Population, age 18, total in Maldives
Maldives: Population, age 18, total was 6,565 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, age 18, total in Maldives, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2015, population, age 18, total in Maldives stood at 6,565.
The figure is down 8.3% on the previous year and down 14.2% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, age 18, total in Maldives peaked at 7,983 in 2008 and was at its lowest, 4,147, in 1990.
That places Maldives 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2015, putting it in the bottom quarter.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 4,956 | 4,147 | 6,101 | 10 |
| 2000s | 7,414 | 6,411 | 7,983 | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,352 | 6,565 | 7,881 | 5 |
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More education data for Maldives
- Official entrance age to pre-primary education 4 years (2025)
- Duration of pre-primary education 2 years (2025)
- Lower secondary school starting age 12 years (2025)
- Primary school starting age 6 years (2025)
- Population ages 0-14 19.0% (2025)
- Population ages 15-64 76.0% (2025)
- School enrollment, primary 99.7% (2024)
- Primary education, teachers 4,691 (2024)
- Fertility rate vs. average years of schooling 1.56 live births per woman (2024)
- School enrollment, primary, female 104.8% (2024)
Frequently asked questions
- What is population, age 18, total in Maldives?
- Population, age 18, total in Maldives was 6,565 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population, age 18, total recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7,983 in 2008.
- What is the lowest population, age 18, total recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 4,147 in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for population, age 18, total?
- Maldives ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, age 18, total rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is down 14.2%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 18, total. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Age population, total refers to total population at the specified age level, as estimated by the UNESCO Institute for Statistics.