Maldives
A thousand coral islands in the ocean
Passport card
Republic of Maldives
Maldives
- Capital
- Malé
- Continent
- Asia
- Currency
- Rufiyaa
- Languages
- Dhivehi
- People
- About 5.2 lakh
- Size
- About 298 km²
- Leader
- President Mohamed Muizzu
- Free since
- 26 July 1965
- Time
- 30 minutes behind India: at 12 noon in India, it is 11:30 am in Malé
⭐ The word atoll, a ring of coral islands around a lagoon, comes from Dhivehi!
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Two ways to learn
Learn about Maldives
Find it on the globe
Fly from India to Maldives
Turn the globe with your finger. Maldives has no neighbours on land. Its nearest neighbours are across the sea.
Compare with India
Maldives and India, side by side
Both are drawn to the same scale.
- SizeIndia is about 11,000 times the size of Maldives.
- PeopleIndia has about 2,800 times as many people: about 146 crore in India and about 5.2 lakh in Maldives.
- DistanceMalé is about 2,700 km from Delhi, in a straight line.
- TimeMaldives is 30 minutes behind India. When it is 12 noon in India, it is 11:30 am in Malé.
Test yourself
Quiz Me
30 questions on Maldives, a fresh mix every time you play. Answer one at a time and see why straight away.
Fly through 30 questions on Maldives
- A fresh mix from the country's 100 questions, every round.
- See the right answer and why, straight away.
- Score 18 or more to earn Maldives's passport stamp.
Map puzzle
Put Maldives back on the map
Maldives and its neighbours have fallen off the map. Can you put all 3 back?
Big neighbours stop at the edge of this map. Places too tiny to see are shown as circles.
Drag each piece to its place on the map, or tap a piece and then tap its place.
For parents and teachers
Free Maldives worksheet
One page to print: colour the flag, name the neighbours, fill in the blanks and more. The answers are at the bottom, upside down.
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