Island Details: Marshall Islands
Number of Islands (approx.)
1,225*
Island Details
2 archipelagic island chains of 29 atolls + 5 single islands*
Type of Islands
oceanic, coral
Surface Area (km²)
180.00*
Terrain
low coral limestone and sand islands*
Highest Elevation (m)
10.0*
Highest Elevation (name)
unnamed on Likiep*
Climate Risk Index Rank (1993-2012)
Mean Sea Level Trends (mm/year)
3.60*
Mean Sea Level (meta)
Time span: 1968-2011; Completeness: 94%; Station ID: 1217 & 1838*
Population (total)
54,038*
Census Year [Population (total)]
2010*
Population Density (p/km²)
300.2*
Census Year [Population Density (p/km²)]
2010*
Population Growth (annual %)
1.195*
Census Year [Population Growth (annual %)]
2010*
GDP (per capita in current US$)
3,015*
Dominant Economic Sector
lease payments for the use of Kwajalein Atoll as a US-military base, US-aid*
Administration
independent (constitutional government in free association with the US)*
Miscellaneous
The islands of Bikini and Enewetak are former US nuclear test sites; Kwajalein atoll, famous as a World War II battleground, surrounds the world's largest lagoon and is used as a US missile test range; the island city of Ebeye is the second largest settlement in the Marshall Islands, after the capital of Majuro, and one of the most densely populated locations in the Pacific*
