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Maldives: Rural population

57.49percent · 2025-6.4% since 2015

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Annual figures for Maldives from 1960 to 2025.

19862025

Every year

YearValue (percent)Note
202557.494
202458.002
202358.49
202258.936
202159.26
202059.601
201959.951
201860.308
201760.672
201661.044
201561.423
201461.806
201362.174
201262.524
201162.873
201063.235
200963.628
200864.066
200764.566
200665.132
200565.928
200467.146
200368.609
200270.112
200171.45
200072.396
199972.999
199873.526
199773.974
199674.298
199574.452
199474.444
199374.375
199274.283
199174.197
199074.148
198974.153
198874.197
198774.272
198674.372
198574.488
198474.687
198375.089
198275.665
198176.375
198077.178
197978.034
197878.903
197779.826
197680.969
197582.352
197483.822
197385.256
197286.528
197187.516
197088.089
196988.374
196888.584
196788.67
196688.608
196588.539
196488.543
196388.555
196288.575
196188.601
196088.635

Source

Published by World Bank, produced by United Nations, World Bank. Licence: CC BY 4.0. Retrieved 2026-11-05.

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World Bank (2026). Rural population. Interva. https://interva.co/dataset/worldbank-rural-population (accessed 2026-11-07). catalog snapshot 2026-11-05.

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