right" | 6 002
| align="right" | 1.79
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 2 542
| align="right" | 2 495
| align="right" | 5 037
| align="right" | 1.50
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 2 430
| align="right" | 2 338
| align="right" | 4 768
| align="right" | 1.42
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 1 971
| align="right" | 1 648
| align="right" | 3 619
| align="right" | 1.08
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 1 693
| align="right" | 1 054
| align="right" | 2 747
| align="right" | 0.82
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 45 038
| align="right" | 43 418
| align="right" | 88 456
| align="right" | 26.31
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 116 126
| align="right" | 115 471
| align="right" | 231 597
| align="right" | 68.88 
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 8 636
| align="right" | 7 535
| align="right" | 16 171
| align="right" | 4.81
|-
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|title= Population Estimates by Sex and Age Group (01.VII.2020) (Based on the results of the 2014 Population Census. Data refer to resident population which includes resident Maldivians and resident foreigners.): <ref>{{cite web | url=https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/products/dyb/dyb_2020/ | title=UNSD — Demographic and Social Statistics }}</ref>
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{| class="wikitable"
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! width="80pt"|Age Group
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80pt"|Female
! width="80pt"|Total
! width="80pt"|%
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| align="right" | Total
| align="right" | 356 149
| align="right" | 201 277 
| align="right" | 557 426
| align="right" | 100
|-
| align="right" | 0–4
| align="right" | 20 612
| align="right" | 18 798
| align="right" | 39 411
| align="right" | 7.07
|-
| align="right" | 5–9
| align="right" | 19 345 
| align="right" | 17 242
| align="right" | 36 587
| align="right" | 6.56
|-
| align="right" | 10–14
| align="right" | 17 446
| align="right" | 16 495
| align="right" | 33 941
| align="right" | 6.09
|-
| align="right" | 15–19
| align="right" | 17 354
| align="right" | 13 032
| align="right" | 30 386
| align="right" | 5.45
|-
| align="right" | 20–24
| align="right" | 48 242
| align="right" | 16 763
| align="right" | 65 005
| align="right" | 11.66
|-
| align="right" | 25–29
| align="right" | 65 935
| align="right" | 21 387
| align="right" | 87 322
| align="right" | 15.67
|-
| align="right" | 30–34
| align="right" | 51 583
| align="right" | 22 366
| align="right" | 73 949
| align="right" | 13.27
|-
| align="right" | 35–39
| align="right" | 36 844
| align="right" | 19 016
| align="right" | 55 859
| align="right" | 10.02
|-
| align="right" | 40–44
| align="right" | 24 838
| align="right" | 13 365
| align="right" | 38 203
| align="right" | 6.85
|-
| align="right" | 45–49
| align="right" | 17 124
| align="right" | 10 950
| align="right" | 28 074
| align="right" | 5.04
|-
| align="right" | 50–54
| align="right" | 11 939
| align="right" | 9 187
| align="right" | 21 126
| align="right" | 3.79
|-
| align="right" | 55–59
| align="right" | 8 754
| align="right" | 7 754
| align="right" | 16 508
| align="right" | 2.96
|-
| align="right" | 60–64
| align="right" | 6 450
| align="right" | 6 008 
| align="right" | 12 458
| align="right" | 2.23
|-
| align="right" | 65–69
| align="right" | 3 351
| align="right" | 2 958
| align="right" | 6 309
| align="right" | 1.13
|-
| align="right" | 70–74
| align="right" | 2 232
| align="right" | 2 200
| align="right" | 4 432
| align="right" | 0.80
|-
| align="right" | 75–79
| align="right" | 1 832
| align="right" | 1 848
| align="right" | 3 680
| align="right" | 0.66
|-
| align="right" | 80+
| align="right" | 2 269
| align="right" | 1 908 
| align="right" | 4 177
| align="right" | 0.75
|-
! width="50"|Age group 
! width="80pt"|Male
! width="80"|Female
! width="80"|Total
! width="50"|Percent
|-
| align="right" | 0–14
| align="right" | 57 403
| align="right" | 52 535
| align="right" | 109 938
| align="right" | 19.72
|-
| align="right" | 15–64
| align="right" | 289 062
| align="right" | 139 828
| align="right" | 428 890
| align="right" | 76.94
|-
| align="right" | 65+
| align="right" | 9 684
| align="right" | 8 914
| align="right" | 18 598
