Asia
Insights : Maldives
Facts
and background
Population : 321.200
(2004)
Surface area : 300 sq. km.
Population per sq. km : 1.071
Population growth : 2.5 % (2004)
Life expectancy : 67.2 (2004)
GNI per capita : 2.410 US$ (2004)
GDP : 753.1 US$ millions (2004)
Sources:
World
Development Indicators Database
CIA.
World Factbook
Head of State: Maumoon Abdul Gayoom
Source: The
President’s Office
Politics
and society
CIA.
World Factbook
Maldives
: road map for reform. SAAG 060505
Sandhaanu
Online
Government
sites
President's
Office
Maldives
Government on the Web
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the WWW
Political
parties
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agencies
Haveeru
Daily Online
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Sandhaanu
Online
News
from foreign sources
CNN. International edition.
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Yahoo!
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Research
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organisations / agencies
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Bank. Maldives Homepage
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to the Maldives
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