Why Half of this Country Lives on One Tiny Island

How Malé became the center of the Maldives
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[@imibuks-replit]

As a Maldivian I am surprised you mentioned us The resorts and the islands are beautiful but the truth is most islands don't have enough infrastructure such as higher education, healthcare, etc That is why the majority live in Male and Hulumale

[@mootssss]

it all started because of the extreme centralization around Male, gov ignored the rest of the country and allocated all the resources into Male instead, recently the gov has started decentralization efforts but its honestly too late now, all the other islands are decades behind male and so we have this overcrowded concrete mess

[@14MCDLXXXVIII88]

Maafushi was nice

[@rachelcookie321]

Do you live in malé what’s it like living in the Maldives?

[@benjaminmclaren8782]

I know I am wrong, but when I see Male and Hulumale, I can't help but translate them into "City" and "Other City"

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@mootssss its never too late.

[@controlledsingularity8084]

Blocking foreign land ownership is smart for such a small country, they'd be owned by billionaires by now otherwise.

[@paulmorais476]

In the not too distant future, China's influence expands further as they acquire property in Maldives, mirroring their presence in Sri Lanka. Economic dynamics shaping geopolitical landscapes! #ChinaInvestments #Geopolitics

[@vma4202]

It kind of already is. Foreign individuals cant buy land but foreign companies can purchase land

[@wildfire9280]

Yeah, that didn’t work out well for Hawai’i.

[@UnchainedAmerica]

The land ownership are being controlled by the government, not by the people.

[@ultimaetsolder]

Like in Canada

[@GwainSagaFanChannel]

As a Dutch I hope both the Maldives and the Kingdom of the Netherlands are able to survive the 21th century despite global warming and rising sea levels.

[@hardlo7146]

Y'all got money and are European, y'all won't sink. Say goodbye to a myriad of nations in the Indian Ocean and the Pacific though (and maybe the Caribbean, not sure there)

[@brendo1143]

Knowing Dutch, they won't just survive but conquer more land from the sea just to spite it

[@creepinasicrawl]

As a southern Louisiana native I pray for the same thing. I lost my family home I grew up because of high surges from hurricanes. =\ also thank Dutch engineers for assistance for helping army corps of engineers with safe guarding New Orleans for future storms after Katrina. I hope my state and your country can work together on future ventures to help safeguard our culture and livelihood. 🙏

[@mootssss]

fortunately for the dutch they are connected to a land mass, where else we maldivians are just in the middle of an ocean 😭😭

[@mikenikefrombrazil3348]

sea levels are not rising, and they wont rise

[@MatthewTheWanderer]

I knew the Maldives as a whole was densely populated, and of course their largest city/capital would be even more densely populated, but I had no idea their population was so concentrated in one small spot.

[@justinarzola4584]

The rest of the islands are mainly used for tourism before the climate change starts affecting them.

[@mahinfayaz]

We all couldn't get out on the streets all at the same time here.

[@yanteigey3957]

The parades are crazy. Basically creates a barrier between one side of the city and the other. Its hell if your driving

[@bababababababa6124]

@@yanteigey3957i don’t even know why Maldivians bother with driving in Male, you could probably walk everywhere 💀

[@mohamedashhamahmedsinan8504]

​@bababababababa6124 I personally like walking but traffic isn't always that bad so it's still faster and more convenient to drive

[@Markfr0mCanada]

Thank you for covering this often forgotten part of the world. I was there for a day in 2014. I was a mechanic onboard a Canadian naval vessel transiting towards south east Africa, and we stopped at the Maldives for fuel. A small barge came out to fuel us with a couple guys on board and we got to chatting a bit. He didn't want to estimate a proportion, but a lot of the city's population have no papers and don't officially exist. Tap water isn't safe to drink and bottled water ranges $5-8 per bottle. He and his crew were walking around bare foot, they're also checking fuel tank levels on their barge by sticking their heads in and looking without anything to protect them from fuel vapaours. For contrast, our entire crew have steel toed boots at all times. If we had to go into a fuel tank it would be pumped out completely and ventilated for 24 hours before we would even consider testing the air. If there were urgency to go into the tank for whatever reason I'd be wearing the same breathing apparatus we use for fire fighting. It's clearly one of the many sad places in the world where life is cheap. Not a spot I would choose to go for a vacation, as I wouldn't like the thought of what I'm sponsoring.

[@vashposh]

very well said

[@Dan-xx5jq]

well said.

