Official Languages

Languages spoken here

Dhivehi (secondary) · Hindi (secondary)

“Secondary” means a community here speaks it alongside another language. It is not a statement of official or minority-language status.

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Maldives

Peoples

Largest first.

People	Population	Language	Religion
Maldivian, Divehi	501000	Maldivian	Islam
South Asian, general	4900	Hindi	Hinduism
Sinhalese, general	2700	Sinhala	Buddhism
Deaf	1600	Language unknown	Unknown

Languages

4 languages recorded here.

Hindi

Language unknown

Maldivian

Sinhala

All catalogue fields

156 fields recorded

rog3: MV
iso3: MDV
iso2: MV
ctry: Maldives
poplpeoples: 510000
cntpeoples: 4
cntpeopleslr: 4
poplpeopleslr: 510000
jpscalectry: 1
rol3officiallanguage: div
officiallang: Maldivian
rlg3primary: 6
religionprimary: Islam
percentchristianity: 0.027885350730513
percentevangelical: 0.0098894615199139
c_10_40window: Y
rog2: ASI
continent: Asia
regioncode: 4
regionname: Asia, South
workersneeded: 13
harvest_rog3: MV
harvest_iso3: MDV
harvest_iso2: MV
harvest_owcountrycode: MALD
harvest_ethnologuecountrycode: MV
harvest_countrynumber: 129
harvest_ctry: Maldives
harvest_ctryshort: Maldives
harvest_countrynamechinese: 马尔代夫
harvest_countrynamechineseshort: 马尔代夫
harvest_countrynamedutch: Maldiven
harvest_countrynamefrench: Maldives
harvest_countrynamefrenchshort: Maldives
harvest_countrynamegerman: Malediven
harvest_countrynamegermanshort: Malediven
harvest_countrynameindonesian: Maladewa
harvest_countrynameindonesianshort: Maladewa
harvest_countrynameitalian: Maldive
harvest_countrynameitalianshort: Maldive
harvest_countrynamekorean: 몰디브
harvest_countrynamekoreanshort: 몰디브
harvest_countrynamenorwegian: Maldivene
harvest_countrynamenorwegianshort: Maldivene
harvest_countrynameportuguese: Maldivas
harvest_countrynameportugueseshort: Maldivas
harvest_countrynamerussian: Мальдивы
harvest_countrynamerussianshort: Мальдивы
harvest_countrynamespanish: Maldivas
harvest_countrynamespanishshort: Maldivas
harvest_countrynamevietnamese: Maldives
harvest_countrynamevietnameseshort: Maldives
harvest_chineseconcatenationprefix: 在
harvest_frenchconcatenationprefix: des
harvest_germanconcatenationprefix: auf den
harvest_indonesianconcatenationprefix: di
harvest_italianconcatenationprefix: -
harvest_koreanconcatenationprefix: 의
harvest_norwegianconcatenationprefix: på
harvest_portugueseconcatenationprefix: nas
harvest_russianconcatenationprefix: B
harvest_spanishconcatenationprefix: en las
harvest_vietnameseconcatenationprefix: ở
harvest_ethnologuemapexists: N
harvest_rog2: ASI
harvest_regioncode2414: 20
harvest_regioncode: 4
harvest_unsr: 034
harvest_worldabc: A
harvest_capital: Male
harvest_population: 530000
harvest_populationsource: UN Country Population (2025)
harvest_prayercastvideo: https://prayercast.com/maldives.html
harvest_waldnerguide: prayer-guide-ce+mv.pdf
harvest_persecutionrankingod: 19
harvest_persecutionrankingodlink: https://www.opendoors.org/en-US/persecution/countries/maldives
harvest_jpscale: 1
harvest_c_10_40window: Y
harvest_c_10_40windoworiginal: N
harvest_biblerestrictionsrank: 12
harvest_bibleshortagerank: 75
harvest_bibleaccessurl: https://www.bibleaccesslist.org/profiles/MV_2025_profile.pdf
harvest_owpctevang: 0.1
harvest_owpctcharismatic: 0.031664118
harvest_owevangelicalgrowthrate: 4.3000002
harvest_owcountrypage: maldives
harvest_literacyrate: 98
harvest_literacysource: Ethnologue
harvest_percenturbanized: 40
harvest_rol3officiallanguage: div
harvest_rlg3primary: 6
harvest_pctanimist: 0
harvest_pctbahai: 0
harvest_pctbuddhism: 0.4
harvest_pctchinese: 0
harvest_pcthindu: 0.35
harvest_pctislam: 99.04000000000001
harvest_pctsikh: 0
harvest_pctjudaism: 0
harvest_pctnonreligious: 0.04
harvest_pctother: 0
harvest_pctchristian: 0.17
harvest_pctchristianprotestant: 0.06
harvest_pctchristianindependent: 0.02
harvest_pctchristiananglican: 0
harvest_pctchristianromancatholic: 0.09
harvest_pctchristianorthodoxcatholic: 0
harvest_pctchristianmarginal: 0
harvest_pctchristianunaffiliated: 0
harvest_pctchristiandoublyprofessing: 0
harvest_pctchristianother: 0
harvest_pctchristianextra: 0
harvest_rop1: A012
harvest_hdiyear: 2015
harvest_hdivalue: 0.701
harvest_hdirank: 105
harvest_internetusers: 59.1
harvest_flashmapzoom: 644
harvest_flashmapzoomx: -382
harvest_flashmapzoomy: -276
harvest_googlemapzoom: 5
harvest_googlemaplat: 3.25
harvest_googlemaplng: 73
harvest_ctrylatitude: 3.202778
harvest_ctrylongitude: 73.22068
harvest_securitylevel: 2
harvest_statedeptreligiousfreedom: https://www.state.gov/reports/2023-report-on-international-religious-freedom/maldives/
harvest_provincesdisplayable: Y
harvest_adm1label: Provinces
harvest_wcdsubregioncode: 202
harvest_poplgrowthrate: 1.621621621621622
harvest_v59country: Y
harvest_godreportsurl: http://blog.godreports.com/country/?countrycode=mv&joshua=mv
harvest_datareportalurl: https://datareportal.com/reports/digital-2024-maldives
harvest_internetusage: 63
harvest_internetusagesourceyear: 2017
harvest_pray1040url: https://pray1040.com/pray-for-maldives/
harvest_voiceofmartyrsurl: https://www.persecution.com/globalprayerguide/maldives/
harvest_areasquaremiles: 116
harvest_areasquarekilometers: 298
harvest_populationpersquaremile: 2773
harvest_countryphonecode: 960
harvest_wincountryprofile: http://win1040.com/page.php?id=578
harvest_owpctchristian1986: 0
harvest_owpctevangelical1986: 0
harvest_owpctchristian1993: 0.1
harvest_owpctevangelical1993: 0
harvest_owpctchristian2001: 0.1
harvest_owpctevangelical2001: 0
harvest_stonyground: Y
harvest_religiondatayear: 2010
harvest_internetctrycode: .mv
harvest_worldfactbookurl: https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/maldives
harvest_source: pjj
harvest_editname: BM
harvest_editdate: 09/12/02 00:00:00