Maldives, Population and Housing Census 2006              
Table EC 1: POPULATION 15 YEARS OF AGE & OVER BY ACTIVITY STATUS, CLASSIFIED BY LOCALITY, AGE AND SEX
Locality, sex & age  Total 15 years of age  & over Economically active Not economically  active Not stated Labour force participation rate Unemployment rate
Total Employed Unemployed
(1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7) (8) (9)
Addu Atoll (S)
Both Sexes 11,732 6,946 4,969 1,977 4,434 352 59.2 28.5
Meedhoo 960 612 476 136 325 23 63.8 22.2
Hithadhoo 5,985 3,300 2,367 933 2,550 135 55.1 28.3
Maradhoo 1,314 840 641 199 424 50 63.9 23.7
Feydhoo 1,875 1,130 730 400 637 108 60.3 35.4
Maradhoofeydhoo 672 420 308 112 228 24 62.5 26.7
Hulhudhoo 766 518 321 197 236 12 67.6 38.0
Industrial and Others 160 126 126 0 34 0 78.8 NA
Male 5,164 3,694 3,107 587 1,295 175 71.5 15.9
Meedhoo 396 307 265 42 81 8 77.5 13.7
Hithadhoo 2,579 1,781 1,486 295 735 63 69.1 16.6
Maradhoo 646 480 416 64 142 24 74.3 13.3
Feydhoo 768 531 420 111 177 60 69.1 20.9
Maradhoofeydhoo 285 207 181 26 63 15 72.6 12.6
Hulhudhoo 347 269 220 49 73 5 77.5 18.2
Industrial and Others 143 119 119 0 24 0 83.2 NA
 
Female 6,568 3,252 1,862 1,390 3,139 177 49.5 42.7
Meedhoo 564 305 211 94 244 15 54.1 30.8
Hithadhoo 3,406 1,519 881 638 1,815 72 44.6 42.0
Maradhoo 668 360 225 135 282 26 53.9 37.5
Feydhoo 1,107 599 310 289 460 48 54.1 48.2
Maradhoofeydhoo 387 213 127 86 165 9 55.0 40.4
Hulhudhoo 419 249 101 148 163 7 59.4 59.4
Industrial and Others 17 7 7 0 10 0 41.2 NA
Addu Atoll (S)
Both Sexes 11,732 6,946 4,969 1,977 4,434 352 59.2 28.5
15 - 19 2136 584 242 342 1472 80 27.3 58.6
20 - 24 1490 1,090 698 392 381 19 73.2 36.0
25 - 29 1071 780 565 215 278 13 72.8 27.6
30 - 34 1189 796 583 213 367 26 66.9 26.8
35 - 39 1136 812 613 199 307 17 71.5 24.5
40 - 44 1097 808 601 207 265 24 73.7 25.6
45 - 49 777 584 429 155 175 18 75.2 26.5
50 - 54 517 377 297 80 132 8 72.9 21.2
55 - 59 434 292 239 53 135 7 67.3 18.2
60 - 64 460 281 232 49 167 12 61.1 17.4
65 and over 1324 542 470 72 751 31 40.9 13.3
Not stated 101 0 0 0 4 97 NA NA
Male 5,164 3,694 3,107 587 1,295 175 71.5 15.9
15 - 19 1,034 291 133 158 701 42 28.1 54.3
20 - 24 630 499 386 113 125 6 79.2 22.6
25 - 29 423 378 310 68 40 5 89.4 18.0
30 - 34 408 372 320 52 30 6 91.2 14.0
35 - 39 431 400 364 36 22 9 92.8 9.0
40 - 44 467 443 412 31 15 9 94.9 7.0
45 - 49 345 323 293 30 12 10 93.6 9.3
50 - 54 228 218 205 13 6 4 95.6 6.0
55 - 59 193 176 157 19 13 4 91.2 10.8
60 - 64 202 173 157 16 24 5 85.6 9.2
