Maldives - Geography
Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Maldives. Smallest Asian country; archipelago of 1,190 coral islands grouped into 26 atolls (200 inhabited islands, plus 80 islands with tourist resorts); strategic location along major sea lanes in Indian Ocean. Mother's mean age at first birth is N/A , whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is N/A.
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
People and Society
In Maldives, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Homogeneous mixture of Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, Australasian, and African resulting from historical changes in regional hegemony over marine trade routes
| Population | N/A |
|---|---|
| Pop growth rate | -0.24% (2025 est.) |
| Birth rate | 14.77 births/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.3 deaths/1,000 population (2025 est.) |
| Current health expenditure | N/A |
| Physicians Density | N/A |
| Hospital bed Density | 5 beds/1,000 population (2020 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 1.7 children born/woman (2025 est.) |
| Gross reproduction rate | 0.83 (2025 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | N/A |
| Est married women (ages 15-49) | N/A |
| Literacy | N/A |
| Education expenditures | N/A |
| Net Migration rate | N/A |
| Nationality | Maldivian | Maldivian(s) |
| Languages | N/A |
| Religions | N/A |
| Age Structure | |
| 0-14 years | 22.4% (male 44,321/female 42,626) |
| 15-64 years | 71.5% (male 143,021/female 135,044) |
| 65 years and over | 6.1% (2024 est.) (male 10,397/female 13,449) |
| Dependency Ratios | |
| Total dependency ratio | 39.8 (2024 est.) |
| Youth dependency ratio | 31.3 (2024 est.) |
| Elderly dependency ratio | 8.6 (2024 est.) |
| Potential support ratio | 11.7 (2024 est.) |
| Median Age | |
| Total | 32.4 years (2025 est.) |
| Male | 31.3 years |
| Female | 32.4 years |
| Urbanization | |
| Urban population | 42% of total population (2023) |
| Rate of urbanization | 2.34% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major urban areas (Pop) | 177,000 MALE (capital) (2018). |
| Sex Ratio | |
| At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
| 0-14 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
| 15-64 years | 1.06 male(s)/female |
| 65 years and over | 0.77 male(s)/female |
| Total population | 1.04 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
| Infant Motality | |
| Total | 23.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2025 est.) |
| Male | 27.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Female | 21.3 deaths/1,000 live births |
| Life Expectancy at birth | |
| Total population | 77.4 years (2024 est.) |
| Male | 75.1 years |
| Female | 79.9 years |
| Drinking Water Sources | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 99.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 99.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 99.6% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0.9% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0.1% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0.4% of population (2022 est.) |
| Sanitation facility acess | |
| Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: rural | rural: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Improved: total | total: 100% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: rural | rural: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2022 est.) |
| Major Infectious diseases | |
| Alcohol consumption per capita | |
| Total | 1.38 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Beer | 0.33 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Wine | 0.59 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Spirits | 0.45 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Other alcohols | 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.) |
| Tobacco use | |
| Total | 28% (2025 est.) |
| Male | 41.5% (2025 est.) |
| Female | 9.2% (2025 est.) |
| Child marriage | |
| Women married by age 15 | 0% (2017) |
| Women married by age 18 | 2.2% (2017) |
| Men married by age 18 | 2.2% (2017) |
Demographic profile
All Important Facts about Maldives
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