| align="right" | 3.34
|-
|}
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==Vital statistics==
===UN estimates===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:80pt;"|Period<ref>[http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110506065230/http://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/index.htm |date=6 May 2011 }}</ref>
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births per year
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths per year
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change per year
! style="width:80pt;"|CBR<sup>1</sup>
! style="width:80pt;"|CDR<sup>1</sup>
! style="width:80pt;"|NC<sup>1</sup>
! style="width:80pt;"|TFR<sup>1</sup>
! style="width:80pt;"|IMR<sup>1</sup>
|-
| 1950–1955
| style="text-align:right;"|  3 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  1 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.03
| style="text-align:right;"| 233.4
|-
| 1955–1960
| style="text-align:right;"|  4 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 53.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.81
| style="text-align:right;"| 221.6
|-
| 1960–1965
| style="text-align:right;"|  5 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  3 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  3 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 55.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.12
| style="text-align:right;"| 205.5
|-
| 1965–1970
| style="text-align:right;"|  6 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  3 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  3 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 52.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.22
| style="text-align:right;"| 175.5
|-
| 1970–1975
| style="text-align:right;"|  6 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  4 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 47.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.17
| style="text-align:right;"| 146.5
|-
| 1975–1980
| style="text-align:right;"|  6 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  4 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 44.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 28.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.86
| style="text-align:right;"| 121.5
|-
| 1980–1985
| style="text-align:right;"|  8 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  6 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 47.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 35.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.26
| style="text-align:right;"| 97.2
|-
| 1985–1990
| style="text-align:right;"|  9 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  7 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 45.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 34.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.81
| style="text-align:right;"| 77.1
|-
| 1990–1995
| style="text-align:right;"|  8 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  2 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  6 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 35.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.25
| style="text-align:right;"| 62.5
|-
| 1995–2000
| style="text-align:right;"|  7 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  1 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  5 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.52
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.7
|-
| 2000–2005
| style="text-align:right;"|  6 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  1 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  4 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.49
| style="text-align:right;"| 26.5
|-
| 2005–2010
| style="text-align:right;"|  5 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  1 000
| style="text-align:right;"|  4 000
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.90
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.8
|-
| colspan="9"| <sup>1</sup> <small>CBR = crude birth rate (per 1000); CDR = crude death rate (per 1000); NC = natural change (per 1000); TFR = total fertility rate (number of children per woman); IMR = infant mortality rate per 1000 births</small>
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===Registered births and deaths===

