General Country Information Capital: Malé Population: 369,031 (July 2007) Form of Government: Republic
Telephone and Internet Communications in real numbers Telephone- main lines: 21,000 (1999) Telephone- mobile: 1,290 (1997) Internet hosts:532 (2003) Internet users: 6,000 (2001)
Country Ranking DOI* 2005/2006: 0.46 World Rank 2005/2006: 72
*The Digital Opportunity Index (DOI) evaluates the opportunity, infrastructure and utilization of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) worldwide and was created by the Korea Agency for Digital Opportunity and Promotion (KADO) and the International Telecommunication Union (ITU). The DOI is based on a scale of 0-1, where 1 is ideal, and the World Rank is taken into consideration out of 181 countries, based on the DOI.
Disability Organizations and Contact Information: Maldivian Association of The Handicapped (MATH) fazeel@airtoll.com