People

Population: 63 031 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:

0-14 years: 50% (male 16 073; female 15 432)

15-64 years: 48% (male 15 408; female 14 695)

65 years and over: 2% (male 669; female 754) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 3.85% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 45.39 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 6.9 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 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: 0.89 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 44.54 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population: 64.48 years

male: 62.89 years

female: 66.14 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 6.72 children born/woman (1998 est.)

Nationality:

noun: Marshallese (singular and plural)

adjective: Marshallese

Ethnic groups: Micronesian

Religions: Christian (mostly Protestant)

Languages: English (universally spoken and is the official language) two major Marshallese dialects from the Malayo-Polynesian family Japanese

Literacy:

definition: age 15 and over can read and write

total population: 93%

male: 100%

female: 88% (1980 est.)