| AREA ................................................ | 300 
                kmq | 
     
      | POPULATION .................................. | 339.330 in. | 
     
      | DENSITY ......................................... | 1131,1 in/kmq | 
     
      | CAPITAL .......................................... | Male | 
     
      | LANGUAGES .................................... | Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials | 
     
      | RELIGIONS ...................................... | Sunni Muslim | 
     
     | CURRENCY ...................................... | Rufiyaa (MVR) | 
    
     | GDP per CAPITA ............................. | .. $ (2004) | 
    
     | HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX .. | 0,515 (99th place) | 
    
     | LOWEST POINT ............................... | Indian Ocean 0 m | 
    
     | HIGHEST POINT .............................. | Addu Atoll 2,4 m | 
    
     | INDEPENDENCE ............................... | 26 July 1965 (from UK) | 
    
     | INSTITUTIONAL FORM ................... | Republic | 
    
      | WEB DOMAIN .................................. | .mv | 
    
    | COUNTRY CODE .............................. | +960 |