Population, age 8, total in Maldives
Maldives: Population, age 8, total was 6,682 in 2015. ▼ Falling
Population, age 8, total in Maldives, 1990–2015
Source: UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
Analysis
In 2015, population, age 8, total in Maldives stood at 6,682.
The figure is up 6.8% on the previous year and up 0.5% over ten years.
Over the whole period, population, age 8, total in Maldives peaked at 8,002 in 1998 and was at its lowest, 5,877, in 2010.
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 falling across the 25 years of available data.
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990s | 7,471 | 6,493 | 8,002 | 10 |
| 2000s | 6,837 | 5,908 | 7,883 | 10 |
| 2010s | 6,163 | 5,877 | 6,682 | 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 8, total in Maldives?
- Population, age 8, total in Maldives was 6,682 in 2015, according to UNESCO Institute for Statistics.
- What is the highest population, age 8, total recorded in Maldives?
- The highest recorded value was 8,002 in 1998.
- What is the lowest population, age 8, total recorded in Maldives?
- The lowest recorded value was 5,877 in 2010.
- How does Maldives rank for population, age 8, total?
- Maldives ranks 166th out of 191 countries with data for 2015.
- Is population, age 8, total rising or falling in Maldives?
- Over the last ten years it is up 0.5%. The long-run trend across the full record is falling.
- Where does this Maldives data come from?
- The figures come from UNESCO Institute for Statistics, published as part of Population, age 8, 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.