Key demographic, linguistic, and cultural information.
Population
515,696
Population Density
1,718.99 people/km²
Nationality
Noun: Maldivian(s) Adjective: Maldivian
Distribution
about a third of the population lives in the centrally located capital city of Male and almost a tenth in southern Addu City; the remainder of the populace is spread over the 200 or so populated islands of the archipelago