Marshall Islands
Majuro · Micronesia
Marshall Islands is a country in Oceania. Its capital city is Majuro, the official currency is the United States Dollar, and the main language is Marshallese.
With a population of roughly 42,000 people spread over 181 km², Marshall Islands is the 188th most populous country in the world and the 189th largest by area. That works out at about 232 people per square kilometre.
Marshall Islands has no land borders with any other country. Its largest urban centres are Majuro, Ebeye and Arno. The highest point in the country is unnamed point on Likiep, at 10 metres.
For scale, Liechtenstein is the closest country in the world to Marshall Islands in both area and population.
- Capital
- Majuro
- Region
- Micronesia
- Population
- 42,000
- Area
- 181 km²
- Currency
- United States Dollar
- Main language
- Marshallese
- Highest point
- unnamed point on Likiep
10 m - Land borders
- 0
Marshall Islands: things worth knowing
- The Marshall Islands consists of 29 coral atolls and five isolated islands.
- Bikini Atoll was the site of 23 nuclear tests between 1946 and 1958 and remains largely uninhabited.
- Traditional Marshallese stick charts mapped ocean swells for navigation between atolls.
Marshall Islands in context
Oceania has 14 sovereign countries in total. Marshall Islands ranks 11th among them by population.
See the full list of Oceania countries, or browse all 195 countries.