MALDIVES

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Population in Non-Administrative Atolls:
With the expanding economic development initiatives of the government, the shift of the population from Administrative
islands to non Administrative island has increased over the years. As illustrated by Table 3, the Total
Maldivian population residing in Non-Administrative islands increased from 4,234 in 1985 to 13,555 in 2014.
This owes to increased number of operating resorts, agricultural islands and other ongoing projects in such
islands. Population in resort islands accounted for 77 percent of the residents in these islands.
The 2014 Census enumerated the foreign population and recorded a figure of 23,110 foreigners in the non-administrative
islands . Interestingly, this total is much higher than the total number of Resident Maldivians enumerated
in Non-administrative islands, as shown in Figure 3. Foreigners account for 63 percent of the population
of these islands.
Figure 3 : Resident Population in Non-Administrative Islands,
2014
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Resident Maldivian
Resident Foreigners
Resident Population
The population in the Non-Administrative islands are dominated by males. For the resident Maldivian population,
only 3 percent of the population in non-administrative islands is composed of females, while it is 9 percent
for the foreign females.
Over the past 8 years the population in non-administrative islands grew at a steady rate. Figure 4 shows the increase
in the percentage of the Maldivian population living in Non-administrative islands. Since 1995 onwards,
the growth has elavated in these islands.
National Bureau of Statistics