[@Markfr0mCanada]

Thanks for the positive commentary folks!

[@makahadomax4524]

Errr not to disagree with you completely, but the truth is a little darker. The person you spoke to was likely a foreign expatriate from Bangladesh. They most likely had their papers stolen by their employers which has become common practice. They have very little protections for anything, almost like UAE. Life is not cheap with sky high rents same as anyway, but our tap water is actually very safe to drink. People just love drinking bottled water bcs classy or whatever. The water is only 2 CAD for a 5L bottle.

[@zedtheexplorer5206]

@@makahadomax4524I think they meant life was cheap as in a person’s life wasn’t considered valuable, not that it was cheap to live there

[@haikalabbas9539]

Thanks for the video! Just some notes from a Maldivian. 1. Malé, contrary to how it's spelled, is pronounced "Maa-le", not Maley (best way I can explain is to elongate the "a", and end with a French style "le"). 2. Yes, it's deeply overcrowded in Malé, you can't walk on the road without bumping into every other person on the sidewalk. It is not fun to live here. 3. I actually laughed at 3:00 because yes, ironically the beaches in Malé are actually very ugly and unsanitary. Touché. 4. At 4:18, this point is not necessarily true, Malé City is administratively considered to comprise Malé proper and the nearby islands of Hulhule, Hulhumale and Villingili, with plans to expand the metropolitan area to include other nearby islands in the future, and Addu City is administratively considered to be the entire Atoll of Addu, not a single island. Although Fuvahmulah and Kulhudhuffushi are indeed single island cities. 5. Yes Local level Island Council Elections are mostly... just voting for your friends or family lol, politics aside. 6. To summarise the main point of the video (which is broadly correct), everyone lives in Malé because thats where all major government services, education, healthcare and jobs are located, and where the government has always historically been. Like every other country, everyone moves to the main city for better opportunities and living standards. And it doesn't help that successive governments continue to prioritise almost all major development to Male over other islands. 7. I have literally never heard anyone call Hulhumale "Hope City". And land reclamation efforts in and near Malé aren't necessarily with the intention of avoiding rising sea levels, Hulhumale specifically was built because of a housing shortage and overcrowding in Malé. 8. Truthfully, none of our successive governments have ever really prioritised the issue of rising sea levels because our domestic internal issues usually are often so desperate that they don't leave much breathing room to address the issue of rising sea levels properly or with any urgency, and yes the rampant corruption doesn't help either.

[@coscorrodrift]

Do you live there still? How's life around there? I'd be interested in watching some kind of vlog of "day in the life for a regular person from the maldives" if you were up to make it

[@theformer1337agent]

⁠​⁠@@coscorrodriftPretty dull. Malé aint got much interesting stuff going for it, it's just like any other large city, just smaller (this is coming from a maldivian). Hell, i'd consider it more interesting to live in another country, but that's just my opinion.

[@aahil7586]

​​@@coscorrodriftI moved to male from an island not gonna lie I regret it , I'll get the hell outta here as soon as I can Tbh people living in islands are much healthier and about the education? Its actually better in the islands cuz teachers just happen to be more kinder with the same qualifications in the island compared to this city You can just farm natural food and collect rainwater and live way better in these islands and not to mention that internet is better I got here cuz people say this that school has good A level teachers , wish I studied in my island now

[@imibuks-replit]

@@theformer1337agent thats true (as a maldivian) wish the roads were bigger

[@imibuks-replit]

there are a lot of people still islands lots of people go there during holidays@@aahil7586

[@johnquach8821]

Interesting video! Maybe a Chile video? I wonder how Chile's odd geography has affected its past and present.

[@opti9705]

As a Chilean myself, I would love to see a video by hoser on my country's geography!

[@anayarturo]

I guess most important would be low immigration towards the South and "Antarctic expertise". It's South America's "Canada".

[@YourLocal_Mkara]

when the cities skylines player is doing a no landscaping challenge on a one-tile island

[@ArconicTower]

😂😂😂

[@akshayhazari6570]

Male is Islamic, with baby making machines, so population density will always be high

[@tomnelsonast]

Really looks like something ambiguousamphibian would do.

[@akshayhazari6570]

@@tomnelsonast Male is Islamic, with baby making machines, so population density will always be high

[@3oday]

@@akshayhazari6570so true

[@rustynation8209]

I'm currently working and living in a luxury resort in the Maldives and I cant complain. you only have to get used to curry 3 times a day and sharing a room with a few other guys plus the long working hours and lower pay compared to a western country

[@dixztube]

Get any women?