{| class="wikitable"
|-
!<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.planning.gov.mv/en/|title=Department of National Planning, Republic of Maldives - Offline|website=planning.gov.mv|access-date=26 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171002161659/http://www.planning.gov.mv/en/|archive-date=2 October 2017}}</ref>
! style="width:80pt;"|Average estimated population
! style="width:80pt;"|Live births
! style="width:80pt;"|Deaths
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude birth rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Crude death rate (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|Natural change (per 1000)
! style="width:80pt;"|TFR
|-
| 1980
| style="text-align:right;"| 157,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,822
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,787
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,035
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1981
| style="text-align:right;"| 162,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,010
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,963
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,047
| style="text-align:right;"| 43.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1982
| style="text-align:right;"| 168,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,402
| style="text-align:right;"| 2,129
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,273
| style="text-align:right;"| 44.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1983
| style="text-align:right;"| 174,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,236
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,748
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,488
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1984
| style="text-align:right;"| 180,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,255
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,640
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,615
| style="text-align:right;"| 45.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 36.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1985
| style="text-align:right;"| 187,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,968
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,607
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,361
| style="text-align:right;"| 48.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 8.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 39.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1986
| style="text-align:right;"| 193,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,615
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,511
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,104
| style="text-align:right;"| 44.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 36.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1987
| style="text-align:right;"| 200,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,364
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,525
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,839
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 34.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1988
| style="text-align:right;"| 207,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,297
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,526
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,771
| style="text-align:right;"| 40.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1989
| style="text-align:right;"| 213,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,726
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,476
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,250
| style="text-align:right;"| 41.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 34.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1990
| style="text-align:right;"| 219,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,639
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,355
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,284
| style="text-align:right;"| 39.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 33.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1991
| style="text-align:right;"| 226,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,390
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,366
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,024
| style="text-align:right;"| 37.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 6.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 31.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1992
| style="text-align:right;"| 232,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 8,139
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,330
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,809
| style="text-align:right;"| 35.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 29.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1993
| style="text-align:right;"| 238,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,780
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,319
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,461
| style="text-align:right;"| 32.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1994
| style="text-align:right;"| 243,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,382
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,240
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,142
| style="text-align:right;"| 30.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 5.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1995
| style="text-align:right;"| 249,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,849
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,151
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,698
| style="text-align:right;"| 27.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1996
| style="text-align:right;"| 254,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,772
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,213
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,559
| style="text-align:right;"| 26.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1997
| style="text-align:right;"| 259,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,184
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,175
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,009
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1998
| style="text-align:right;"| 264,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,687
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,121
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,566
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 4.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 1999
| style="text-align:right;"| 269,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,225
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,037
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,188
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2000
| style="text-align:right;"| 273,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,399
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,032
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,367
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2001
| style="text-align:right;"| 278,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,897
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,081
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,816
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2002
| style="text-align:right;"| 282,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,003
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,113
| style="text-align:right;"| 3,890
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2003
| style="text-align:right;"| 287,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,157
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,030
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,127
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2004
| style="text-align:right;"| 291,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,220
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,015
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,205
| style="text-align:right;"| 17.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2005
| style="text-align:right;"| 295,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,543
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,027
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,516
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2006
| style="text-align:right;"| 300,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,829
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,083
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,746
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2007
| style="text-align:right;"| 305,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,569
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,118
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,451
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2008
| style="text-align:right;"| 310,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,946
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,061
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,885
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 
|-
| 2009
| style="text-align:right;"| 315,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,423
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,163
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,260
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.400
|-
| 2010
| style="text-align:right;"| 320,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,115
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,105
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,010
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.8
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.263
|-
| 2011
| style="text-align:right;"| 325,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,180
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,137
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,043
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.239
|-
| 2012
| style="text-align:right;"| 331,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,431
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,135
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,296
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.259
|-
| 2013
| style="text-align:right;"| 336,000
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,153
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,120
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,033
| style="text-align:right;"| 21.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 3.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 18.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.133
|-
| 2014
| style="text-align:right;"| 437,535
| style="text-align:right;"| 7,245
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,143
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,102
| style="text-align:right;"| 16.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.007
|-
| 2015
| style="text-align:right;"| 454,434
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,896
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,130
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,766
| style="text-align:right;"| 15.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.907
|-
| 2016
| style="text-align:right;"| 472,426
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,756
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,226
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,530
| style="text-align:right;"| 14.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.6
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.805
|-
| 2017
| style="text-align:right;"| 491,589
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,723
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,241
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,482
| style="text-align:right;"| 13.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.2
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.718
|-
| 2018
| style="text-align:right;"| 512,038
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,586
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,300
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,286
| style="text-align:right;"| 12.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.651
|-
| 2019
| style="text-align:right;"| 533,941
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,153
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,132
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,021
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.1
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.557
|-
| 2020
| style="text-align:right;"| 557,426
| style="text-align:right;"| 6,293
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,275
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,018
| style="text-align:right;"| 11.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.3
| style="text-align:right;"| 9.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.572
|-
| 2021
| style="text-align:right;"| 568,362
| style="text-align:right;"| 5,914
| style="text-align:right;"| 1,552
| style="text-align:right;"| 4,362
| style="text-align:right;"| 10.4
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 7.7
| style="text-align:right;"|1.506
|}

