Maldives vs New Caledonia: Urban population

Maldives
225,145
in 2025
New Caledonia
201,334
in 2025
Maldives rank
173rd
New Caledonia rank
175th

Urban population over time

  • Maldives
  • New Caledonia
050.0k100.0k150.0k200.0k250.0k196019922025

How they compare

Maldives currently reports 225,145 against 201,334 in New Caledonia, a difference of 23,811.

That makes Maldives's figure about 1.1 times New Caledonia's.

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

Globally, Maldives ranks 173rd and New Caledonia ranks 175th of 215 countries.

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About this data

Indicator
Urban 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

Urban population refers to people living in urban areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated using World Bank population estimates and urban ratios from the United Nations World Urbanization Prospects. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.