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

@@dixztube maldives is muslim majority country.

[@coscorrodrift]

do you get a taste of the nice life? like, watching nice views, sunrises and sunsets, getting to relax at the beach on your off days, etc?

[@deepblue3682]

Well most workers in malidweep comes from india, bangladesh, pakistan, nepal, philippines, srilanka... hope lyf in malee resort is bit better than how its in these nations.. otherwise people wouldn't have come to malee for work

[@peaceful4977]

​@@dixztube check Google banned items in Maldives.

[@soggyhasclips]

im glad hoser is here to fill up with his content

[@eineperson9849]

Huh?

[@starksvensk]

Ayo

[@chronikhiles]

Pretty sure he was wearing protection.

[@Your_Local_Nerd]

basic npc comment 🤖

[@Genericmug]

​@@Your_Local_NerdIkr I'm getting bored of these comments

[@masterchinese28]

I visited the Maldives 10 years ago. At our resort a few things were quite fascinating: 1. Yes, the whole island was no higher than 1 meter. I could literally stand with my feet in the water and see the other side of the island from where I stood. (Not true of the widest point, which was around 400m) 2. The German lady working at the local clinic was absolutely loving it. She was there on a six-month assignment in paradise. 3. Every day the boat full of water would come, so they could water the gardens and other landscaping. Most of the greenery would die without imported water. 4. Most of the workers that I met were from Sri Lanka.

[@PakBallandSami]

During the 2009 Copenhagen Climate Talks, Nasheed said: Giving up fossil fuels is not only the moral thing to do for us, but it is also in our best interests financially. Leading nations will be able to break free from the volatile price of foreign oil, profit from the emerging green economy, and improve their moral standing, which will increase their political clout on the international scene.

[@Janoip]

yes and no. If you look at the developments, China buying up every Cobalt and Lithium Mine they can get, Golf States looking like the big Exporters of Hydrogen (with Germany other Eu Countries already making agreements).. Ad Cobalt+ coming from Countries like Mali, Congo... We get from one dependens in the next now just with more Chinese controll (not that they dont have a ton of Oil/Gas Company presents on the market). At the Moment even Solar and Wind Turbine Blate production mostly shifted from 2000s to China like my Country Germany fucked our one at the Time Leading production cut Subsidies and Investment & let companies shift it to China...

[@Someone36991]

If only this actually happened :(

[@cristianleu3679]

lol

[@yayayayya4731]

Nasheed spittin

[@wazzup233]

@@Jk-qx7gm true and so does building nuclear energy to their countries because of you guess it, lack of money. 🤑😅

[@myowncomputerstuff]

I feel like this island somewhat breaks your "acts like an island" rule because of the Sinamale Bridge connecting it to Hulhulé. Since you can drive between the two islands easily, it'd be more fair to treat them like one single island and average their density.

[@h0ser]

Kinda, but considering Hulhulé is also an island I think it doesn't. It's not like these rules matter at all lol I just made them up. Malé is just a very interesting outlier to most islands/cities

[@zeekubeeku1507]

Sinemale Bridge was constructed in 2018, so Male' was still very densely populated before the construction

[@Xalexalexale]

eh not really male still developed on its own without that bridge which is why its so dense. wouldnt make sense to just avg their density imo

[@edblair5253]

Do you know the seasons slowly but often violently switch from winter to summer over the course of 13000 years? Makes me laugh.

[@bruzote]

@@Xalexalexale - The airport, though is not on Male. Are you saying Male developed without the airport?!

[@Johnnyynf]

This looks like a open world game map but the dev don't want obvious border to not make the map too big so they just make it an island. Cough cough Liberty City

[@rhrabar0004]

I was just thinking that this would be a great open world game map. Abandoned islands for exploration and gunfights, populated Islands for the shops and quests

[@bulletghost3452]

​@@rhrabar0004 this country be an awesome map for a far cry game but with more islands and ocean centric theme than being land based.

[@yurismgodzilla4866]

a Just Cause map.

[@FreedomAssassin64]

An open world 3rd person map

[@mikawaarnink]

I always think that about Malta.

[@Redawesomeoby]

Literally gta v

[@fewkeyfewkey5414]

Gta 6 leaks

[@jhnyjoejoe69]

More like GTA Vice City

[@litete2512]

Literally GTA IV*

[@PunkRaven]

Bro I'm from Maldives and I can guarantee the bank gets robbed very 10 seconds!

