!!!Maldives: People & Society
||Population|392,960 (July 2016 est.)
||Nationality|''noun'': Maldivian(s) \\ ''adjective'': Maldivian \\ 
||Ethnic groups|South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs
||Languages|Dhivehi (official, dialect of Sinhala, script derived from Arabic), English (spoken by most government officials)
||Religions|Sunni Muslim (official)
||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 21.21% (male 42,513/female 40,824) \\ ''15-24 years'': 21.29% (male 48,319/female 35,360) \\ ''25-54 years'': 47.63% (male 107,152/female 80,031) \\ ''55-64 years'': 5.48% (male 10,749/female 10,799) \\ ''65 years and over'': 4.38% (male 8,012/female 9,201) (2016 est.) \\ 
||Dependency ratios|''total dependency ratio'': 47.4% \\ ''youth dependency ratio'': 40.5% \\ ''elderly dependency ratio'': 6.9% \\ ''potential support ratio'': 14.4% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Median age|''total'': 27.8 years \\ ''male'': 27.8 years \\ ''female'': 27.8 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Population growth rate|-0.07% (2016 est.)
||Birth rate|16 births/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Death rate|3.9 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Net migration rate|-12.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.)
||Urbanization|''urban population'': 45.5% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 4.49% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ 
||Major urban areas - population|MALE (capital) 156,000 (2014)
||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.37 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.34 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.89 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.23 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ 
||Mother's mean age at first birth|23.9 \\ ''__note__'': median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2009 est.) \\ 
||Maternal mortality rate|68 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.)
||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 22.9 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 25.2 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 20.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ 
||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 75.6 years \\ ''male'': 73.3 years \\ ''female'': 78 years (2016 est.) \\ 
||Total fertility rate|1.73 children born/woman (2016 est.)
||Contraceptive prevalence rate|34.7% (2009)
||Health expenditures|13.7% of GDP (2014)
||Physicians density|1.42 physicians/1,000 population (2010)
||Hospital bed density|4.3 beds/1,000 population (2009)
||Drinking water source|''improved'':  \\ urban: 99.5% of population \\ rural: 97.9% of population \\ total: 98.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 0.5% of population \\ rural: 2.1% of population \\ total: 1.4% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||Sanitation facility access|''improved'':  \\ urban: 97.5% of population \\ rural: 98.3% of population \\ total: 97.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'':  \\ urban: 2.5% of population \\ rural: 1.7% of population \\ total: 2.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ 
||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|0.01% (2013 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|fewer than 100 (2013 est.)
||HIV/AIDS - deaths|fewer than 100 (2013 est.)
||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|7% (2014)
||Children under the age of 5 years underweight|17.8% (2009)
||Education expenditures|5.7% of GDP (2015)
||Literacy|''definition'': age 15 and over can read and write \\ ''total population'': 99.3% \\ ''male'': 99.8% \\ ''female'': 98.8% (2015 est.) \\ 
||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 25.4% \\ ''male'': 29.1% \\ ''female'': 21.4% (2010 est.) \\