Population: 42,018 (July 1989), growth rate 3.4% (1989)

Birth rate: 39 births/1,000 population (1989)

Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1989)

Net migration rate: 1 migrant/1,000 population (1989)

Infant mortality rate: 43 deaths/1,000 live births (1989)

Life expectancy at birth: 70 years male, 75 years female (1989)

Total fertility rate: 5.9 children born/woman (1989)

Nationality: noun--Marshallese; adjective--Marshallese

Ethnic divisions: almost entirely Micronesian

Religion: predominantly Christian, mostly Protestant

Language: English universally spoken and is the official language; two major Marshallese dialects from Malayo-Polynesian family; Japanese

Literacy: 90%

Labor force: 4,800 (1986)

Organized labor: none

NOTE: The information regarding Marshall Islands on this page is re-published from the 1989 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Marshall Islands People 1989 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Marshall Islands People 1989 should be addressed to the CIA.