[@Azaanu1022]

@@PunkRavenkae hama tha there was only like 1 failed robbery in the whole existence of maldives

[@Syiepherze]

I visited my family in the Maldives once when I was a kid, and my cousin gave me a tour of Malé on his motorcycle. It took like 3 minutes to circle the whole city lol, it was pretty mind-blowing

[@imibuks-replit]

Yeah male is quite ugly though meanwhile some of the islands and the resorts are beautiful

[@ultimaetsolder]

I'm sure that did not happen.

[@BlandSock]

There wasn't any traffic??

[@Xenorex.MV1]

Bro it will not take 3 minutes to circle the island I been doing that for years cause I live here it takes 35 minutes to circle the island

[@goatpepperherbaltea7895]

@@Xenorex.MV1childhood memory time is different 😂

[@overseeker4B]

I can’t get enough of your content please upload more regularly 😭

[@itsmeagain966]

This ^

[@earthling_parth]

Quality older quantity guys. Let KZbinrs have their own personal lives too. Although, I'm pretty sure you didn't mean it like that but just an important disclaimer to have your favorite KZbinr(s) breathe too 😅

[@kiratwo4u]

ungrateful child.

[@oopslostmywings]

Any faster and you’ll get the half effort videos a lot of KZbinrs do when they get big. Jake Tran cough cough

[@Monchegorx]

Let me just say, I love how you use animals to represent each country! Really creative and gives your videos a very distinct style, so never stop doing it.

[@totalmadnesman]

Not just any animals, but the countries repetitive national animal!

[@nexobotツ]

@@totalmadnesmanno those arent the national flags dummy!

[@DrShocktopus]

Nice to see my country represented here, also idk if you covered it, but the neighbouring Hulhumale (to the right to Male) is an artificial island (that is still being expanded) which is built to solve the over crowdedness of Male. Ironically when outsiders view the other non-city islands without visiting you would assume they are poorer, but not really, you don't earn as much, but the cost of living is like 200% less lol. Poverty is like non-existent, but on the flip side you can't really earn more than what you already make.

[@prize9550]

The last point is true, but more and more people are abandoning the other islands

[@imibuks-replit]

Yeah hulumale is massive

[@snippledipple9515]

Didn't you watch the video?

[@mootssss]

@@imibuks-replit hulhumale is only the 4th largest island in maldives, fuvahmulah and S.hithadhoo are significantly larger, Laamu. gan (biggest island in maldives) is nearly twice the size of hulhumale

[@DownthestreetRight]

you're wrong. 92% of the poor population resides in atolls. poverty in atolls is 10x higher than Malé. Atolls have a poverty rate of 9.5% vs Malé's 0.9%. The National Poverty line is MVR 2172.6 ($121 equivalent going by the blackmarket dollar rate) monthly. this means that 9.5% of working age maldivians residing in an atoll makes less than MVR 2172 per month. source: statisticsmaldives.gov.mv/poverty-and-inequality-in-maldives-2022/ Page 20-23

[@GonzaTarna]

Argentinian here, just dropped here to say that the things you've mentioned about momentum and factors aligning to make one city monopolize the population in its streets, it happened here too. There's a saying; "Dios atiende en Buenos Aires" (God works in Buenos Aires)

[@Xhadp]

As soon as I heard Maldives I instantly knew the answer would be tourism. Tourism messes up so many major economies and their scale of impact that there is no comparison to other major hubs with it being so hard to comprehend how they have to take a different approach to economics to be effective.

[@PavltheRobot]

The day already gets more interesting when hoser uploads

[@ItzJakub77]

Fun Fact: Malé means small in Czechia also in Czechia you Can say small like: Malé, Malý, Malá

[@prize9550]

Also fun fact: Malé probably means "fish blood". Coming from the Maldivian words: "Mas"(fish) and "Ley"(blood). Combining to make Masley, then shortening to Malé over time. The reason why it's called fish blood is because in the olden times, due to the fishing industry, chopping up fish in the coast, the blood of the fishes would make the surrounding water red. Though this could just be a myth

[@mootssss]

@@prize9550 According to two scholars, Young and Christopher, who delved into the etymology of our island names, the actual meaning is lost in the fog of the past. The version I was told is that Malé comes from "Maa Ley", "Maa" meaning big / great, and "Ley" meaning blood. So Malé = The great blood. But there is also the theory that Malé could mean "big Island", as "lé" may have been a suffix to indicate land or island (or some other geographical entitiy) which is lost in the vocabulary today. There are only very few islands which are larger than Malé in the Maldives and, in that sense, it makes sense to call the island [maa-lé] big island. The island may be called so because of its significance rather than size. In any case there are multiple theories for this.

