Maldives vs Upper middle income: Population ages 15-64
Maldives
76.0%
in 2025
Upper middle income
68.5%
in 2025
Maldives rank
5th
Upper middle income rank
4th
Population ages 15-64 over time
- Maldives
- Upper middle income
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 76.0% against 68.5% in Upper middle income, a difference of 7.5%.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times Upper middle income's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Maldives ahead.
Maldives ranks 5th and Upper middle income ranks 4th of 218 countries.
Across the 7 decades both report, Maldives averaged higher in 3 and Upper middle income in 4.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Maldives | Upper middle income | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 55.7% | 55.0% | 0.7% | Maldives |
| 1970s | 51.9% | 55.8% | 3.9% | Upper middle income |
| 1980s | 51.5% | 60.5% | 9.1% | Upper middle income |
| 1990s | 51.5% | 63.7% | 12.2% | Upper middle income |
| 2000s | 62.3% | 67.9% | 5.6% | Upper middle income |
| 2010s | 72.5% | 69.2% | 3.3% | Maldives |
| 2020s | 75.5% | 68.3% | 7.3% | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher population ages 15-64, Maldives or Upper middle income?
- Maldives, at 76.0% against 68.5% in Upper middle income as of 2025.
- What is the difference in population ages 15-64 between Maldives and Upper middle income?
- 7.5%, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Maldives and Upper middle income?
- 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
- How do Maldives and Upper middle income rank globally for population ages 15-64?
- Maldives ranks 5th and Upper middle income ranks 4th of 218 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division, published as Population ages 15-64 (% of total population). Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Total population between the ages 15 to 64 as a percentage of the total population. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.