Population, age 21, total in Maldives
Maldives: Population, age 21, total was 7,507 in 2015. ▲ Rising
Population, age 21, total in Maldives, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2015, population, age 21, total in Maldives stood at 7,507.
The figure is down 4.0% on the previous year and up 8.1% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, age 21, total in Maldives peaked at 7,888 in 2011 and was at its lowest, 3,688, in 1990.
Maldives ranks 164th of 191 countries on this measure, 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 | 4,363 | 3,688 | 5,148 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,702 | 5,396 | 7,759 | 10 |
| 2010s | 7,788 | 7,507 | 7,888 | 5 |
Countries ranked near Maldives
- 161 Solomon Islands 11,674 compare
- 162 Equatorial Guinea 11,554 compare
- 163 Brunei 8,014 compare
- 165 Suriname 7,345 compare
- 166 Macao 6,943 compare
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 21, total in Maldives?
- Population, age 21, total in Maldives was 7,507 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population, age 21, total recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 7,888 in 2011.
- What is the lowest population, age 21, total recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 3,688 in 1990.
- How does Maldives rank for population, age 21, total?
- Maldives ranks 164th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, age 21, total rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 8.1%. 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 21, 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.