[@hassanmihraan4637]

Czechia Makes A Lot of sense considering my Capital Is Small

[@rizkyadiyanto7922]

male means male in english.

[@Ozzy08018]

I'm using this island as a baseline design for a city I'm gonna work on now!

[@clark_johannes]

otamatone miku

[@monkofdarktimes]

Migu:DDD

[@las0ck81]

the second I saw the title I knew it only could be one country

[@thrthr1487]

Tbh I didn’t think it was the Maldives I thought it was the Bahamas because of Nassau but I guess I was wrong

[@Ezw6]

One of my favorite channels on KZbin, keep it up!

[@noctul5031]

Hoser never fails to fill us up with great content ❤

[@SwankemasterSupreme]

istfg

[@Crimsonsoulfire]

I'm a Maldivian who's been watching your channel since it was countryballs, glad that you covered Maldives and the maze that is malé

[@hugosetiawan8928]

Do you enjoy living in male, and probably the other cities adjacent to it?

[@aloo2181]

Yoooo fr, as a Maldivian it’s so wild seeing people actually get most of the facts right for a change 😭😭

[@prize9550]

​@@hugosetiawan8928It's aight if you are in the upper middle class of income. Else it's not great. Rent is very high. My uncle used to live in a small old rundown apartment with 1 bedroom and a living smaller than your average room that also has a small kitchen. That apartment cost them around 800-900 dollars a month for rent. And he has to live with his close family (wife, daughter and mom). Pretty much every new family has both the parents working just to make the money to pay the bills. Which is especially bad because Maldives is first or second in the world in divorce rates (I attended the wedding of a couple that broke up 2 days after marriage, still in honeymoon. Reason: The guy was into drugs) Drug money in this country is crazy. Yet it's never talked about, probably because the elites are in on it too The city is also very loud. Everyone owns a moped or a motorcycle. The streets are absolutely filled with them. Living on the bottom floor or near the bottom could would fuck me up Basically, if you don't own land here, forget about living in malé. It's not worth it.

[@imibuks-replit]

@@hugosetiawan8928 Personally no (as a maldivian) roads are tiny

[@fosibro4951]

​@@aloo2181as a addu person 11:47 disagrees 😂😂

[@julianmanalang776]

Real footage of me building a one-tiled city in Cities Skylines:

[@Pect05]

I think Maldives needs to build a city called Femalè

[@prph13]

underrated

[@cainejohnson4611]

Hoser upload 😩😩 I used to pray for times like this

[@NoPantsBaby]

"An island that acts like an island!" Shows bridge to other island.

[@jokekopter2509]

0:04 Damm,looks like original maps,like GTA games,like GTA4

[@clauvex7829]

"Making a massive Malé, Hulhumalé, Hulhulé, Metropolitén Areé" Jesus Christ i never laugh so much at some random word play, i really think this IS your best joke yet.

[@Koji-Alistair]

That shit really had me rolling 😂😂😂

[@falconsimon7726]

Great Video once again. Could you do Czechia next? It would say that the history is quite interesting and economics as well. And the culture combination of slavic and german so the combination is quite unique.

[@camilohiche4475]

This channel on the road of becoming my favorite channel.

[@martinomasolo8833]

The maldivian alphabet is crazy beautiful

[@mootssss]

its called thaana! a unique script which is derived from arabic-hindu numerals and old dhivehi character

[@bellemaldonado5915]

hoser: "the most dense city" Kowloon walled city: am i a joke to you?

[@Wee3-k6c]

Every time I visit malé I have an huge headache because of all the noises unlike my peaceful island but i'll never stop visiting cause i love shopping 🛍️

[@maellecampion]

I live in Ireland. I've also found the population of Ireland interesting in terms of where everyone is. The country's population is about 5 million. The capital and largest city in the country, called Dublin is home to around 1.5 million which is around one third of the country's population. The 2nd largest city in the country called Cork only has around 200K compared to Dublin's 1.5m.

[@ACandWasherfan127]

Im from maldives, 5:07 Rice is called “Bai” in our language and fish is called “mas”.