65 and over 745 421 370 51 305 19 56.5 12.1
Not stated 58 0 0 0 2 56 NA NA
Female 6,568 3,252 1,862 1,390 3,139 177 49.5 42.7
15 - 19 1,102 293 109 184 771 38 26.6 62.8
20 - 24 860 591 312 279 256 13 68.7 47.2
25 - 29 648 402 255 147 238 8 62.0 36.6
30 - 34 781 424 263 161 337 20 54.3 38.0
35 - 39 705 412 249 163 285 8 58.4 39.6
40 - 44 630 365 189 176 250 15 57.9 48.2
45 - 49 432 261 136 125 163 8 60.4 47.9
50 - 54 289 159 92 67 126 4 55.0 42.1
55 - 59 241 116 82 34 122 3 48.1 29.3
60 - 64 258 108 75 33 143 7 41.9 30.6
65 and over 579 121 100 21 446 12 20.9 17.4
Not stated 43 0 0 0 2 41 NA NA
Meedhoo
Both Sexes 960 612 476 136 325 23 63.8 22.2
15 - 19 130 50 14 36 72 8 38.5 72.0
20 - 24 91 62 42 20 27 2 68.1 32.3
25 - 29 87 56 34 22 29 2 64.4 39.3
30 - 34 97 59 50 9 36 2 60.8 15.3
35 - 39 108 81 66 15 27 0 75.0 18.5
40 - 44 111 87 78 9 21 3 78.4 10.3
45 - 49 82 67 56 11 15 0 81.7 16.4
50 - 54 44 35 30 5 8 1 79.5 14.3
55 - 59 42 24 22 2 18 0 57.1 8.3
60 - 64 43 28 26 2 12 3 65.1 7.1
65 and over 125 63 58 5 60 2 50.4 7.9
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
Male 396 307 265 42 81 8 77.5 13.7
15 - 19 63 20 6 14 40 3 31.7 70.0
20 - 24 27 21 13 8 5 1 77.8 38.1
25 - 29 24 16 11 5 6 2 66.7 31.3
30 - 34 30 28 26 2 2 0 93.3 7.1
35 - 39 35 34 31 3 1 0 97.1 8.8
40 - 44 50 49 48 1 1 0 98.0 2.0
45 - 49 36 35 34 1 1 0 97.2 2.9
50 - 54 22 21 19 2 0 1 95.5 9.5
55 - 59 17 17 16 1 0 0 100.0 5.9
60 - 64 22 18 17 1 4 0 81.8 5.6
65 and over 70 48 44 4 21 1 68.6 8.3
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
Female 564 305 211 94 244 15 54.1 30.8
15 - 19 67 30 8 22 32 5 44.8 73.3
20 - 24 64 41 29 12 22 1 64.1 29.3
25 - 29 63 40 23 17 23 0 63.5 42.5
30 - 34 67 31 24 7 34 2 46.3 22.6
35 - 39 73 47 35 12 26 0 64.4 25.5
40 - 44 61 38 30 8 20 3 62.3 21.1
45 - 49 46 32 22 10 14 0 69.6 31.3
50 - 54 22 14 11 3 8 0 63.6 21.4
55 - 59 25 7 6 1 18 0 28.0 14.3
60 - 64 21 10 9 1 8 3 47.6 10.0
65 and over 55 15 14 1 39 1 27.3 6.7
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
Hithadhoo
Both Sexes 5,985 3,300 2,367 933 2,550 135 55.1 28.3
15 - 19 1,218 256 96 160 928 34 21.0 62.5
20 - 24 755 535 329 206 214 6 70.9 38.5
25 - 29 549 400 293 107 147 2 72.9 26.8
30 - 34 588 378 276 102 204 6 64.3 27.0
35 - 39 568 390 305 85 174 4 68.7 21.8
40 - 44 539 388 287 101 148 3 72.0 26.0
45 - 49 412 304 239 65 104 4 73.8 21.4
50 - 54 267 182 145 37 82 3 68.2 20.3
55 - 59 215 141 117 24 73 1 65.6 17.0
60 - 64 192 106 92 14 83 3 55.2 13.2
65 and over 619 220 188 32 390 9 35.5 14.5
