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Maldives
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Maldives – People Groups
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People Groups
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Population Indig % Evangel % Adherent Least Reached Progress Scale Primary Religion Primary Language Pho Map Txt
Arab4000.50 %1.00 %Y1.2 IslamArabic, Mesopotamian SP
Arab
 T
DeafY0.00 %0.17 %Y1.1 IslamLanguage Unknown   
Filipino, Tagalog30012.00 %88.00 %3.2 ChristianityTagalogP
Filipino, Tagalog
  
Gujarati7000.50 %0.70 %Y1.2 IslamGujaratiP
Gujarati
M
Gujarati of Maldives
T
Malay3000.00 %0.90 %Y1.1 IslamMalayP
Malay
M
Malay of Maldives
T
Malayali5004.00 %7.00 %3.1 IslamMalayalamP
Malayali
M
Malayali of Maldives
 
Maldivian, Malki315,000Y0.01 %0.01 %Y1.1 IslamMaldivianP
Maldivian, Malki
M
Maldivian, Malki of Maldives
T
Sinhalese2,2000.60 %1.00 %Y1.2 BuddhismSinhalaP
Sinhalese
  
Tamil5005.00 %8.00 %3.1 IslamTamilP
Tamil
  
Total People Groups:   9 320,000 2     6 1.2     8 4 4
Unclassified / Other Individuals 4,000  
UN Country Population (2012) 324,000  
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Maldives – People Progress
% of People Groups % of Population in People Groups
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Progress Level Peoples % of Peoples Population % of Population
  Level 1 - Unreached / Least-Reached 6 66.7 % 319,000 99.6 %
  Level 2 - Nominal / Formative Church 0 0.0 % 0 0.0 %
  Level 3 - Established / Significant Church 3 33.3 % 1,300 0.4 %
Totals 9   320,000  

Maldives – People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
 

Arab
400


Filipino, Tagalog
300


Gujarati
700


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Malay
300


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Malayali
500


Maldivian, Malki
315,000


Sinhalese
2,200


Tamil
500

Maldives People Photos   *** Note:  Only people groups with photos available are displayed here.***
Maldives – Languages
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Language
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Language
Code
# Peoples
Primary
Language
# Unreached
Primary
Language
Bible
Status
Bible
Locator
Audio NT
Online
Jesus
Film
Online
Audio
Recordings
Online
Gospel
Tract
Online
Arabic, Mesopotamian Spokenacm11None
Gujaratiguj11Complete
Malayzlm11Complete
Malayalammal10Complete
Maldiviandiv11None
Sinhalasin11Complete
Tagalogtgl10Complete
Tamiltam10Complete
Totals: 8 8 5   6 4 8 8 5
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Maldives – Religions
 
Major Religions  
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Source:  Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
 
Christianity Segments  
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Maldives – Possible Ministry Involvement
  • Below are lists of ministries that may work in Maldives. Ministries in the Maldives section probably minister in this country. Ministries in the South Asia section only possibly minister in this country. The purpose of this information is to assist potential new missionaries connect with sending agencies and for general ministry networking. Click on the links below to visit ministry websites for further information. Visit the Power-Of-Connecting "Find a Network Tool" to find further networking information.
  • The lists below do not include all ministries at work in this country or region. There are likely many excellent ministries not listed here. Omissions are not intentional, but occur simply from lack of data. Please contact us to suggest other ministries to include here. Inclusion here is not an endorsement by Joshua Project.
Ministries in Maldives   Ministries in South Asia
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Maldives – Statistics, Prayer Cards, Maps and Links
 
Statistics
Population 320,000
Percent Urbanization 40 %
Total People Groups 9
Unreached People Groups 6
Region South Asia
10/40 Window Yes
Official National Language Maldivian
Primary Religion Islam
Percent Christian Adherent 0.1%  [1]
Percent Evangelical 0.0%  [2]
Country Progress Level 1.2
Persecution Ranking 6 (1=High to 50=Low OD)
Human Development Index 0.688 (0=Low to 1=High UN)

Links
Operation World
Window International Country Profile
Ethnologue Language Listing
State Department Religious Freedom Report
Library of Congress
World Factbook

Notes
[1]  Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Major Religion percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Religion for all Peoples within the country.
[2]  Each People Group's population is multiplied by the Christianity Segments percentages for that people group. The results are summed for each Christianity Segment for all peoples within the country.
 
Prayer Cards
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