Maldives population

Male - the capital of the Maldives

The population is 338,434 (September 20, 2014) ^[1] taking into account foreigners who are 63,637 people, the total population is 402,071 people. ^[2]

The largest concentration is in Male . Many of the Maldives islands are uninhabited.

Population growth 2.69%: natural population growth 1.80%, positive migration balance 0.89%

The vast majority of the population are descendants of immigrants from South Asia and the Middle East. A number of Indians, Pakistanis, Arabs and Sinhals live in the capital.

Content

Population

The population of the Maldives 1911-2014

Population dynamics ^[3] ^[4]

Year	date	Population					Men at 100 women	Growth of the population %
		Number			Interest
		Total	Men	Women	Men	Women
1911	October	72,237	39,244	32,993	54.33	45.67	118.95	-
1921	March	70,413	38,174	32,239	54.21	45.79	118.41	-0.27
1931	April	79,281	43,235	36,046	54.53	45.47	119.94	1.18
1946	June	82,068	44,308	37,760	53.99	46.01	117.34	0.23
1953	June	77,273	41,656	35,617	53.91	46.09	116.96	-0.86
1957	June	83,075	44,614	38,461	53.70	46.30	116.00	1.81
1958	June	87,582	46,888	40,694	53.54	46.46	115.22	5.28
1959	June	89,290	47,505	41,785	53.20	46.80	113.69	1.93
1960	June	92,247	49,640	42,607	53.81	46.19	116.51	3.26
1961	June	92,793	49,906	42,887	53.78	46.22	116.37	0.59
1962	June	92,744	49,454	43,290	53.32	46.68	114.24	-0.05
1963	June	94,527	50,274	44,253	53.18	46.82	113.61	1.90
1964	June 1st	93,960	50,276	43,684	53.51	46.49	115.09	-0.60
1965	June 28	97,743	51,964	45.779	53.16	46.84	113.51	3.95
1966	June 24	100,883	53,938	46.945	53.47	46.53	114.90	3.16
1967	30 June	103,801	55,346	48,455	53.32	46.68	114.22	2.85
1968	June 28	106,969	56,983	49,986	53.27	46.73	114.00	3.01
1969	27th of June	110,770	58,897	51,873	53.17	46.83	113.54	3.49
1970	June 26th	114,469	60,975	53,494	53.27	46.73	113.98	3.28
1971	June 25	118,818	63,188	55,630	53.18	46.82	113.59	3.73
1972	30 June	122,673	64,924	57,749	52.92	47.08	112.42	3.19
1974	June 28	128,697	68,301	60,396	53.07	46.93	113.09	2.40
1977	31th of December	142,832	75,224	67,608	52.67	47.33	111.26	2.98
1985	March 29	180,088	93,482	86,606	51.84	48.16	107.94	3.20
1990	2nd of March	213,215	109,336	103,879	51.28	48.72	105.25	3.43
1995	March 25	244,814	124,622	120,192	50.90	49.10	103.69	2.73
1996	average annual	250,144						2.22
1997	average annual	255,460						2.12
1998	average annual	260,777						2.08
1999	average annual	266,093						2.04
2000	March 31	270,101	137,200	132,901	50.80	49.20	103.23	1.96
2001	average annual	275,975						2.18
2002	average annual	280,549	142,357	138,192	50.74	49.26	103.01	1.66
2003	average annual	285,066	144,599	140,467	50.72	49.28	102.94	1,61
2004	average annual	289,480	146,799	142,681	50.71	49.29	102.89	1.55
2005	average annual	293,746						1.47
2006	March 28	298,968	151,459	147,509	50.66	49.34	102.68	1,69
2007	average annual	304,869						1.97
2008	average annual	309,575						1,54
2009	average annual	314,542						1,60
2010	average annual	319,738						1.65
2011	average annual	325,135						1,69
2012	average annual	330,652						1.70
2013	average annual	336,224						0.69
2014 ^[1]	September 20	338,434	171,962	166,472	50.81	49.19	103.30	1.65
2015	average annual	347,552						2.69

Natural movement

Total atoll birth rate ^[1]

