Maldives 
Facts
Population:
310,764 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years:
45.63% (male 72,920; female 68,895)
15-64 years:
51.37% (male 81,506; female 78,149)
65 years and over:
3% (male 4,806; female 4,488) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:
3.01% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:
38.15 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:
8.09 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years:
1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.07 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
63.72 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population:
62.56 years
male:
61.39 years
female:
63.8 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:
5.5 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
0.05% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun:
Maldivian(s)
adjective:
Maldivian
Ethnic groups:
South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs
Religions:
Sunni Muslim
Languages:
Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
Literacy:
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
93.2%
male:
93.3%
female:
93% (1995 est.)
GDP:
purchasing power parity - $594 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:
7.6% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:
purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:
agriculture:
20%
industry:
18%
services:
62% (2000 est.)
Population below poverty line:
NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:
lowest 10%:
NA%
highest 10%:
NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):
3% (2000 est.)
Labor force:
67,000 (1995)
Labor force - by occupation:
agriculture 22%, industry 18%, services 60% (1995)
Unemployment rate:
NEGL%
Budget:
revenues:
$166 million (excluding foreign grants)
expenditures:
$192 million, including capital expenditures of $80 million (1999 est.)
Industries:
fish processing, tourism, shipping, boat building, coconut processing, garments, woven mats, rope, handicrafts, coral and sand mining
Industrial production growth rate:
4.4% (1996 est.)
Electricity - production:
101 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:
fossil fuel:
100%
hydro:
0%
nuclear:
0%
other:
0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:
93.9 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:
0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:
0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:
coconuts, corn, sweet potatoes; fish
Exports:
$88 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:
fish, clothing
Exports - partners:
US, UK, Sri Lanka, Japan
Imports:
$372 million (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:
consumer goods, intermediate and capital goods, petroleum products
Imports - partners:
Singapore, India, Sri Lanka, Japan, Canada
Debt - external:
$237 million (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:
$NA
Currency:
rufiyaa (MVR)
Currency code:
MVR
Exchange rates:
rufiyaa per US dollar - 11.770 (fixed rate since 1995)
Fiscal year:
calendar year
Statistics: CIA World Factbook.
Maldives in the News
Although concern among the South Asian population about the spread and impact of H.I.V./AIDS is significant, governments continue to give the problem a low priority.
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