Maldives, Population and Housing Census 2006
TABLE ED 1 : POPULATION 6 YEARS OF AGE AND OVER BY LITERACY, AGE GROUP, SEX AND ISLAND
Age group and locality		Total			Literate			IIliterate			Not stated			Percent literate			Percent illiterate
		Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female	Both sexes	Male	Female
(1)		(2)	(3)	(4)	(5)	(6)	(7)	(8)	(9)	(10)	(11)	(12)	(13)	(14)	(15)	(16)	(17)	(18)	(19)
Seenu	Seenu
Total	Total	15914	7314	8600	15387	7032	8355	285	137	148	242	134	108	96.69	96.14	97.15	1.79	1.87	1.72
6-9	6-Sep	1583	807	776	1493	764	729	40	20	20	50	23	27	94.31	94.67	93.94	2.53	2.48	2.58
10-14	Oct-14	2599	1343	1256	2545	1314	1231	33	15	18	21	11	10	97.92	97.84	98.01	1.27	1.12	1.43
15-19	15 - 19	2136	1034	1102	2110	1020	1090	20	9	11	6	3	3	98.78	98.65	98.91	0.94	0.87	1.00
20-24	20 - 24	1490	630	860	1473	619	854	15	5	10	2	1	1	98.86	98.25	99.30	1.01	0.79	1.16
25-29	25 - 29	1071	423	648	1051	411	640	16	6	10	4	2	2	98.13	97.16	98.77	1.49	1.42	1.54
30-34	30 - 34	1189	408	781	1154	392	762	19	9	10	16	6	10	97.06	96.08	97.57	1.60	2.21	1.28
35-39	35 - 39	1136	431	705	1103	414	689	21	12	9	12	8	4	97.10	96.06	97.73	1.85	2.78	1.28
40-44	40 - 44	1097	467	630	1077	454	623	14	5	9	6	4	2	98.18	97.22	98.89	1.28	1.07	1.43
45-49	45 - 49	777	345	432	763	337	426	5	5	0	9	8	1	98.20	97.68	98.61	0.64	1.45	0.00
50-54	50 - 54	517	228	289	510	225	285	5	3	2	2	1	1	98.65	98.68	98.62	0.97	1.32	0.69
55-59	55 - 59	434	193	241	418	185	233	13	8	5	3	3	0	96.31	95.85	96.68	3.00	4.15	2.07
60-64	60 - 64	460	202	258	443	197	246	13	10	3	4	2	2	96.30	97.52	95.35	2.83	4.95	1.16
65+	65 and over	1324	745	579	1244	699	545	70	30	40	10	6	4	93.96	93.83	94.13	5.29	4.03	6.91
Age not stated	Not stated	101	58	43	3	1	2	1	0	1	97	56	41	2.97	1.72	4.65	0.99	0.00	2.33
Meedhoo
Total	Total	1269	550	719	1240	537	703	22	12	10	7	3	4	97.71	97.64	97.77	1.73	2.18	1.39
6-9	6-Sep	132	58	74	124	54	70	3	1	2	5	2	3	93.94	93.10	94.59	2.27	1.72	2.70
10-14	Oct-14	177	96	81	175	95	80	2	1	1	0	0	0	98.87	98.96	98.77	1.13	1.04	1.23
15-19	15 - 19	130	63	67	127	61	66	3	1	2	0	0	0	97.69	96.83	98.51	2.31	1.59	2.99
20-24	20 - 24	91	27	64	88	25	63	3	1	2	0	0	0	96.70	92.59	98.44	3.30	3.70	3.13
25-29	25 - 29	87	24	63	84	23	61	3	2	1	0	0	0	96.55	95.83	96.83	3.45	8.33	1.59
30-34	30 - 34	97	30	67	97	30	67	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
35-39	35 - 39	108	35	73	106	35	71	2	2	0	0	0	0	98.15	100.00	97.26	1.85	5.71	0.00
40-44	40 - 44	111	50	61	111	50	61	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
45-49	45 - 49	82	36	46	81	35	46	0	0	0	1	1	0	98.78	97.22	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
50-54	50 - 54	44	22	22	44	22	22	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
55-59	55 - 59	42	17	25	41	16	25	1	0	1	0	0	0	97.62	94.12	100.00	2.38	0.00	4.00
60-64	60 - 64	43	22	21	42	22	20	1	1	0	0	0	0	97.67	100.00	95.24	2.33	4.55	0.00
65+	65 and over	125	70	55	120	69	51	4	3	1	1	0	1	96.00	98.57	92.73	3.20	4.29	1.82
Age not stated	Not stated	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Hithadhoo
Total	Total	8359	3784	4575	8109	3660	4449	129	65	64	121	60	61	97.01	96.72	97.25	1.54	1.72	1.40
6-9	6-Sep	888	457	431	848	437	411	11	5	6	29	14	15	95.50	95.62	95.36	1.24	1.09	1.39
10-14	Oct-14	1486	748	738	1460	735	725	15	8	7	11	6	5	98.25	98.26	98.24	1.01	1.07	0.95
15-19	15 - 19	1218	577	641	1208	572	636	9	5	4	1	1	0	99.18	99.13	99.22	0.74	0.87	0.62
20-24	20 - 24	755	305	450	748	301	447	6	2	4	1	0	1	99.07	98.69	99.33	0.79	0.66	0.89
25-29	25 - 29	549	216	333	545	213	332	4	1	3	0	0	0	99.27	98.61	99.70	0.73	0.46	0.90
