Belize vs Maldives: The global population hockey stick
Belize
411,112 people
in 2023
Maldives
526,009 people
in 2023
Belize rank
177th
Maldives rank
174th
The global population hockey stick over time
- Belize
- Maldives
How they compare
Maldives currently reports 526,009 people against 411,112 people in Belize, a difference of 114,897 people.
That makes Maldives's figure about 1.3 times Belize's.
The two have swapped places 2 times across 224 shared years of data; in 1800 it was Maldives ahead.
Belize ranks 177th and Maldives ranks 174th of 239 countries.
Maldives has averaged higher in every one of the 23 decades both report.
Head to head by decade
| Decade | Belize | Maldives | Difference | Ahead |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1800s | 25,526 people | 42,378 people | 16,852 people | Maldives |
| 1810s | 25,526 people | 42,383 people | 16,857 people | Maldives |
| 1820s | 25,580 people | 43,544 people | 17,964 people | Maldives |
| 1830s | 25,697 people | 46,164 people | 20,467 people | Maldives |
| 1840s | 25,815 people | 48,965 people | 23,149 people | Maldives |
| 1850s | 25,994 people | 51,675 people | 25,680 people | Maldives |
| 1860s | 25,742 people | 54,204 people | 28,462 people | Maldives |
| 1870s | 26,256 people | 56,849 people | 30,593 people | Maldives |
| 1880s | 29,308 people | 59,616 people | 30,308 people | Maldives |
| 1890s | 34,428 people | 62,509 people | 28,081 people | Maldives |
| 1900s | 39,425 people | 65,522 people | 26,097 people | Maldives |
| 1910s | 43,672 people | 66,049 people | 22,377 people | Maldives |
| 1920s | 49,357 people | 68,590 people | 19,233 people | Maldives |
| 1930s | 56,472 people | 76,008 people | 19,535 people | Maldives |
| 1940s | 64,240 people | 76,757 people | 12,517 people | Maldives |
| 1950s | 78,880 people | 81,199 people | 2,319 people | Maldives |
| 1960s | 103,805 people | 104,025 people | 220.4 people | Maldives |
| 1970s | 130,275 people | 141,443 people | 11,167 people | Maldives |
| 1980s | 161,985 people | 189,182 people | 27,197 people | Maldives |
| 1990s | 204,536 people | 252,775 people | 48,239 people | Maldives |
| 2000s | 276,146 people | 308,759 people | 32,614 people | Maldives |
| 2010s | 353,289 people | 422,563 people | 69,274 people | Maldives |
| 2020s | 400,007 people | 517,104 people | 117,097 people | Maldives |
Averages of every year both report within each decade.
Frequently asked questions
- Which has higher the global population hockey stick, Belize or Maldives?
- Maldives, at 526,009 people against 411,112 people in Belize as of 2023.
- What is the difference in the global population hockey stick between Belize and Maldives?
- 114,897 people, with Maldives ahead.
- How many years of comparable data are there for Belize and Maldives?
- 224 years are reported by both, from 1800 to 2023.
- How do Belize and Maldives rank globally for the global population hockey stick?
- Belize ranks 177th and Maldives ranks 174th of 239 countries.
- Where does this data come from?
- HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) β with major processing by Our World in Data, published as The global population hockey stick. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.
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About this data
Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.