Maldives vs World: Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre
Maldives
0.9318 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
World
0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre
in 2023
Maldives rank
1st
World rank
1st
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre over time
- Maldives
- World
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 0.9318 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre in World, a difference of 0.9055 1000 No per square kilometre.
That makes Maldives's figure about 35.4 times World's.
Across all 63 years both countries report, Maldives has been ahead every year.
Maldives ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 190 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 7 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | World | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.3029 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0207 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.2822 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 1970s | 0.3711 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0242 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.3469 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 1980s | 0.4685 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0274 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.4411 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 1990s | 0.6164 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0259 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.5905 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2000s | 0.7072 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0261 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.6811 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2010s | 0.8438 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0262 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.8176 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
| 2020s | 0.9186 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre | 0.8923 1000 No per square kilometre | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre, Maldives or World?
- Maldives, at 0.9318 1000 No per square kilometre against 0.0263 1000 No per square kilometre in World as of 2023.
- What is the difference in population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre between Maldives and World?
- 0.9055 1000 No per square kilometre, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and World?
- 63 years are reported by both, from 1961 to 2023.
- How do Maldives and World rank globally for population - est. & proj. — rural population, per square kilometre?
- Maldives ranks 1st and World ranks 1st of 190 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- Statizoid (derived), published as Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population, per square kilometre. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population - Est. & Proj. — Rural population divided by Land area (sq. km), matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.