! No.	Atoll	Centre	Total coefficient birth rate			Natural Movement (2014)						Population (2014)
			Total coefficient birth rate			Number			Per 1000 people			Population (2014)
			2000	2006	2014	Birth	Deaths	E.p	Birth (‰)	Deaths (‰)	E.p (‰)	Total	Citizens	not of citizens
1. Far North
one	Haa Alif	Diddoo	3.67	2.61	2.91	130	43	87	9.51	3.15	6.36	13672	12939	733
2	Haa Dhaalu	Kulhuduffushi	3.89	2.43	2.91	507	78	429	25.95	3.99	21.95	19541	18515	1026
3	Shaviani	Funado	3.60	2.61	2.66	78	18	60	6.17	1.42	4.75	12636	12091	545
2.North
four	Oh well	Manad	3.09	2.28	2.83	29th	20	9	2,58	1.78	0.80	11229	10483	746
five	Raa	Yungoofaaru	3.96	2.76	2.93	231	38	193	14.60	2.40	12,20	15819	14862	957
6	Baa	Eidhafushi	3.28	2.41	2.45	98	26	72	10.21	2.71	7.50	9601	8878	723
7	Laviyani	Naifaru	3.09	2.23	2.59	90	25	65	10.74	2.98	7.76	8380	7905	475
3.Central North
eight*	Kaafu *	Maafushi *	3.32 *	2.25 *	2.70 *	29 *	21 *	eight*	2.06	1.73	0.33	14092 *	12166 *	1926 *
	including male		1,58	1.55	2.04	4740	546	4194	30.80	3,55	27.25	153904	129381	24523
9	Alif Alif	Raddhoo	4.06	2.27	2.94	13	3	ten	2.01	0.46	1,54	6475	5905	570
ten	Alif Dhaal	Mahibadhoo	3.06	2.28	3.30	52	28	24	5.72	3.08	2.64	9086	8145	941
eleven	Baavu	Felidhoo	3.03	1.98	2,34	0	one	-one	0.00	0.55	-0.55	1811	1601	210
4.Central
12	Meemu	Muli	3.09	2,35	2.75	four	17	-13	0.80	3.39	-2.59	5022	4705	317
13	Faafu	Nilandhoo	4.19	3.53	3.88	24	15	9	5.50	3.44	2.06	4365	4119	246
14	Dhaalu	Kudahuvadhoo	3.27	2.64	2.62	40	18	22	6.91	3.11	3.80	5786	5305	481
5.Central South
15	Thaa	Weimandhoo	2.68	2,31	2.97	22	five	17	2.28	0.52	1.76	9656	8901	755
sixteen	Laamu	Fonadhoo	3.33	2.64	2.67	155	18	137	12.23	1.42	10.81	12676	11795	881
6.South
17	Haafu Alif	Villingili	5.20	3.20	2.80	17	eight	9	1.84	0.87	0.98	9221	8334	887
18	Gaafu Dhaalu	Tinadhoo	3.98	3.27	3.13	247	36	211	19.46	2.84	16.63	12690	11587	1103
7 far south
nineteen	Gnaviyani	Fuwahmulah	3.39	2.26	2.76	92	22	70	10.81	2.59	8.23	8510	7984	526
20	Shinu ( Addu )	Addu	2.44	2,33	2.49	302	52	250	14.20	2.44	11.75	21275	19319	1956
	Not administrative atolls
	Resorts											28367	11609	16758
	Industrial islands and others											8257	1905	6352
	Maldives Republic		2.84	2.20	2.46	7245	1143	6102	18.02	2.84	15.18	402071	338434	63637

Note: data on Kaaf Atoll are indicated without including the capital.

During the census period from 2006 to 2014, TFR increased in 17 atolls, while in 3 it fell.

In 2 atolls in 2014, a natural population decline was observed, in one there were not even births.

Total fertility rate ^[1]

Region	1990	2000	2006	2014
Maldives	6.40	2.84	2.20	2.46
Atolls	7.40	3.37	2.64	2.78
Male	3.88	1,58	1.55	2.04

Natural population movement ^[5]

Year	Birth	Deaths	Natural growth	Birth rate (‰)	Mortality (‰)	E.p (‰)
1990	8700	1300	7400	41	6	35
1995	6900	1200	5700	28	five	23
1996	6500	1200	5300	26	five	21
1997	6100	1300	4800	24	five	nineteen
1998	5700	1000	4700	22	four	18
1999	5300	1100	4200	20	four	sixteen
2000	5314	1031	4283	19.67	3.82	15.86
2001	4882	1081	3801	17.69	3.92	13.77
2002	4990	1113	3877	17.79	3.97	13.82
2003	5140	1022	4116	18.03	3,59	14.45
2004	5198	1007	4191	17.96	3.48	14.48
2005	5518	1015	4503	18.78	3.46	15.33
2006	5827	1084	4743	19.49	3.63	15.86
2007	6569	1126	5443	21.55	3.69	17.85
2008	6946	1090	5856	22.44	3.52	18.92
2009	7336	1164	6172	23.32	3.70	19.62
2010	7115	1105	6010	22.25	3.46	18.80
2011	7182	1137	6045	22.09	3,50	18.59
2012	7431	1135	6296	22.47	3.43	19.04
2013	7153	1120	6033	21.27	3.33	17.94
2014	7245	1143	6102	21.41	3.38	18.03

