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Maldives – People Groups
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People Groups
(click people name for profile)		 Population % Evangel % Adherent Least Reached Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Arab4001.00 %Y1.2 IslamArabic, Standard
British5078.00 %4.1 ChristianityEnglish
DeafUnknown0.00 %0.10 %Y1.1 IslamLanguage Unknown
Filipino30093.00 %3.2 ChristianityTagalog
Gujarati6001.00 %1.00 %Y1.2 HinduismGujarati
Malay3000.90 %Y1.2 IslamMalay
Malayali50025.00 %4.2 IslamMalayalam
Maldivian, Malki301,0000.01 %Y1.2 IslamMaldivian
Sinhalese2,1003.00 %3.1 BuddhismSinhala
Tamil5007.50 %8.00 %3.2 HinduismTamil
Total People Groups:   10306,00051.2 944
Unclassified / Other Individuals3,000 
UN Country Population (2009)309,000
 
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Maldives – Peoples Progress Progress Scale Definition All Progress Level Listing
% of People Groups % of Population in People Groups
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Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population
  Level 1 - Unreached 5 50.0 % 302,000 98.9 %
  Level 2 - Nominal Church 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %
  Level 3 - Established Church 3 30.0 % 2,800 0.9 %
  Level 4 - Significant Church 2 20.0 % 500 0.2 %
Totals 10   306,000  
Maldives – People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
 

Arab
400


British
50


Filipino
300


Gujarati
600


Malay
300


Malayali
500


Maldivian, Malki
301,000


Sinhalese
2,100


Tamil
500

Maldives People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
Maldives – Religions All Religions Listing
 
Major Religions  
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Source:  Operation World 2001.
 
Christianity Segments  
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Source:  Operation World 2001.
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Maldives – Major Cities Urbanization: 38 %
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Major Cities Population Capital State / Province Primary Language Primary Religion % Christian Adherents % Christian Source
Male104,000YMaaleMaldivianIslam0.1 %Operation World 2001
Total Cities:  1 104,000  
 
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Maldives – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Maldives. Ministries in the Maldives section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the South Asia section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information for Maldives.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
Ministries in Maldives   Ministries in South Asia
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Ministries Listed for Maldives:  0
 
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Ministries Listed for South Asia:  0
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Maldives – Statistics, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Item Value
Population 306,000
Percent Urbanization 38 %
Total People Groups 10
Unreached People Groups 5
Region South Asia
10/40 Window No
Official National Language Maldivian
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 0.1 % (Operation World 2001)
Percent Evangelical 0.0 % (Operation World 2001)
Country Progress Level 1.2
Persecution Ranking 6 (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Development Status Not reported (Low-Medium-High UN)
Human Development Index 0.771 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
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Maps
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