Source: The World Factbook
| Population (million) | 0.39 [2011] |
| Urban population (%) | 40.00 [2010] |
| Labor force (million) | 0.110 [2010] |
| ICT sector workforce (million) | |
| Median age (years) | 26.2 [2011] |
| GDP (PPP) USD billion | 1.78 [2009] |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) USD | 4,600 [2009] |
| Exchange rates (1 USD = ) | 12.800 rufiyaa (MVR) [2010] |
| Electricity - consumption (billion kWh) | 0.5 [2009] |
| Telecommunication services revenue | |
| Trade in ICT goods | |
| ICT industry Revenue | |
| ICT investment | |
| R&D expenditure by ICT industries | |
| Telephones - main lines (million) | 0.050 [2009] |
| Telephones - mobile cellular (million) | 0.461 [2009] |
| Internet hosts (million) | 0.002 [2010] |
| Internet users (million) | 0.086 [2009] |
| Broadband Users (million) | |
| Fixed Internet subscribers (million) | 0.020 [2009] |
| Broadband subscribers (fixed&mobile) (million) | 0.118 [2009] |
| Business use of broadband | |
| Personal Computers (million) | 0.060 [2009] |
| Households with a home computer (million) |
| Area (sq km) | 298 |
| Climate | tropical; hot, humid; dry, northeast monsoon (November to March); rainy, southwest monsoon (June to August) |
| Ethnic groups | South Indians, Sinhalese, Arabs |
| Religions | Sunni Muslim |
Source: The World Factbook