Not stated 63 0 0 0 3 60 NA NA
Male 2,579 1,781 1,486 295 735 63 69.1 16.6
15 - 19 577 131 54 77 429 17 22.7 58.8
20 - 24 305 238 178 60 66 1 78.0 25.2
25 - 29 216 196 158 38 19 1 90.7 19.4
30 - 34 182 168 144 24 14 0 92.3 14.3
35 - 39 225 210 191 19 14 1 93.3 9.0
40 - 44 224 218 200 18 6 0 97.3 8.3
45 - 49 186 176 163 13 7 3 94.6 7.4
50 - 54 117 113 105 8 3 1 96.6 7.1
55 - 59 89 80 71 9 8 1 89.9 11.3
60 - 64 89 76 69 7 12 1 85.4 9.2
65 and over 336 175 153 22 155 6 52.1 12.6
Not stated 33 0 0 0 2 31 NA NA
Female 3,406 1,519 881 638 1,815 72 44.6 42.0
15 - 19 641 125 42 83 499 17 19.5 66.4
20 - 24 450 297 151 146 148 5 66.0 49.2
25 - 29 333 204 135 69 128 1 61.3 33.8
30 - 34 406 210 132 78 190 6 51.7 37.1
35 - 39 343 180 114 66 160 3 52.5 36.7
40 - 44 315 170 87 83 142 3 54.0 48.8
45 - 49 226 128 76 52 97 1 56.6 40.6
50 - 54 150 69 40 29 79 2 46.0 42.0
55 - 59 126 61 46 15 65 0 48.4 24.6
60 - 64 103 30 23 7 71 2 29.1 23.3
65 and over 283 45 35 10 235 3 15.9 22.2
Not stated 30 0 0 0 1 29 NA NA
Maradhoo
Both Sexes 1,314 840 641 199 424 50 63.9 23.7
15 - 19 239 101 60 41 124 14 42.3 40.6
20 - 24 175 131 96 35 42 2 74.9 26.7
25 - 29 122 89 66 23 30 3 73.0 25.8
30 - 34 134 91 71 20 39 4 67.9 22.0
35 - 39 134 96 72 24 35 3 71.6 25.0
40 - 44 132 96 80 16 30 6 72.7 16.7
45 - 49 81 60 44 16 17 4 74.1 26.7
50 - 54 62 47 42 5 12 3 75.8 10.6
55 - 59 36 27 23 4 8 1 75.0 14.8
60 - 64 61 40 36 4 21 0 65.6 10.0
65 and over 133 62 51 11 66 5 46.6 17.7
Not stated 5 0 0 0 0 5 NA NA
Male 646 480 416 64 142 24 74.3 13.3
15 - 19 139 61 39 22 69 9 43.9 36.1
20 - 24 94 74 64 10 19 1 78.7 13.5
25 - 29 50 45 39 6 5 0 90.0 13.3
30 - 34 54 53 48 5 1 0 98.1 9.4
35 - 39 43 40 39 1 2 1 93.0 2.5
40 - 44 71 64 60 4 3 4 90.1 6.3
45 - 49 40 36 32 4 3 1 90.0 11.1
50 - 54 30 27 26 1 2 1 90.0 3.7
55 - 59 20 18 17 1 2 0 90.0 5.6
60 - 64 19 16 15 1 3 0 84.2 6.3
65 and over 81 46 37 9 33 2 56.8 19.6
Not stated 5 0 0 0 0 5 NA NA
Female 668 360 225 135 282 26 53.9 37.5
15 - 19 100 40 21 19 55 5 40.0 47.5
20 - 24 81 57 32 25 23 1 70.4 43.9
25 - 29 72 44 27 17 25 3 61.1 38.6
30 - 34 80 38 23 15 38 4 47.5 39.5
35 - 39 91 56 33 23 33 2 61.5 41.1
40 - 44 61 32 20 12 27 2 52.5 37.5
45 - 49 41 24 12 12 14 3 58.5 50.0
50 - 54 32 20 16 4 10 2 62.5 20.0
55 - 59 16 9 6 3 6 1 56.3 33.3
60 - 64 42 24 21 3 18 0 57.1 12.5
65 and over 52 16 14 2 33 3 30.8 12.5
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0 NA NA
Feydhoo
Both Sexes 1,875 1,130 730 400 637 108 60.3 35.4
15 - 19 317 92 29 63 209 16 29.0 68.5
