Here, let us take a look at the Geography of Marshall Islands. The islands of Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein atoll surrounds the world's largest lagoon and is used as a US missile test range; the island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific. Mother's mean age at first birth is (), whereas, the Maternal mortality ratio is
Location | Oceania, consists of 29 atolls and five isolated islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about halfway between Hawaii and Australia; the atolls and islands are situated in two, almost-parallel island chains - the Ratak (Sunrise) group and the Ralik (Sunset) group; the total number of islands and islets is about 1,225; 22 of the atolls and four of the islands are uninhabited |
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Geographic coordinates | 9 00 N, 168 00 E |
Map references | Oceania |
Tarrain | low coral limestone and sand islands |
Natural Resources | coconut products, marine products, deep seabed minerals |
Natural Hazards | infrequent typhoons |
Irrigated Land | 0 sq km (2022) |
Major rivers (by length in km) | |
Major aquifers | |
Land Boundaries | 0 km |
Border Countries | |
Coastline | 370.4 km |
Climate | tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt |
Area | |
Total Area | |
Land Area | 181 sq km |
Water Area | 0 sq km |
comparative Area | about the size of Washington, DC |
Maritime Claims | |
Territorial sea | 12 nm |
Contiguous zone | 24 nm |
Exclusive economic zone | 200 nm |
Elevations | |
Highest point | East-central Airik Island, Maloelap Atoll 14 m |
Lowest point | Pacific Ocean 0 m |
Mean elevation | 2 m |
Land Use | |
Agricultural land | 50.7% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: arable land | arable land: 7.8% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent crops | permanent crops: 31.2% (2018 est.) |
Agricultural land: permanent pasture | permanent pasture: 11.7% (2018 est.) |
Forest | 49.3% (2018 est.) |
Other | 0% (2018 est.) |
Most people live in urban clusters found on many of the country's islands; more than two-thirds of the population lives on the atolls of Majuro and Ebeye
In Marshall Islands, the different Ethnic groups are such that we have: Marshallese 95.6%, Filipino 1.1%, other 3.3% (2021 est.)
Population | |
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Pop growth rate | 1.26% (2024 est.) |
Birth rate | 21.2 births/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Death rate | 4.3 deaths/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Health expenditure | 13% of GDP (2020) |
Physicians Density | |
Hospital bed Density | 2.7 beds/1,000 population |
Total fertility rate | 2.67 children born/woman (2024 est.) |
Gross reproduction rate | 1.3 (2024 est.) |
Contraceptive prevalence rate | NA |
Est married women (ages 15-49) | 68.3% (2022 est.) |
Literacy | age 15 and over can read and write |
Education expenditures | 13.6% of GDP (2020 est.) |
Net Migration rate | -4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2024 est.) |
Nationality | Marshallese | Marshallese (singular and plural) |
Languages | |
Religions | Protestant 79.3% (United Church of Christ 47.9%, Assembly of God 14.1%, Full Gospel 5%, Bukot Nan Jesus 3%, Salvation Army 2.3%, Reformed Congressional Church 2.2%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.7%, New Beginning Church 1.4%, other Protestant 1.6%), Roman Catholic 9.3%, Church of Jesus Christ 5.7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.3%, other 3.3%, none 1.1% (2021 est.) |
Age Structure | |
0-14 years | 30% (male 12,538/female 12,072) |
15-64 years | 64.3% (male 26,750/female 25,944) |
65 years and over | 5.7% (2024 est.) (male 2,293/female 2,414) |
Dependency Ratios | |
Total dependency ratio | 59.9 |
Youth dependency ratio | 53 |
Elderly dependency ratio | 6.8 |
Potential support ratio | 14.7 (2021) |
Median Age | |
Total | 25.5 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 25.4 years |
Female | 25.6 years |
Urbanization | |
Urban population | 78.9% of total population (2023) |
Rate of urbanization | 0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
Major urban areas (Pop) | 31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018). |
Sex Ratio | |
At birth | 1.05 male(s)/female |
0-14 years | 1.04 male(s)/female |
15-64 years | 1.03 male(s)/female |
65 years and over | 0.95 male(s)/female |
Total population | 1.03 male(s)/female (2024 est.) |
Infant Motality | |
Total | 20.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2024 est.) |
Male | 24 deaths/1,000 live births |
Female | 17.1 deaths/1,000 live births |
Life Expectancy at birth | |
Total population | 75.2 years (2024 est.) |
Male | 73 years |
Female | 77.5 years |
Drinking Water Sources | |
Improved: urban | urban: 100% of population |
Improved: rural | rural: 99.8% of population |
Improved: total | total: 100% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: 0% of population |
Unimproved: rural | rural: 0.2% of population |
Unimproved: total | total: 0% of population (2020 est.) |
Sanitation facility acess | |
Improved: urban | urban: 96.6% of population |
Improved: rural | rural: 65.4% of population |
Improved: total | total: 89.7% of population |
Unimproved: urban | urban: 3.4% of population |
Unimproved: rural | rural: 34.6% of population |
Unimproved: total | total: 10.3% of population (2020 est.) |
Tobacco use | |
Total | 28.5% (2020 est.) |
Male | 48.7% (2020 est.) |
Female | 8.3% (2020 est.) |
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