| Population | 390,669 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Maldivian(s) adjective: Maldivian |
| Ethnic groups | homogeneous mixture of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, Australasian, and African resulting from historical changes in regional hegemony over marine trade routes |
| Languages | Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials) |
| Religions | Sunni Muslim (official) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 22.13% (male 44,260/female 42,477) 15-24 years: 17.24% (male 37,826/female 29,745) 25-54 years: 48.91% (male 104,217/female 87,465) 55-64 years: 6.91% (male 12,942/female 14,123) 65 years and over: 4.81% (male 8,417/female 10,432) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 30.2 youth dependency ratio: 25.5 elderly dependency ratio: 4.7 potential support ratio: 21.4 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 29.5 years male: 29.2 years female: 30 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | -0.12% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 15.69 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.12 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -12.76 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | about a third of the population lives in the centrally located capital city of Male and almost a tenth in southern Addu City; the remainder of the populace is spread over the 200 or so populated islands of the archipelago |
| Urbanization | urban population: 41.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 177,000 MALE (capital) (2018) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.27 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.19 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.92 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.81 male(s)/female total population: 1.13 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 24.5 years (2009 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 |
| Maternal mortality rate | 53 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 26.4 deaths/1,000 live births male: 29.53 deaths/1,000 live births female: 23.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.69 years male: 74.31 years female: 79.18 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.71 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 18.8% (2016/17) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 98.3% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 1.7% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 9.4% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 4.56 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Hospital bed density | 4.3 beds/1,000 population (2009) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 100% of population rural: 100% of population total: 100% of population unimproved: urban: 0% of population rural: 0% of population total: 0% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 8.6% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 14.8% (2016/17) |
| Education expenditures | 4.1% of GDP (2016) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 97.7% male: 97.3% female: 98.1% (2016) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