20 - 24 240 167 87 80 64 9 69.6 47.9
25 - 29 161 121 88 33 36 4 75.2 27.3
30 - 34 192 135 92 43 47 10 70.3 31.9
35 - 39 182 140 92 48 36 6 76.9 34.3
40 - 44 170 129 80 49 32 9 75.9 38.0
45 - 49 108 73 45 28 26 9 67.6 38.4
50 - 54 87 67 47 20 20 0 77.0 29.9
55 - 59 75 52 43 9 19 4 69.3 17.3
60 - 64 86 51 37 14 30 5 59.3 27.5
65 and over 231 103 90 13 118 10 44.6 12.6
Not stated 26 0 0 0 0 26 NA NA
Male 768 531 420 111 177 60 69.1 20.9
15 - 19 139 40 9 31 89 10 28.8 77.5
20 - 24 82 55 35 20 24 3 67.1 36.4
25 - 29 65 61 49 12 3 1 93.8 19.7
30 - 34 65 56 43 13 5 4 86.2 23.2
35 - 39 71 65 55 10 2 4 91.5 15.4
40 - 44 55 50 45 5 2 3 90.9 10.0
45 - 49 39 33 28 5 0 6 84.6 15.2
50 - 54 33 32 32 0 1 0 97.0 0.0
55 - 59 34 31 28 3 1 2 91.2 9.7
60 - 64 32 26 24 2 3 3 81.3 7.7
65 and over 135 82 72 10 47 6 60.7 12.2
Not stated 18 0 0 0 0 18 NA NA
Female 1,107 599 310 289 460 48 54.1 48.2
15 - 19 178 52 20 32 120 6 29.2 61.5
20 - 24 158 112 52 60 40 6 70.9 53.6
25 - 29 96 60 39 21 33 3 62.5 35.0
30 - 34 127 79 49 30 42 6 62.2 38.0
35 - 39 111 75 37 38 34 2 67.6 50.7
40 - 44 115 79 35 44 30 6 68.7 55.7
45 - 49 69 40 17 23 26 3 58.0 57.5
50 - 54 54 35 15 20 19 0 64.8 57.1
55 - 59 41 21 15 6 18 2 51.2 28.6
60 - 64 54 25 13 12 27 2 46.3 48.0
65 and over 96 21 18 3 71 4 21.9 14.3
Not stated 8 0 0 0 0 8 NA NA
Maradhoo-Feyydhoo
Both Sexes 672 420 308 112 228 24 62.5 26.7
15 - 19 130 42 21 21 83 5 32.3 50.0
20 - 24 84 70 47 23 14 0 83.3 32.9
25 - 29 71 52 39 13 17 2 73.2 25.0
30 - 34 79 59 44 15 16 4 74.7 25.4
35 - 39 67 45 34 11 19 3 67.2 24.4
40 - 44 60 39 27 12 18 3 65.0 30.8
45 - 49 31 24 18 6 7 0 77.4 25.0
50 - 54 24 17 15 2 6 1 70.8 11.8
55 - 59 18 10 8 2 7 1 55.6 20.0
60 - 64 27 19 16 3 7 1 70.4 15.8
65 and over 77 43 39 4 33 1 55.8 9.3
Not stated 4 0 0 0 1 3 NA NA
Male 285 207 181 26 63 15 72.6 12.6
15 - 19 60 15 9 6 43 2 25.0 40.0
20 - 24 29 25 20 5 4 0 86.2 20.0
25 - 29 26 25 24 1 0 1 96.2 4.0
30 - 34 26 24 22 2 0 2 92.3 8.3
35 - 39 22 19 18 1 0 3 86.4 5.3
40 - 44 23 21 19 2 0 2 91.3 9.5
45 - 49 17 17 14 3 0 0 100.0 17.6
50 - 54 13 12 11 1 0 1 92.3 8.3
55 - 59 6 5 4 1 0 1 83.3 20.0
60 - 64 16 13 12 1 2 1 81.3 7.7
65 and over 46 31 28 3 14 1 67.4 9.7
Not stated 1 0 0 0 0 1 NA NA
Female 387 213 127 86 165 9 55.0 40.4
15 - 19 70 27 12 15 40 3 38.6 55.6
20 - 24 55 45 27 18 10 0 81.8 40.0
25 - 29 45 27 15 12 17 1 60.0 44.4
30 - 34 53 35 22 13 16 2 66.0 37.1
35 - 39 45 26 16 10 19 0 57.8 38.5
40 - 44 37 18 8 10 18 1 48.6 55.6
45 - 49 14 7 4 3 7 0 50.0 42.9