30-34	30 - 34	588	182	406	572	174	398	12	5	7	4	1	3	97.28	95.60	98.03	2.04	2.75	1.72
35-39	35 - 39	568	225	343	556	219	337	9	4	5	3	1	2	97.89	97.33	98.25	1.58	1.78	1.46
40-44	40 - 44	539	224	315	530	219	311	8	3	5	1	0	1	98.33	97.77	98.73	1.48	1.34	1.59
45-49	45 - 49	412	186	226	406	184	222	3	3	0	3	2	1	98.54	98.92	98.23	0.73	1.61	0.00
50-54	50 - 54	267	117	150	262	116	146	4	3	1	1	0	1	98.13	99.15	97.33	1.50	2.56	0.67
55-59	55 - 59	215	89	126	210	88	122	5	4	1	0	0	0	97.67	98.88	96.83	2.33	4.49	0.79
60-64	60 - 64	192	89	103	183	87	96	8	6	2	1	0	1	95.31	97.75	93.20	4.17	6.74	1.94
65+	65 and over	619	336	283	579	314	265	34	16	18	6	4	2	93.54	93.45	93.64	5.49	4.76	6.36
Age not stated	Not stated	63	33	30	2	1	1	1	0	1	60	31	29	3.17	3.03	3.33	1.59	0.00	3.33
Maradhoo
Total	Total	1794	887	907	1716	847	869	59	30	29	19	11	8	95.65	95.49	95.81	3.29	3.38	3.20
6-9	6-Sep	171	89	82	146	81	65	18	12	6	7	2	5	85.38	91.01	79.27	10.53	13.48	7.32
10-14	Oct-14	309	152	157	296	144	152	11	4	7	2	1	1	95.79	94.74	96.82	3.56	2.63	4.46
15-19	15 - 19	239	139	100	234	136	98	4	2	2	1	1	0	97.91	97.84	98.00	1.67	1.44	2.00
20-24	20 - 24	175	94	81	172	91	81	3	0	3	0	0	0	98.29	96.81	100.00	1.71	0.00	3.70
25-29	25 - 29	122	50	72	118	48	70	4	2	2	0	0	0	96.72	96.00	97.22	3.28	4.00	2.78
30-34	30 - 34	134	54	80	129	52	77	4	3	1	1	1	0	96.27	96.30	96.25	2.99	5.56	1.25
35-39	35 - 39	134	43	91	129	41	88	4	2	2	1	0	1	96.27	95.35	96.70	2.99	4.65	2.20
40-44	40 - 44	132	71	61	127	66	61	4	0	4	1	1	0	96.21	92.96	100.00	3.03	0.00	6.56
45-49	45 - 49	81	40	41	80	40	40	1	1	0	0	0	0	98.77	100.00	97.56	1.23	2.50	0.00
50-54	50 - 54	62	30	32	61	29	32	1	0	1	0	0	0	98.39	96.67	100.00	1.61	0.00	3.13
55-59	55 - 59	36	20	16	32	19	13	4	3	1	0	0	0	88.89	95.00	81.25	11.11	15.00	6.25
60-64	60 - 64	61	19	42	61	19	42	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
65+	65 and over	133	81	52	131	81	50	1	1	0	1	0	1	98.50	100.00	96.15	0.75	1.23	0.00
Age not stated	Not stated	5	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	5	5	0	0.00	0.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
Feydhoo
Total	Total	2415	1065	1350	2313	1003	1310	35	16	19	67	43	24	95.78	94.18	97.04	1.45	1.50	1.41
6-9	6-Sep	195	101	94	188	96	92	2	0	2	5	3	2	96.41	95.05	97.87	1.03	0.00	2.13
10-14	Oct-14	345	196	149	335	190	145	3	1	2	7	4	3	97.10	96.94	97.32	0.87	0.51	1.34
15-19	15 - 19	317	139	178	314	138	176	1	0	1	2	0	2	99.05	99.28	98.88	0.32	0.00	0.56
20-24	20 - 24	240	82	158	237	80	157	2	1	1	1	1	0	98.75	97.56	99.37	0.83	1.22	0.63
25-29	25 - 29	161	65	96	158	63	95	1	0	1	2	1	1	98.14	96.92	98.96	0.62	0.00	1.04
30-34	30 - 34	192	65	127	183	62	121	2	1	1	7	2	5	95.31	95.38	95.28	1.04	1.54	0.79
35-39	35 - 39	182	71	111	173	66	107	4	3	1	5	4	1	95.05	92.96	96.40	2.20	4.23	0.90
40-44	40 - 44	170	55	115	167	54	113	1	1	0	2	1	1	98.24	98.18	98.26	0.59	1.82	0.00
45-49	45 - 49	108	39	69	103	34	69	0	0	0	5	5	0	95.37	87.18	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
50-54	50 - 54	87	33	54	87	33	54	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
55-59	55 - 59	75	34	41	72	32	40	1	1	0	2	2	0	96.00	94.12	97.56	1.33	2.94	0.00
60-64	60 - 64	86	32	54	82	31	51	2	2	0	2	1	1	95.35	96.88	94.44	2.33	6.25	0.00
65+	65 and over	231	135	96	214	124	90	16	6	10	1	1	0	92.64	91.85	93.75	6.93	4.44	10.42
Age not stated	Not stated	26	18	8	0	0	0	0	0	0	26	18	8	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Maradhoo-Feydhoo
Total	Total	899	407	492	853	379	474	23	9	14	23	14	9	94.88	93.12	96.34	2.56	2.21	2.85
6-9	6-Sep	85	43	42	80	42	38	3	2	1	2	0	2	94.12	97.67	90.48	3.53	4.65	2.38
