80,966 (2023 est.)
noun: Marshallese (singular and plural)
adjective: Marshallese
Marshallese 95.6%, Filipino 1.1%, other 3.3% (2021 est.)
Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 est.)
major-language sample(s):
Bok eo an Lalin kin Melele ko Rejimwe ej jikin ebōk melele ko raurōk. (Marshallese)
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English (official), widely spoken as a second language
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.)
0-14 years: 30.65% (male 12,642/female 12,175)
15-64 years: 63.83% (male 26,237/female 25,445)
65 years and over: 5.52% (2023 est.) (male 2,187/female 2,280)
2023 population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio: 59.9
youth dependency ratio: 53
elderly dependency ratio: 6.8
potential support ratio: 14.7 (2021)
total: 25.1 years (2023 est.)
male: 25 years
female: 25.2 years
1.3% (2023 est.)
21.6 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
4.3 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-4.3 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 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
urban population: 78.9% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018)
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: 0.96 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
total: 21.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
male: 24.6 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.5 deaths/1,000 live births
total population: 74.9 years (2023 est.)
male: 72.7 years
female: 77.3 years
2.72 children born/woman (2023 est.)
1.33 (2023 est.)
N/A
improved: urban: 100% of population
rural: 99.8% of population
total: 100% of population
unimproved: urban: 0% of population
rural: 0.2% of population
total: 0% of population (2020 est.)
13% of GDP (2020)
0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2012)
2.7 beds/1,000 population
improved: urban: 96.6% of population
rural: 65.4% of population
total: 89.7% of population
unimproved: urban: 3.4% of population
rural: 34.6% of population
total: 10.3% of population (2020 est.)
52.9% (2016)
total: 28.5% (2020 est.)
male: 48.7% (2020 est.)
female: 8.3% (2020 est.)
11.9% (2017)
68.3% (2022 est.)
13.6% of GDP (2020 est.)
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 98.3%
male: 98.3%
female: 98.2% (2011)
total: 10 years
male: 10 years
female: 10 years (2019)
NOTE: The information regarding Marshall Islands on this page is re-published from the 2024 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Marshall Islands 2024 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Marshall Islands 2024 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.
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