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Maldives vs Montenegro

Flag of Maldives

Maldives

529,676#171 · +0.35%/yr
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Flag of Montenegro

Montenegro

623,129#169 · −0.06%/yr

Montenegro has 1.2× the population of Maldives: 623,129 vs 529,676, a gap of 93,453. Maldives is growing faster (+0.35% vs −0.06% a year), adding about 1,880 people a year against −396. Using continuous exponential growth from the stated base year, if these rates held, Maldives would overtake Montenegro in about 39 years (from the 2025 population bases, around 2064) — a projection, not a forecast. Montenegro is the older society: 18.3% aged 65+ against 5.0% in Maldives, while Maldives has more children (19.0% under 15 vs 17.9%). Maldives is 38.1× as densely populated (1,765.1 vs 46.4 people per km²). People in Maldives live 3.4 years longer on average (81.3 vs 77.9).

Country/territory population bases: World Bank 2025 (Maldives) and 2025 (Montenegro); growth years 2025 / 2025. Annual source values, not live counts; years may differ. Growth is national, not local.

Maldives vs Montenegro — side by side

Flag of Maldives MaldivesFlag of Montenegro Montenegro
Population529,6762025623,1292025
Growth rate / yr+0.35%2025−0.06%2025
Births per 1,00010.6202411.22024
Deaths per 1,0002.4202410.22024
Children per woman1.5620241.802024
Life expectancy81.3 yrs202477.9 yrs2024
Aged 0–1419.0%202517.9%2025
Aged 65+5.0%202518.3%2025
Density1,765.1 /km²202346.4 /km²2023
Area300 km²202313,888 km²2023
Urban population42.5%202565.6%2025
Net migration / yr-2,2832025-9,2792025
GDP per capita$14,6152025$14,8172025
Country population rank (available records)#171#169
Base / world population (World Bank 2025)0.01%0.01%

Highlighted cell = the higher value (not "better"). Small print under each value is its own data year. Source: World Bank; country/territory population bases may have different years. These are not live counts.

Population since 1960

World Bank population history (not the separate UN WPP timeline). Maldives: 5.8× from 1960 to 2025; Montenegro: 1.3× from 1960 to 2025. Left: absolute population. Right: each series indexed to its own first available year = 100; baseline years may differ.

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