The Maldives is a tropical paradise in the Indian Ocean with 1,200 coral islands. The world's lowest-lying country faces existential threat from sea-level rise.
Dhivehi
These figures are calculated from the data on this page and compared with the other 195 countries Beelad covers.
| Population density | 1,765 people per km² rank 4 of 196 (highest first); the average across all 196 countries is 60 per km² |
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| Share of world population | 0.0065 % world total: 8,091,734,930 (UN, 1 July 2023) |
| Share of Asia | 0.011% of its people, 0.00093% of its land area |
| Area in square miles | 115 1 km² = 0.386 sq mi |
| Closest in size | Malta (316 km²) |
| Closest in population | Cabo Verde (522,331 people) |
Maldives is the only country in our list that uses MVR.