Infant mortality ^[5]

Monthly natural movement, Maldives 2012—2014

Region	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Both sexes	115	112	88	72	76	67	92	66	76	81	78	65	66	46	59
Boys	60	59	49	41	42	32	54	47	38	42	45	37	40	29th	32
Girls	55	53	39	31	34	35	38	nineteen	38	39	33	28	26	17	27
Infant mortality (‰)	21.64	22.94	17.64	14.01	14.62	12.14	15.79	10.05	10.94	11.04	10.96	9.05	8.88	6.43	8.14

Migration situation

In the Republic of Maldives from 2007 to 2014 there was an excess of dropouts over the number of arrivals.

Year	Migratory balance	Migratory growth (‰)
1995	-370	-1.51
1996	sixteen	0.06
1997	517	2.02
1998	616	2,36
1999	-192	-0.72
2000	1591	5.89
2001	773	2.80
2002	640	2.28
2003	298	1.05
2004	75	0.26
2005	719	2.45
2006	1158	3.87
2007	-737	-2.42
2008	-889	-2.87
2009	-976	-3.10
2010	-613	-1.92
2011	-528	-1.62
2012	-724	-2.19
2013	-3823	-11.37
2014	3016	8.91

Age structure

Age and gender pyramid Maldives, 2006—2014

The general shape of the pyramid slightly changed in 2014 compared to 2006, an increase in the birth rate led to an increase in the proportion of children. The age and gender composition of the Maldives in 2014 still resembles one of the developing countries with a wide base, a relatively large proportion of people in the age categories (under 30 years old), and a relatively small proportion of people in the older age categories (over 60 years old). Despite this, the able-bodied population still accounts for a relatively large proportion of the population. ^[one]

Life

Region	1990	1995	1996	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	2003	2004	2005	2006	2007	2008	2009	2010	2011	2012	2013	2014
Men	63.90	69.87	-	69.2	70.59	72, 05	69.97	70.15	69.96	70,4	71.03	71.66	72.0	72.3	72.5	72.5	72.6	72.8	73.0	73.0	73.1
Women	63.14	71.60	-	70.15	71.82	73,23	70.11	70.71	70.71	71.29	72.07	72.74	73,2	73.7	74.1	74,2	74,4	74.8	74.8	74.7	74.8

Languages

Divekhi , the Indo-Aryan language, which has some similarities with Elu, the ancient Sinhala language and written in specialized Arabic script ( Tana ), is the official language and is spoken by almost the entire population. English is a second language.

Religion

Sunni Islam is the state religion. Historically, the Maldives was converted to Islam from Buddhism in the 12th century. According to the 1997 constitution, religious freedom is limited, which is why Islam is the only religion adopted publicly. Consequently, the vast majority of the population professes adherence to Islam, 98.4% reported as of 2010. ^[6]

Notes

↑ ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Census 2014 (neopr.) . Census 2014 (2014).
↑ Уearbook 2016 Population (neopr.) . Earbook 2016 Population (2016).
↑ Population and Housing Census of Maldives 2006 (neopr.) . Population and Housing Census of Maldives 2006 (2006).
↑ Yearbook 2004 (neopr.) . Yearbook 2004 (2004).
↑ ¹ ² Yearbook2015 / Population (neopr.) . Yearbook2015 / Population (2015).
↑ Religious Demography Maldives (Neopr.) . Religious Demography Maldives (2010).

[:0-1] ¹ ² ³ ⁴ ⁵ Census 2014 (neopr.) . Census 2014 (2014).

[2] Уearbook 2016 Population (neopr.) . Earbook 2016 Population (2016).

[3] Population and Housing Census of Maldives 2006 (neopr.) . Population and Housing Census of Maldives 2006 (2006).

[4] Yearbook 2004 (neopr.) . Yearbook 2004 (2004).

[:1-5] ¹ ² Yearbook2015 / Population (neopr.) . Yearbook2015 / Population (2015).

[6] Religious Demography Maldives (Neopr.) . Religious Demography Maldives (2010).