Half the world aged under 25: UN State of the World Report

People under 25 make up 43 percent of the world’s population, and 60 percent of the population of developing countries

Seven billion people would fit shoulder-to-shoulder in Los Angeles

27.3 percent of young women in South Asia are employed, compared to 47.7 percent in developed countries. In the Middle east, the figure is 21.5 percent.

Half the population of the world live in cities

Asia currently accounts for 60 percent of the world’s population, while Africa is expected to triple to 3.6 billion by 2100

The average fertility rate is 2.5 children

The population growth rate for developed regions is 0.4 percent. For least developed regions, 2.2 percent

The population grew by one billion in just 12 years

The Maldives’ population in 2011 is 325,125, not including 70,259 foreign workers

Male’s population in 2011 was 110,000. In 1911 it was 5236, and in 1970, it was 14,037

40 percent of the population are aged 15-24, and half of the country’s young people live in Male’

1 in 4 people in the country are expatriate workers

Life expectancy has increased by 20 years since the 1980s

Every day, 20 people are born and three people die

The average annual income in Male’ is US$7217. In the atolls, it is US$647 – eight percent

One in three Maldivian women experience physical or sexual violence in their lifetimes

42 percent of working-age women are unemployed

In the atolls, 50 percent of young women and 25 percent of young men are unemployed

The average woman is married at 19, and has her first child at 20

The Maldives spends 15 percent of its GDP importing fossil fuels, over US$200 million a year