Belize vs Maldives: Number of people living in urban and rural areas
Belize
175,776 people
in 2025
Maldives
225,145 people
in 2025
Belize rank
183rd
Maldives rank
180th
Number of people living in urban and rural areas over time
- Belize
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 225,145 people against 175,776 people in Belize, a difference of 49,369 people.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Belize's.
The two have swapped places 1 time across 76 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Belize ahead.
Belize ranks 183rd and Maldives ranks 180th of 236 countries.
Across the 8 decades both report, Belize averaged higher in 6 and Maldives in 2.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 42,785 people | 8,987 people | 33,798 people | Belize |
| 1960s | 56,121 people | 11,893 people | 44,228 people | Belize |
| 1970s | 69,408 people | 24,272 people | 45,136 people | Belize |
| 1980s | 80,134 people | 47,350 people | 32,784 people | Belize |
| 1990s | 97,096 people | 65,589 people | 31,507 people | Belize |
| 2000s | 128,930 people | 101,526 people | 27,403 people | Belize |
| 2010s | 155,481 people | 162,687 people | 7,206 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 171,055 people | 215,583 people | 44,528 people | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher number of people living in urban and rural areas, Belize or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 225,145 people against 175,776 people in Belize as of 2025.
- What is the difference in number of people living in urban and rural areas between Belize and Maldives?
- 49,369 people, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Maldives?
- 76 years are reported by both, from 1950 to 2025.
- How do Belize and Maldives rank globally for number of people living in urban and rural areas?
- Belize ranks 183rd and Maldives ranks 180th of 236 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data, published as Number of people living in urban and rural areas. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Number of people living in urban areas, based on each country's national definition.