Marshall Islands: People & Society#
| Population | 73,376 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Marshallese (singular and plural) adjective: Marshallese |
| Ethnic groups | Marshallese 92.1%, mixed Marshallese 5.9%, other 2% (2006) |
| Languages | Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language |
| Religions | Protestant 54.8%, Assembly of God 25.8%, Roman Catholic 8.4%, Bukot nan Jesus 2.8%, Mormon 2.1%, other Christian 3.6%, other 1%, none 1.5% (1999 census) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 35.48% (male 13,273/female 12,758) 15-24 years: 17.54% (male 6,545/female 6,326) 25-54 years: 37.4% (male 13,966/female 13,475) 55-64 years: 5.79% (male 2,160/female 2,086) 65 years and over: 3.8% (male 1,370/female 1,417) (2016 est.) |
| Median age | total: 22.7 years male: 22.6 years female: 22.8 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.6% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 25 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 4.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 72.7% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 0.59% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | MAJURO (capital) 31,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.97 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 20.7 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 20 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.5 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 73.1 years male: 70.9 years female: 75.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.09 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 44.6% (2007) |
| Health expenditures | 17.1% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.44 physicians/1,000 population (2010) |
| Hospital bed density | 2.7 beds/1,000 population (2010) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 93.5% of population rural: 97.6% of population total: 94.6% of population unimproved: urban: 6.5% of population rural: 2.4% of population total: 5.4% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 84.5% of population rural: 56.2% of population total: 76.9% of population unimproved: urban: 15.5% of population rural: 43.8% of population total: 23.1% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 42.3% (2014) |
| Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 | total: 11% male: 12.2% female: 8.7% (2010 est.) |