Southern Asia
Maldives
Republic of the Maldives
Core facts
- Capital
- Malé
- Population
- 515,132
- Area
- 300 km^2
- Country code
- MDV
- Flag emoji
- 🇲🇻
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Population density
- 1717.1 per km^2
- Calling code
- +960
Culture and society
- Languages
- Maldivian
- Religions
- Islam (27.0%), Hinduism (25.0%), Unaffiliated (21.0%), Buddhism (12.0%), Christianity (7.0%), Folk religions (6.0%), Other religions (2.0%)
- Native names
- ދިވެހިރާއްޖޭގެ
- Demonyms (EN)
- Maldivan / Maldivan
- Start of week
- sunday
- Driving side
- left
- Timezones
- UTC+05:00
- Alternative spellings
- MV, Maldive Islands, Republic of the Maldives, Dhivehi Raajjeyge Jumhooriyya
Geography and map
- Continents
- Asia
- Coordinates
- 3.25, 73.00
- Landlocked
- No
- Borders
- N/A
- Border countries count
- 0
Economy and identity
- Currencies
- Maldivian rufiyaa (.ރ)
- Top-level domain
- .mv
- FIFA code
- MDV
- Capital coordinates
- 4.17, 73.51
- Postal code format
- #####
- Gini index
- 31.3 (2016)
- Coat of arms
