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Capital of Maldives

The capital of Maldives is Malé. The largest, Malé, has around 133,019 residents in the city proper — a small capital. From Wikidata, snapshot 2026-06-23.

CAPITALMalé
POPULATION133,019
NUMBER OF CAPITALS1

The capital

Malé133,019 people

In context

Where Malésits on the world’s scale of capital sizes — from the micro-capitals of a few hundred to the mega-capitals of over ten million.

10M+
5–10M
1–5M
250k–1M
50–250kMalé is here
<50k

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