Marshall Islands People - 2021


SOURCE: 2021 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

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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.)

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 urban areas - 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.)

Current Health Expenditure

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

N/A

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

N/A

HIV/AIDS - deaths

N/A

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

N/A

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)

Unemployment, youth ages 15-24

male: 12.2%

female: 8.7%

NOTE: The information regarding Marshall Islands on this page is re-published from the 2021 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency and other sources. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Marshall Islands 2021 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Marshall Islands 2021 should be addressed to the CIA or the source cited on each page.

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