===Demographic and Health Surveys===
Fertility Rate (TFR) (Wanted Fertility Rate) and CBR (Crude Birth Rate):<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.dhsprogram.com/|title=The DHS Program - Quality information to plan, monitor and improve population, health, and nutrition programs|website=dhsprogram.com|access-date=26 April 2018|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150507092555/http://dhsprogram.com/ |archive-date=7 May 2015}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! rowspan=2| Year
! colspan=2| Total
! colspan=2| Urban
! colspan=2| Rural
|-
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
! CBR !! TFR
|-
| 2009
| style="text-align:right;"| 24.7
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5 (2.2)
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 (1.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 25.5
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.8 (2.4)
|-
| 2016–17
| style="text-align:right;"| 22.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.1 (1.9)
| style="text-align:right;"| 19.9
| style="text-align:right;"| 1.8 (1.5)
| style="text-align:right;"| 23.0
| style="text-align:right;"| 2.5 (2.2)
|-
|}

=== Total fertility rate===
The [[total fertility rate]] differs greatly from as low as 2.05 children per woman in [[Malé]] to a maximum of 3.88 children in [[Faafu Atoll|Faafu]]. 
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|-
! Code Name
! Official Name
! Population <br> (2014 census)<ref name="statisticsmaldives_gov_mv">{{cite web |title=Total Maldivian Population by Islands, Census 2014 and Registered Population 2018 |url=http://statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/yearbook/2019/wp-content/uploads/sites/6/2019/08/3.3.pdf}}</ref>
! Reg. Population <br> (31 December 2018)<ref name="statisticsmaldives_gov_mv" />
! TFR (2014 census)<ref>[http://statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/nbs/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/Maldives-Population-Projections-2014-2054.pdf Maldives Population Projections 2014-2054]</ref> 
|-
| [[Malé]]||[[Malé|Malé City]]
| 133,412
| 64,742
| 2.05
|-
| [[Haa Alif Atoll|Haa Alif]]
| Thiladhunmathi Uthuruburi
| 13,004
| 22,761
| 2.91
|-
| [[Haa Dhaalu Atoll|Haa Dhaalu]]
| Thiladhunmathi Dhekunuburi
| 18,570
| 27,259
| 2.91
|-
| [[Shaviyani Atoll|Shaviyani]]
| Miladhunmadulu Uthuruburi
| 12,127
| 18,274
| 2.66
|-
| [[Noonu Atoll|Noonu]]
| Miladhunmadulu Dhekunuburi
| 10,556
| 16,789
| 2.83
|-
| [[Raa Atoll|Raa]]
| Maalhosmadulu Uthuruburi
| 14,934
| 23,721
| 2.93
|-
| [[Baa Atoll|Baa]]
| Maalhosmadulu Dhekunuburi
| 8,919
| 14,624
| 2.45
|-
| [[Lhaviyani Atoll|Lhaviyani]]
| Faadhippolhu
| 7,996
| 13,238
| 2.59
|-
| [[Kaafu Atoll|Kaafu]]
| Malé Atholhu
| 12,232
| 12,036
| 2.70
|-
| [[Alif Alif Atoll|Alif Alif]]
| Ari Atholhu Uthuruburi
| 5,915
| 7,614
| 2.94
|-
| [[Alif Dhaal Atoll|Alif Dhaal]]
| Ari Atholhu Dhekunuburi
| 8,183
| 11,439
| 3.30
|-
| [[Vaavu Atoll|Vaavu]]
| Felidhu Atholhu
| 1,622
| 2,599
| 2.34
|-
| [[Meemu Atoll|Meemu]]
| Mulak Atholhu
| 4,711
| 7,415
| 2.75
|-
| [[Faafu Atoll|Faafu]]
| Nilandhe Atholhu Uthuruburi
| 4,140
| 6,264
| 3.88
|-
| [[Dhaalu Atoll|Dhaalu]]
| Nilandhe Atholhu Dhekunuburi
| 5,329
| 7,932
| 2.62
|-
| [[Thaa Atoll|Thaa]]
| Kolhumadulu
| 8,923
| 16,161
| 2.97
|-
| [[Laamu Atoll|Laamu]]
| Haddhunmathi
| 11,841
| 16,977
| 2.67
|-
| [[Gaafu Alif Atoll|Gaafu Alif]]
| Huvadhu Atholhu Uthuruburi
| 8,477
| 14,057
| 2.80
|-
| [[Gaafu Dhaalu Atoll|Gaafu Dhaalu]]
| Huvadhu Atholhu Dhekunuburi
| 11,653
| 21,096
| 3.13
|-
| [[Gnaviyani Atoll|Gnaviyani]]
| [[Fuvahmulah|Fuvahmulah City]]
| 8,095
| 13,037
| 2.76
|-
| [[Addu City]]||[[Addu City]]
| 19,827
| 33,876
| 2.49
|-
! Maldives || Republic of Maldives || 344,023 || 374,775 || 2.46 
|}

