ACOG - Maldives  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwestof India

Area:
total area: 300 sq km
land area: 300 sq km
comparative area: slightly more than 1.5 times the size of Washington, DC

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 644 km


People

Population: 261,310 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 47% (female 60,038; male 63,042)
15-64 years: 50% (female 63,526; male 67,020)
65 years and over: 3% (female 3,537; male 4,147)

Population growth rate: 3.58% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 42.8 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 7 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 50 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 65.49 years
male: 63.99 years
female: 67.07 years

Total fertility rate: 6.17 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Sinhalese, Dravidian, Arab, African

Religions: Sunni Muslim

Languages: Divehi (dialect of Sinhala; script derived from Arabic), English spokenby most government officials

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1985)
total population: 91%
male: 91%
female: 92%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Republic of Maldives
conventional short form: Maldives

Type: republic

Capital: Male

Independence: 26 July 1965 (from UK)

Constitution: 4 June 1968


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $360 million

National product real growth rate: 5.4%

National product per capita: $1,500

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 20%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 5,000 kW
production: 30 million kWh
consumption per capita: 123 kWh



Olympic Factoid
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