[@yanteigey3957]

Great video. I was wondering if you were gonna mention Hulhumale'. (Also your pronunciation killed me. Its Who-lhu(Stress the L)-Male'. But no worries its a weird word.) No one calls it Hope Island btw. The majority of people technically move for education and job opportunities. A lot of kids move there without their parents, mainly to relatives or friends' houses because their parents believe they would have a better education and opportunity and they end up staying in Male' because Male' is the better choice. You shouldn't forget about Villingli or Villimale next to Male'. It's like the village next to the city but on 5 mins away by boat ride. Also we are talking about buying land in Australia like Tuvalu but some people just won't face facts and make the choice.

[@imibuks-replit]

Yeah hulumale has some roads

[@theformer1337agent]

I believe he confused the names. Hulhumalé was called Youth city i believe, and was considered a city of hope at the time of reclamation process.

[@paulmorais476]

In the not too distant future, China's influence expands further as they acquire property in Maldives, mirroring their presence in Sri Lanka. Economic dynamics shaping geopolitical landscapes! #ChinaInvestments #Geopolitics

[@yanteigey3957]

@@paulmorais476 Weird comment bro.

[@Japica225Main]

1:41 As a Singaporean that comparison genuinely shocked me

[@jeremycoelho1833]

Maldives may be in for a rough time as the Indian govt has recently boycotted them due to comments made by maldivian politicians. Most indian tourists and tourism agencies have decided to boycott Maldives and cancel flights as well. Considering indian tourists make up a major chunk of the maldivian tourism industry, this reallyy sucks for them.

[@adityagedam5382]

They made fun of prime minister for promoting domestic tourism in lakshadweep.

[@chadboneman]

Along with racist comments towards Indians themselves

[@user-jt3dw6vv4x]

You speak as if Indians make up the majority of their tourists. They don't. The Chinese make up a similar proportion to the Indians and considering the Maldivian government is pro-China, more Chinese will go to the Maldives.

[@JTA1961]

Someone made a bad curry~ear move

[@ChandranPrema123]

Indian Govt Never boycotted them it's the Indian People who did that😂

[@JohnnyFD]

It's also the only place in the Maldives that has semi-working internet. The rest of country has terrible infrastructure. I spent two weeks there and regret it. Hulhumalé which is New Male is even worse.

[@Dik.Muhammad.quranovirus]

Now they're also messing with india and going to pay more price

[@SomeFactsYouMightNotKnow]

Finally a h0ser video!!! 🎉

[@DawudAviationMaldives]

As a Maldivian, I’m happy you noticed us!

[@gerttherude6366]

anytime theirs a hoser video I quit the one I'm watching and instantly watch this :)

[@mooqer]

0:58 object show moment

[@Shadow-Astro69]

How does this guys not have 1m subs????

[@gurvb]

He's halfway through tho

[@fitzcharles33]

Fun fact: There are parts of Iceland where sea levels are falling also due to climate change.

[@zaroes]

Malé seems like a fun city to visit. I don't really care about the tourist resorts, I just wanna go to the big dense island city.

[@ryuzaki5491]

"The oldest and largest mosques" Goes to show Salman Mosque, the newest one in Male

[@Jnw_nyy]

12:20 the pronounciation attempt was cute ✋😭

[@TheKevinGeee]

Saw a huge-ass bridge. So this throws away that whole dramatic "only accessible by boat" statement.

[@skepticbb93]

I visited. We went to Wedding Island in the middle of the ocean- one of those tidal islands that exists only at certain time of day. The water was mind blowing- like swimming in perfect aqua blue/green liquid jolly rancher. And the diving/snorkeling was also a one of a kind experience.

[@Crewger16]

The airport on the island next to it is bigger than the city 💀

[@ATIMELINEOFAVIATION]

As an aviation nerd, it’s kinda funny how the airport is like twice the size of the city itself

[@nirvaanjaiswal]

Bro it looks like a cities skylines map

[@Nooticus]

Never watched a video by you before, but your style is very unique, fun, chill, and well-researched. Reminds me of a mix of VanDeGraph and ibx2cat

[@aurinator]

I thought it was interesting you mentioned "mining bird poo" right off because I found out recently that was actually a real thing they did on some islands back then.

[@pegcity4eva]

Nauru

[@kurrupoppo6937]

I only discovered the Maldives because i was obsessed with using google earth to find tiny islands in the oceans. So far my fav finds, the Azores, Ogasawara island and the Falkland islands. Obviously Male as well lol.

[@dawn_alex]

Me too bro.

[@dawn_alex]

Have u seen Diego Garcia island south of Maldives. There is a US base there. Also look up comoros and seychelles and mauritius.

