| Population | 78,831 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Marshallese (singular and plural) adjective: Marshallese |
| Ethnic groups | Marshallese 92.1%, mixed Marshallese 5.9%, other 2% (2006 est.) |
| Languages | Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 est.) major-language sample(s):
note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language |
| Religions | Protestant 80.5% (United Church of Christ 47%, Assembly of God 16.2%, Bukot Nan Jesus 5.4%, Full Gospel 3.3%, Reformed Congressional Church 3%, Salvation Army 1.9%, Seventh Day Adventist 1.4%, Meram in Jesus 1.2%, other Protestant 1.1%), Roman Catholic 8.5%, Mormon 7%, Jehovah's Witness 1.7%, other 1.2%, none 1.1% (2011 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 32.94% (male 13,090/female 12,575) 15-24 years: 19.09% (male 7,568/female 7,308) 25-54 years: 37.35% (male 14,834/female 14,270) 55-64 years: 5.92% (male 2,269/female 2,341) 65 years and over: 4.7% (male 1,805/female 1,857) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 23.8 years male: 23.6 years female: 23.9 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.37% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.42 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.25 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -4.43 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | 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 |
| Urbanization | urban population: 78.2% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 0.61% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 31,000 MAJURO (capital) (2018) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.97 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 22.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 25.83 deaths/1,000 live births female: 18.4 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 74.38 years male: 72.12 years female: 76.76 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.81 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 99.8% of population rural: 99.7% of population total: 99.8% of population unimproved: urban: 0.2% of population rural: 0.3% of population total: 0.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 17.6% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.42 physicians/1,000 population (2012) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.7 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 96.3% of population rural: 65.4% of population total: 89.1% of population unimproved: urban: 15.5% of population rural: 34.6% of population total: 10.9% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: malaria |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 52.9% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 11.9% (2017) |
| Education expenditures | NA |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 98.3% male: 98.3% female: 98.2% (2011) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 10 years male: 10 years female: 10 years (2019) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
