Geography - note:
two archipelagic island chains of 30 atolls and 1,152 islands;
Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein, the
famous World War II battleground, is now used as a US missile test
range
People Marshall Islands
Population:
56,429 (July 2003 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 39.1% (male 11,233; female 10,819)
15-64 years: 58.2% (male 16,857; female 16,003)
65 years and over: 2.7% (male 726; female 791) (2003 est.)
Median age:
total: 19.3 years
male: 19.3 years
female: 19.2 years (2002)
Population growth rate:
2.3% (2003 est.)
Birth rate:
34.18 births/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Death rate:
5.03 deaths/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Net migration rate:
-6.18 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2003 est.)
Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2003 est.)