50 - 54 11 5 4 1 6 0 45.5 20.0
55 - 59 12 5 4 1 7 0 41.7 20.0
60 - 64 11 6 4 2 5 0 54.5 33.3
65 and over 31 12 11 1 19 0 38.7 8.3
Not stated 3 0 0 0 1 2 NA NA
Hulhudhoo
Both Sexes 766 518 321 197 236 12 67.6 38.0
15 - 19 76 30 9 21 43 3 39.5 70.0
20 - 24 72 61 33 28 11 0 84.7 45.9
25 - 29 58 45 28 17 13 0 77.6 37.8
30 - 34 81 60 36 24 21 0 74.1 40.0
35 - 39 68 53 37 16 14 1 77.9 30.2
40 - 44 83 67 47 20 16 0 80.7 29.9
45 - 49 62 55 26 29 6 1 88.7 52.7
50 - 54 31 27 16 11 4 0 87.1 40.7
55 - 59 47 37 25 12 10 0 78.7 32.4
60 - 64 50 36 24 12 14 0 72.0 33.3
65 and over 135 47 40 7 84 4 34.8 14.9
Not stated 3 0 0 0 0 3 NA NA
Male 347 269 220 49 73 5 77.5 18.2
15 - 19 39 12 4 8 26 1 30.8 66.7
20 - 24 25 25 15 10 0 0 100.0 40.0
25 - 29 21 20 14 6 1 0 95.2 30.0
30 - 34 34 30 24 6 4 0 88.2 20.0
35 - 39 26 25 23 2 1 0 96.2 8.0
40 - 44 42 39 38 1 3 0 92.9 2.6
45 - 49 26 25 21 4 1 0 96.2 16.0
50 - 54 11 11 10 1 0 0 100.0 9.1
55 - 59 26 24 20 4 2 0 92.3 16.7
60 - 64 23 23 19 4 0 0 100.0 17.4
65 and over 73 35 32 3 35 3 47.9 8.6
Not stated 1 0 0 0 0 1 NA NA
Female 419 249 101 148 163 7 59.4 59.4
15 - 19 37 18 5 13 17 2 48.6 72.2
20 - 24 47 36 18 18 11 0 76.6 50.0
25 - 29 37 25 14 11 12 0 67.6 44.0
30 - 34 47 30 12 18 17 0 63.8 60.0
35 - 39 42 28 14 14 13 1 66.7 50.0
40 - 44 41 28 9 19 13 0 68.3 67.9
45 - 49 36 30 5 25 5 1 83.3 83.3
50 - 54 20 16 6 10 4 0 80.0 62.5
55 - 59 21 13 5 8 8 0 61.9 61.5
60 - 64 27 13 5 8 14 0 48.1 61.5
65 and over 62 12 8 4 49 1 19.4 33.3
Not stated 2 0 0 0 0 2 NA NA
Industrial and Others
Both Sexes 160 126 126 0 34 0
15 - 19 26 13 13 0 13 0
20 - 24 73 64 64 0 9 0
25 - 29 23 17 17 0 6 0
30 - 34 18 14 14 0 4 0
35 - 39 9 7 7 0 2 0
40 - 44 2 2 2 0 0 0
45 - 49 1 1 1 0 0 0
50 - 54 2 2 2 0 0 0
55 - 59 1 1 1 0 0 0
60 - 64 1 1 1 0 0 0
65 and over 4 4 4 0 0 0
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0
Male 143 119 119 0 24 0
15 - 19 17 12 12 0 5 0
20 - 24 68 61 61 0 7 0
25 - 29 21 15 15 0 6 0
30 - 34 17 13 13 0 4 0
35 - 39 9 7 7 0 2 0
40 - 44 2 2 2 0 0 0
45 - 49 1 1 1 0 0 0
50 - 54 2 2 2 0 0 0
55 - 59 1 1 1 0 0 0
60 - 64 1 1 1 0 0 0
65 and over 4 4 4 0 0 0
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0
Female 17 7 7 0 10 0
15 - 19 9 1 1 0 8 0
20 - 24 5 3 3 0 2 0
25 - 29 2 2 2 0 0 0
30 - 34 1 1 1 0 0 0
35 - 39 0 0 0 0 0 0
40 - 44 0 0 0 0 0 0
45 - 49 0 0 0 0 0 0
50 - 54 0 0 0 0 0 0
55 - 59 0 0 0 0 0 0
60 - 64 0 0 0 0 0 0
65 and over 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0
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