[@dawn_alex]

You are yet to find micronesia, polynesia and other asia's in pacific ocean. Its all scattered but just good to wander around in google earth

[@donerkebabnachoalejandro.1]

The city of Malé has more people than the whole Island of Greenland

[@BudiandLeo]

I've been there recently and just said, "what the hell" right away. One of those places you imagine in a dream and don't think a place like this exists on Earth.

[@baxthered]

i like the country animals you make

[@user-rn7sn7qz8s]

It was great life living and working in the resorts for 9 years.... Maldives I Miss You...

[@nipunkothare]

I visited Maldives this year. Make no mistake, its a properly developed country by all standards. But it looks like it does that while simultaneously always being in a political crisis

[@izzzzz00]

True There’s always some political tension And the government changes every 5 years 😅

[@Thatonebeans]

@@izzzzz00yep remember Abdullah Yameen

[@muhammet225]

​@@ThatonebeansI'm not a fan of politics. I don't like both yaameen or ibu, but ibu solih's rule was worser than yaameens rule

[@reyhanraja5362]

Finally a vid about Maldives thanks g ❤

[@stuartgreves312]

"its the densest island if you ignore all these ones above it" lol. your an amazing example of the current state of peoples mentality

[@RainbowXD-lz9wj]

yes

[@alanabroad3471]

Can we just take a moment to appreciate your editing skills and how long it must have taken to make this video? Excellent job.

[@Im_Z_4747]

Literally the perfect time to post this video lol . Context : 🇮🇳 VS 🇲🇻 twitter war .

[@ChandranPrema123]

Its more like Moizzu vs India.

[@ChandranPrema123]

Like when was 70 unarmed soldiers a threat to Maldives 😂

[@pipipupu5104]

Dude that just stupid twitter argument not government to government level one India has helped Maldives often times with providing bottled water during 2014 water crisis, also helped during 1998 military coup. I don't think just some twitter argument can make things this much

[@mootssss]

@@ChandranPrema123 it's not about it being a threat, we maldivians just don't want any foreign military here regardless.

[@ssark9187]

​@@mootssss They are there to maintain the two helicopters and equipment your country borrowed from us. 😂

[@Cx_Howlett]

Idk why but I started getting recommended your videos and I’m glad the KZbin algorithm worked for once

[@aldebaran4880]

Perhaps the maldives government should buy a piece of land in china so that they can relocate when all the islands sink in the future

[@svanimation8969]

😂 and China will give u ? Bruh they stealing there own neighbors land ! And claiming as theres they are so insecure specially they are Muslims😂 so think about it 😂

[@paulmorais476]

In the not too distant future, China's influence expands further as they acquire property in Maldives, mirroring their presence in Sri Lanka. Economic dynamics shaping geopolitical landscapes! #ChinaInvestments #Geopolitics

[@izzzzz00]

This year we’re building a higher island which is 10sq km Can easily fit 300,000 people ( and even the old reclaimed islands such as Hulhumale which has a pop of 120,000 is on much higher ground)

[@Tempest_Murder]

I like how the vibe of videos addressing modern social economics are on par with the grim, opening cutscene of a From software game.

[@commandertaco1762]

That place looks sick as hell

[@rpl1318]

I just recently went to the Maldives and made the mistake of visiting Male and I have never been to a place that compares to it. it's tight, crowded, hot, full of biting insects, traffic is insane (you wouldn't believe how many scooters and cars there are on this tiny piece of land), and I hated every moment of the 4 hours we spent there. as a positive: the best coffee on the maldives is found on Male, and there is an insanely good thai restaurant as well. but do yourself a favour when going to the maldives and skip Male. most natives when asked about going there asked us "why would you want to?"

[@muhammet225]

I'm Maldivian & I can agree. But if anyone still wanna visit male, then just visit Hulhumale & avoid Male island

[@curious8692]

I live in male , it’s underwater rn bc of rain

[@bltzcstrnx]

Oh, so it is experiencing flooding throughout the year?

[@lai2352]

⁠the floods are nothing more than just knee deep and only in certain districts of Male'.

[@curious8692]

@@bltzcstrnx no. monsoon rain, and bad drainage infrastructure

[@Lil.WinnieOfficial]

These videos are so well made, u never get bored of them

[@CatarigMat]

Yay new video!

[@315m9]

theres literally a road connecting to the other island. meaning its not only accessible by boat or plane

[@hiddensquid42069]

Great video like always. Quick question, how do you decide which animal to use for each country? Just the official country animal or something?

