Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by Governor-General Prime minister: Denzil Douglas
Population
68,480
50,726
Life Expectancy
72.030 years
74.840 years
Capital City
Largest city
Majuro (population: 20,500)
Basseterre (population: 12,920)
Human Development Index
0
0.83
GDP per capita
Literacy Rate
93.7%
97.8%
Corruption Perception Index
Percentage of Women in Parliament
3%
6.7%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
Death Penalty
Abolished
Legal
Political System
constitutional government in free association with the US; the Compact of Free Association entered into force 21 October 1986 and the Amended Compact entered into force in May 2004
parliamentary democracy
Independence date
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)
Anglican, other Protestant, Roman Catholic
Languages
Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language
English
Exports
External Debt
Exchange Rate
Military Budget as percentage of GDP
Beijing Olympics Medal Count
Location
Oceania, two archipelagic island chains of 29 atolls, each made up of many small islets, and five single islands in the North Pacific Ocean, about half way between Hawaii and Australia
Caribbean, islands in the Caribbean Sea, about one-third of the way from Puerto Rico to Trinidad and Tobago
Area
181 km sq
261 km sq
Coastline
370 km
135 km
Climate
tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt
tropical, tempered by constant sea breezes; little seasonal temperature variation; rainy season (May to November)
