Key demographics
- Population
- 53.1K
- Density
- 293.5/km²
- HDI
- 0.733 (High)
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.1 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.86
- Urban population (2025)
- 79.1%
- Literacy rate (2021)
- 95.8%
- Gender wage gap (2019)
- -13.1%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 63.3%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 79.1%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 20.1 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 7.1 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 2.86
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 22.7 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 2.4%
- Tourism (2019)
- 6.1K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Marshallese | Kajin M̧ajeļ |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 96.2% |
| No religion | 1.1% |
| Others | 2.7% |
| Ethnicity | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Marshallese | 95.6% |
| Others | 4.4% |
- Demonym (male)
- Marshallese
- Demonym (female)
- Marshallese
- National anthem
- Forever Marshall Islands
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 67.1 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 13.4% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 22.7/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 66/100
- Hospital beds (2010)
- 2.8/1000
- Physicians (2012)
- 0.47/1000
- Nurses (2018)
- 4.31/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $894
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 1.1%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2021)
- 95.8%
- Education spending (2022)
- 7.7% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 375
- Internet users (2024)
- 65.9%
- Mobile subscriptions (2022)
- 39.7/100
- Broadband (2022)
- 2.4/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 213/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 2.4
Geography and practical
- Area
- 181 km²
- Continent
- Oceania
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Micronesia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Right
- Timezones
- UTC+12:00
- Calling codes
- +692
- TLD
- .mh
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Marshall Islands has a blue field with two broadening adjacent diagonal bands of orange and white that extend from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. A large white star with twenty-four rays — four large rays at the cardinal points and twenty smaller rays — is situated in the upper hoist-side corner above the diagonal bands.
- National anthem
- Forever Marshall Islands