Around 2,700 children living in the Maldives without any parents, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.
The total population of children living in the country is 1,34,863. Of these, Maldivian nationality stands at 1,31,154. There were 68,396 boys and 62,758 girls.
Of these, 77,385 children live in rural areas.
According to these data, 74 per cent of children under the age of 18 live with their mother and father. Twenty-two percent of children live with their mother or father. The remaining 2 per cent of children live without any parents. If you look at the numbers, it is around 2,700
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