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Country
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Maldives |
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Leader
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President: Mohamed Nasheed
|
President: Girma Woldegiorgis
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Population
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394,451
| 91,195,675
|
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Life Expectancy
|
74.690 years
| 56.560 years
|
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Capital City
|
Male
|
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Largest city
|
| Male (population: 84,972) | Addis Ababa (population: 2,757,730) |
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Human Development Index
|
0.749
| 0.389
|
| GDP per capita |
$8,800 US
|
|
|
Literacy Rate
|
96.3%
| 42.7%
|
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Corruption Perception Index
|
2.8
| 2.6
|
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Percentage of Women in Parliament
|
12%
| 21.4%
|
| Wealthiest Citizens |
|
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| Unemployment Rate |
14.500%
|
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Death Penalty
|
Abolished in practice
| Legal
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| |
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Political System
|
republic
| federal republic
|
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Independence date
|
26 July 1965 (from UK)
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| Religions |
Sunni Muslim
| Christian 60.8% (Orthodox 50.6%, Protestant 10.2%), Muslim 32.8%, traditional 4.6%, other 1.8% (1994 census)
|
| Languages |
Maldivian Dhivehi (dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English spoken by most government officials
| Amarigna 32.7%, Oromigna 31.6%, Tigrigna 6.1%, Somaligna 6%, Guaragigna 3.5%, Sidamigna 3.5%, Hadiyigna 1.7%, other 14.8%, English (major foreign language taught in schools) (1994 census)
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| Exports |
fish
|
|
| External Debt |
$943,000,000 $
|
|
| Exchange Rate |
rufiyaa (MVR) per US dollar - NA (2007), 12.8 (2006), 12.8 (2005), 12.8 (2004), 12.8 (2003)
|
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| Military Budget as percentage of GDP |
5.500%
|
|
| Beijing Olympics Medal Count |
0
| 7
|
| Location |
Southern Asia, group of atolls in the Indian Ocean, south-southwest of India
| Eastern Africa, west of Somalia
|
| Area |
298 km sq
| 1,104,300 km sq
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| Coastline |
644 km
| 0 km
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| Climate |
tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August)
| tropical monsoon with wide topographic-induced variation
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