=== Life expectancy at birth ===
[[File:Life expectancy by WBG -Maldives -diff.png|thumb|230px|[[Life expectancy at birth]] in the Maldives]]

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align: center;"
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
!Period
!Life expectancy in
Years
|-
|1950–1955
|34.5
|1985–1990
|59.3
|-
|1955–1960
|36.1
|1990–1995
|63.5
|-
|1960–1965
|39.0
|1995–2000
|67.6
|-
|1965–1970
|42.4
|2000–2005
|72.2
|-
|1970–1975
|46.2
|2005–2010
|75.6
|-
|1975–1980
|50.7
|2010–2015
|76.3
|-
|1980–1985
|55.5
|
|
|}
Source: ''UN World Population Prospects''<ref>{{cite web|url=https://esa.un.org/unpd/wpp/DataQuery/|title=World Population Prospects – Population Division – United Nations|access-date=2017-07-15}}</ref>

==Ethnic groups==
The largest ethnic group is [[Dhivehis|Dhivehin]], native to the historic region of the [[Maldive Islands]] comprising today's Republic of Maldives and the island of [[Minicoy]] in [[Lakshadweep|Union territory of Lakshadweep]], [[India]]. They share the same culture and speak the [[Dhivehi language]]. They are principally an [[Indo-Aryan peoples|Indo-Aryan]] people, closely related to the [[Sinhalese people|Sinhalese]] and having traces of [[Middle East]]ern, [[South Asia]]n, [[Austronesia]]n and [[Africa]]n genes in the population.

In the past there was also a small Tamil population known as the [[Giraavaru people]]. This group have now been almost completely absorbed into the larger Maldivian society but were once native to the island of [[Giraavaru (Kaafu Atoll)]]. This island was evacuated in 1968 due to heavy erosion of the island.

[[Filipinos in the Maldives]] numbering 3,000 in 2018.

==Languages==
{{Main|Languages of Maldives}}

[[Maldivian language|Dhivehi]], an [[Indo-Aryan languages|Indo-Aryan language]] closely related to the [[Sinhala language]] of Sri Lanka, and written in a specialized Arabic script ([[Thaana]]), is the official language and is spoken by virtually the whole population. [[English language|English]] is also spoken as a second language by many.

==Religion==
{{See also|Islam in Maldives}}

[[Sunni Islam]] is the state religion. Historically, the Maldives were converted to Islam from Buddhism in the 12th century. 
Under the 2008 constitution Islam is the official religion of the entire population, as adherence to it is required for citizenship.

==References==
{{reflist}}

== Further reading ==
* [[H.C.P. Bell]], The Maldive Islands, An account of the physical features, History, Inhabitants, Productions and Trade. Colombo 1883, {{ISBN|81-206-1222-1}}
* [[Xavier Romero-Frias]], The Maldive Islanders, A Study of the Popular Culture of an Ancient Ocean Kingdom. Barcelona 1999, {{ISBN|84-7254-801-5}}

{{Asia in topic|Demographics of}}
{{Asia topic|Ethnic groups in}}
{{Maldives topics}}

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