Demographics of the Marshall Islands
The
Historical population figures for the Marshall Islands are unknown. In 1862, the population of the islands was estimated at 10,000.
Most residents of the Marshall Islands are Marshallese.
The official languages of the Marshall Islands are English and Marshallese. Both languages are widely spoken.[8]
Vital statistics
Year | Pop. | ±% |
---|---|---|
1920 | 9,800 | — |
1925 | 9,644 | −1.6% |
1930 | 10,412 | +8.0% |
1935 | 10,446 | +0.3% |
1958 | 13,928 | +33.3% |
1967 | 18,925 | +35.9% |
1973 | 24,135 | +27.5% |
1980 | 30,873 | +27.9% |
1988 | 43,380 | +40.5% |
1999 | 50,840 | +17.2% |
2011 | 53,158 | +4.6% |
2021 | 42,418 | −20.2% |
Source:[9][10] |
Births and deaths[9]
Year | Population | Live births | Deaths | Natural increase | Crude birth rate | Crude death rate | Rate of natural increase | TFR |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1988 | 43,380 | 7.2 | ||||||
1999 | 50,840 | 2,125 | 41.8 | 4.9 | 36.9 | 5.71 | ||
2011 | 53,158 | 1,641 | 32.1 | 3.7 | 28.4 | 4.05 | ||
2021[11] | 42,418 | 704 | 3.4 |
Structure of the population
Population by Sex and Age Group (Census 03.IV.2011):[12]
Age Group | Male | Female | Total | % |
---|---|---|---|---|
Total | 27 243 | 25 915 | 53 158 | 100 |
0–4 | 4 031 | 3 712 | 7 743 | 14.57 |
5–9 | 3 622 | 3 395 | 7 017 | 13.20 |
10–14 | 3 385 | 3 108 | 6 493 | 12.21 |
15–19 | 2 417 | 2 314 | 4 731 | 8.90 |
20–24 | 2 614 | 2 480 | 5 094 | 9.58 |
25–29 | 2 159 | 2 245 | 4 404 | 8.28 |
30–34 | 1 876 | 1 913 | 3 789 | 7.13 |
35–39 | 1 587 | 1 549 | 3 136 | 5.90 |
40–44 | 1 419 | 1 366 | 2 785 | 5.24 |
45–49 | 1 189 | 1 155 | 2 344 | 4.41 |
50–54 | 1 016 | 914 | 1 930 | 3.63 |
55–59 | 815 | 761 | 1 576 | 2.96 |
60–64 | 583 | 469 | 1 052 | 1.98 |
65-69 | 284 | 283 | 522 | 0.98 |
70-74 | 131 | 119 | 250 | 0.47 |
75-79 | 62 | 90 | 152 | 0.29 |
80-84 | 31 | 61 | 92 | 0.17 |
85-89 | 21 | 15 | 36 | 0.07 |
90-94 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 0.02 |
95+ | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Age group | Male | Female | Total | Percent |
0–14 | 11 038 | 10 215 | 21 253 | 39.98 |
15–64 | 15 675 | 15 121 | 30 796 | 57.93 |
65+ | 530 | 579 | 1 109 | 2.09 |
Religion
Major religious groups in the Republic of the Marshall Islands include the
Health
During the
CIA World Factbook demographic statistics
Source:[16]
Population
- 77,917 (July 2020 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.)
Population growth rate
- 1.43% (2020 est.)
Birth rate
- 22.8 births/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Death rate
- 4.3 deaths/1,000 population (2020 est.)
Net migration rate
- -4.5 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2020 est.)
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: 17.4 deaths/1,000 live births
- Male: 19.7 deaths/1,000 live births
- Female: 15.1 deaths/1,000 live births (2020 est.)
Life expectancy at birth
- Total population: 74.1 years
- Male: 71.8 years
- Female: 76.5 years (2020 est.)
Total fertility rate
- 2.86 children born/woman (2020 est.)
Nationality
- Marshallese (singular and plural)
- Marshallese (adjective)
Ethnic groups
- Marshallese: 92.1%
- Mixed Marshallese: 5.9%
- Other: 2% (2006)
Religions
- Protestant: 80.5%
- United Church: 47%
- Assembly of God: 16.2%
- Roman Catholic: 8.5%
- Bukot nan Jesus: 5.4%
- Latter-day Saints: 1.4%
- Other Christian: 10.5%
- Other: 1.2%
- None: 1.1%
Languages
- Marshallese (official): 98.2%
- other languages 1.8%
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