Maldives vs Suriname: Rural population

Maldives
304,531
in 2025
Suriname
218,901
in 2025
Maldives rank
157th
Suriname rank
160th

Rural population over time

  • Maldives
  • Suriname
100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k300.0k196019922025

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 304,531 against 218,901 in Suriname, a difference of 85,630.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.4 times Suriname's.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Suriname ahead.

Globally, Maldives ranks 157th and Suriname ranks 160th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Rural population
Source
World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence
CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage
264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.