Country · Oceania
Marshall Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands is a country in Micronesia. Its capital city is Majuro. About 58 thousand people live there, in an area of 181 square kilometres.
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Where is Marshall Islands?
Marshall Islands lies in Micronesia, on the continent of Oceania.
It sits in the northern half of the world, roughly 1 002 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 370 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Marshall Islands?
Marshall Islands covers 181 square kilometres.
Luxembourg is about 14 times bigger.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 188th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 322.7 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Marshall Islands?
About 58 thousand people live in Marshall Islands.
That is the 186th biggest population in the world.
People here speak English and Marshallese.
They pay with the United States dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 66 years.
The land of Marshall Islands
Its coast runs for about 370 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 19 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Marshall Islands different?
Websites from here often end in .mh.
Marshall Islands and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0 live in Marshall Islands.
It takes up about 0 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Oceania it is the 12th largest of 14 countries, and the 11th most populated.
That is busier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Where this country lands in the record lists
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Marshall Islands?
The capital of Marshall Islands is Majuro. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Marshall Islands?
About 58 thousand people live in Marshall Islands, which makes it the 186th most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Marshall Islands?
Marshall Islands covers 181 square kilometres, making it the 188th largest country in the world. Luxembourg is about 14 times bigger.
Which continent is Marshall Islands in?
Marshall Islands is in Oceania, in the part called Micronesia.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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