10-14	Oct-14	142	79	63	140	78	62	1	0	1	1	0	1	98.59	98.73	98.41	0.70	0.00	1.59
15-19	15 - 19	130	60	70	125	57	68	3	1	2	2	1	1	96.15	95.00	97.14	2.31	1.67	2.86
20-24	20 - 24	84	29	55	83	29	54	1	1	0	0	0	0	98.81	100.00	98.18	1.19	3.45	0.00
25-29	25 - 29	71	26	45	67	24	43	2	1	1	2	1	1	94.37	92.31	95.56	2.82	3.85	2.22
30-34	30 - 34	79	26	53	75	24	51	0	0	0	4	2	2	94.94	92.31	96.23	0.00	0.00	0.00
35-39	35 - 39	67	22	45	64	19	45	0	0	0	3	3	0	95.52	86.36	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
40-44	40 - 44	60	23	37	57	21	36	1	1	0	2	2	0	95.00	91.30	97.30	1.67	4.35	0.00
45-49	45 - 49	31	17	14	31	17	14	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
50-54	50 - 54	24	13	11	23	12	11	0	0	0	1	1	0	95.83	92.31	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
55-59	55 - 59	18	6	12	16	4	12	1	0	1	1	1	0	88.89	66.67	100.00	5.56	0.00	8.33
60-64	60 - 64	27	16	11	24	14	10	2	1	1	1	1	0	88.89	87.50	90.91	7.41	6.25	9.09
65+	65 and over	77	46	31	67	38	29	9	2	7	1	1	0	87.01	82.61	93.55	11.69	4.35	22.58
Age not stated	Not stated	4	1	3	1	0	1	0	0	0	3	1	2	25.00	0.00	33.33	0.00	0.00	0.00
Hulhudhoo
Total	Total	1018	478	540	997	464	533	16	5	11	5	3	2	97.94	97.07	98.70	1.57	1.05	2.04
6-9	6-Sep	112	59	53	107	54	53	3	0	3	2	2	0	95.54	91.53	100.00	2.68	0.00	5.66
10-14	Oct-14	140	72	68	139	72	67	1	1	0	0	0	0	99.29	100.00	98.53	0.71	1.39	0.00
15-19	15 - 19	76	39	37	76	39	37	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
20-24	20 - 24	72	25	47	72	25	47	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25-29	25 - 29	58	21	37	57	20	37	1	0	1	0	0	0	98.28	95.24	100.00	1.72	0.00	2.70
30-34	30 - 34	81	34	47	80	33	47	1	0	1	0	0	0	98.77	97.06	100.00	1.23	0.00	2.13
35-39	35 - 39	68	26	42	66	25	41	2	1	1	0	0	0	97.06	96.15	97.62	2.94	3.85	2.38
40-44	40 - 44	83	42	41	83	42	41	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
45-49	45 - 49	62	26	36	61	26	35	1	1	0	0	0	0	98.39	100.00	97.22	1.61	3.85	0.00
50-54	50 - 54	31	11	20	31	11	20	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
55-59	55 - 59	47	26	21	46	25	21	1	0	1	0	0	0	97.87	96.15	100.00	2.13	0.00	4.76
60-64	60 - 64	50	23	27	50	23	27	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
65+	65 and over	135	73	62	129	69	60	6	2	4	0	0	0	95.56	94.52	96.77	4.44	2.74	6.45
Age not stated	Not stated	3	1	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	2	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
Industrial and other islands
Total		160	143	17	159	142	17	1	0	1	0	0	0	99.38	99.30	100.00	0.63	0.00	5.88
6-9		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
10-14		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
15-19		26	17	9	26	17	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
20-24		73	68	5	73	68	5	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
25-29		23	21	2	22	20	2	1	0	1	0	0	0	95.65	95.24	100.00	4.35	0.00	50.00
30-34		18	17	1	18	17	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	100.00	0.00	0.00	0.00
35-39		9	9	0	9	9	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
40-44		2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
45-49		1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
50-54		2	2	0	2	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
55-59		1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
60-64		1	1	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
65+		4	4	0	4	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	100.00	100.00	NA	0.00	0.00	NA
Age not stated		0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
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