[@SolarAzu]

I knew that this video was gonna be about the Maldives right when i saw this video

[@theformer1337agent]

As a Maldivian, i have never heard someone call Hulhumalé Hope city. I really only remember it being called Youth city lol. Though most of this video is correct, with a few exceptions. Another comment details it very well. Also not to be that guy but, It's pronounced "Maaley" not "Muhley". Same thing goes for Hulhumalé. It's pronounced "Who-lhu", with your tongue kinda rolled back while touching the roof of your mouth. (I have no better explanation i suck lol). Its a bit off-putting by how you pronounce but its understandable, they sound very strange from the perspective of a foreigner.

[@anglaismoyen]

You might enjoy the international phonetic alphabet.

[@BadgerOfTheSea]

Once met a woman from Malé. She was sent to boarding school as a teenager in Switzerland which has to be the most opposite place you can possibly imagine

[@JOBMAN.]

Can you do New Zealand next please

[@Someone_Waiting]

4:16 honestly. They should invest in the 4th island

[@trevorwilson2966]

I stayed for 1 night and believe me never go there!Just go to the resort islands and keep away from this place.

[@Thatonebeans]

Well basically every other non resort island is nice to just malé and Hulhumalé I come from Maldives and Addu is nice and dhoffushi usually has nice beaches and dolphin rides

[@muhammet225]

As a Maldivian, i could say to avoid mainland male at any cost. Prefer hulhumale instead

[@luminescentlion]

10:56 Altitude is measured relative to sea level so it is technically sinking to lower altitude

[@Epic_.EX0TIC]

I live in the maldives I am very Happy when i see videos talking about my country އަހަރެން އުޅެނީ މޯލްޑިވްސްގައި އަހަރެން ވަރަށް އުފާވޭ އަހަރެންގެ ޤައުމުގެ ވާހަކަ ދައްކާ ވީޑިއޯތައް ފެނުމުން

[@therationalhuman9874]

Did you get the idea for this video after seeing the recent news? 😂

[@Harry_action]

I’ve been to Maldives and the other islands it’s beautiful

[@roevhaal578]

You can't use the population of the entire city and the area of the main island to calculate population density.

[@izzzzz00]

Yeah 250,000 people live inside 3 islands ( Malé, Hulhumale, Hulhule & Vilimalé) Which is 10SqKm) or 6.5 sq km if you doesn’t include the airport island)

[@SinaAla]

I kind of want to know how these people even ended up on these islands. Were they originally from Sri Lanka or India? Or are they indigenous?

[@lai2352]

We share ancestry from multiple ethnic groups: south Indians, srilankans, morrocans, Arabs, The Portuguese, people from the horn of Africa and east Asian countries. This is all due to decades of trade and conquest from other countries which now has resulted in the formation of a people that are somewhat ethically diverse. So we are neither indegenous or originally from a specific country.

[@_heyo_harshita]

Malayali people settled

[@SinaAla]

@@lai2352 Very interesting! Thanks 🙏

[@SinaAla]

@@_heyo_harshita I see, thank you!

[@izzzzz00]

@@_heyo_harshitafrom what I know it’s either gujarati or Rajasthani.. and our language is indo-aryan unlike dravidivian languages which is common in south India)

[@peropero2307]

IDK about that "sinking island" theory... I live on one, and we made.... There is no ENG word for it, but let's say a little port. And it was always around 10cm above sea, and 25 years has passed, and it is still above sea lvl. TBH around 10 years ago it would sink during tides, now it does not... But again it's sea not en ocean, and it's Adriatic Sea so yea that's the info about that.

[@controlledsingularity8084]

On some parts the land itself is rising faster than the ocean...not many such places, but climate change de deniers love them!

[@jonathanbowers8964]

​@@controlledsingularity8084agreed. The Mediterranean is also somewhat insulated from the broader ocean system.

[@yellowishyoutubechannel3900]

That's a lot density on a single island

[@redacted7230]

Was the real atlantis the cities we made along the way?

[@jondoh3471]

The Maldives will one day be a superpower.

[@WideAnimationHandle]

Floods: 🤫🧏‍♂️

[@NoName-ip9sl]

Would be really interesting if you did a video about Quebec, since its really different than anything in north America and it might become its own country in the future

[@_Banan_]

Hoser uploads!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@GioWearing-k4k]

Hose can you make a video on Thailand 🇹🇭 and Namibia 🇳🇦