19.9:  POPULATION BY AGE AND SEX, CENSUS 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 & 2006
Age group		Both Sexes						Male						Female
		1985	1990	1995	2000	2006		1985	1990	1995	2000	2006		1985	1990	1995	2000	2006
Total		180,088	213,215	244,814	270,101	298,968		93,482	109,336	124,622	137,200	151,459		86,606	103,879	120,192	132,901	147,509
Less than 1 year		7,953	8,159	7,044	5,515	5,462		4,052	4,133	3,593	2,780	2,777		3,901	4,026	3,451	2,735	2,685
1 - 4		24,967	31,271	29,928	25,397	20,709		12,552	15,997	15,520	12,919	10,585		12,415	15,274	14,408	12,478	10,124
5		6,282	8,091	8,625	7,114	5,514		3,218	4,203	4,375	3,572	2,849		3,064	3,888	4,250	3,542	2,665
6 - 9		19,768	26,443	32,134	30,813	24,353		10,065	13,347	16,465	15,764	12,503		9,703	13,096	15,669	15,049	11,850
10 - 14		22,282	26,004	35,870	41,089	36,999		11,663	13,433	18,286	20,897	19,111		10,619	12,571	17,584	20,192	17,888
15 - 19		20,794	22,086	24,905	33,266	39,904		10,322	10,959	12,343	16,590	20,155		10,472	11,127	12,562	16,676	19,749
20 - 24		17,531	19,423	21,021	23,514	34,809		8,665	9,249	9,944	11,620	16,933		8,866	10,174	11,077	11,894	17,876
25 - 29		12,536	15,474	18,191	20,090	24,581		6,370	7,732	8,802	9,805	11,915		6,166	7,742	9,389	10,285	12,666
30 - 34		8,254	11,902	15,364	18,161	20,635		4,321	5,904	7,579	8,890	10,022		3,933	5,998	7,785	9,271	10,613
35 - 39		6,720	8,314	12,632	15,699	18,174		3,542	4,324	6,315	7,828	8,780		3,178	3,990	6,317	7,871	9,394
40 - 44		6,545	5,968	6,922	12,402	15,871		3,450	3,125	3,625	6,272	7,828		3,095	2,843	3,297	6,130	8,043
45 - 49		7,560	7,319	6,584	7,461	13,569		4,144	3,754	3,369	3,977	6,872		3,416	3,565	3,215	3,484	6,697
50 - 54		6,232	6,628	6,247	5,967	7,936		3,468	3,526	3,205	3,051	4,147		2,764	3,102	3,042	2,916	3,789
55 - 59		4,184	5,205	5,962	5,996	5,859		2,565	3,057	3,240	3,131	3,046		1,619	2,148	2,722	2,865	2,813
60 - 64		3,889	4,488	5,294	6,312	5,566		2,187	2,662	3,010	3,370	2,852		1,702	1,826	2,284	2,942	2,714
65 - 69		1,791	2,470	3,201	4,611	5,678		1,104	1,512	1,897	2,650	3,014		687	958	1,304	1,961	2,664
70 - 74		1,345	1,592	2,101	2,873	4,186		803	921	1,279	1,737	2,333		542	671	822	1,136	1,853
75 - 79		510	723	968	1,410	2,377		340	467	617	859	1,444		170	256	351	551	933
80 - 84		485	546	695	679	1,064		319	356	394	407	617		166	190	301	272	447
85 - 89		174	202	326	284	396		130	131	220	162	241		44	71	106	122	155
90 - 94		115	114	163	96	159		75	71	86	59	89		40	43	77	37	70
95 years & over		63	56	94	76	84		50	43	67	45	52		13	13	27	31	32
Age not stated		108	737	543	1,276	5,083		77	430	391	815	3294		31	307	152	461	1789
Note: Data have been taken from the past publications of the Statistical Yearbook of Maldives
Source : Department  of National Planning
FIG: POPULATION PYRAMID (POPULATION AND HOUSING CENSUS OF 1985, 1990, 1995, 2000 & 2006