Maldives: flag, capital & map
Get to know Maldives, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Malé
- Region
- Asia
- Subregion
- Southern Asia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 529,676
- Area
- 300 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- Maldivian
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
The Maldives is a country in South Asia. Its capital is Malé.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Maldives
The flag of Maldives has a red field, at the center of which is a large green rectangle bearing a fly-side facing white crescent.
Where it is
Maldives is grouped in Southern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Maldives has a recorded area of 300 square kilometres. Among the 9 countries assigned to Southern Asia in this dataset, it ranks 9 by area, from largest to smallest. Bhutan is immediately above it in that ordering, at 38,394 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 529,676 people for Maldives in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 1,766 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are Maldivian. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Maldives?
Reveal answer
Malé. The Maldives is a country in South Asia. Its capital is Malé.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Maldives?
Reveal answer
The flag of Maldives has a red field, at the center of which is a large green rectangle bearing a fly-side facing white crescent.
Which land neighbours of Maldives are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Maldives. It is grouped in Southern Asia, within Roam’s Asia region.
Which languages does the source list for Maldives?
Reveal answer
Maldivian. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Maldives.
Which currency codes are listed for Maldives?
Reveal answer
Maldivian Rufiyaa (MVR). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
Try it from memory
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