Countries
Key facts
- Capital
- Majuro
- Region
- Oceania, Micronesia
- Population
- 36,282 (2025)
- Area
- 181 km²
- Currency
- United States dollar (USD)
- Languages
- Marshallese, English
- Calling code
- +692
- Internet domain
- .mh
- ISO codes
- MH, MHL, 584
- Time zone
- UTC+12:00 to UTC+12:00
- United Nations
- Member state
- Postal code pattern
- #####-#### (# = digit, @ = letter)
Land and position
The Marshall Islands covers about 181 square kilometres. By area it ranks 224th among the 250 countries and territories on this site. It is a little smaller than American Samoa and a little larger than Aruba. It has no land border with any other country. Its centre lies at about 9° north, 168° east, in the northern hemisphere.
People
About 36,282 people live in the Marshall Islands (World Bank, 2025). That makes it the 220th most populous of the 246 places on this site with a figure. On average there are 200 people to each square kilometre. About 79 percent of people live in towns and cities (World Bank, 2025). A baby born there can expect to live about 67 years (World Bank, 2024). Languages listed for it: Marshallese, English. A person from the Marshall Islands is called Marshallese.
Money and economy
The currency is the United States dollar (code USD, symbol $). It is also the main currency of American Samoa, British Indian Ocean Territory, British Virgin Islands, Caribbean Netherlands, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guam, Northern Mariana Islands and 7 more. The World Bank puts the size of its economy (GDP) at about US$ 308 million (2025), which is about US$ 8,489 for each person (2025).
Time
The Marshall Islands spans 2 time zone areas, from UTC+12:00 to UTC+12:00. Clocks stay the same all year: there is no daylight saving time.
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Offsets are for January 2026. See Time Zones for a converter.
Largest cities
| City | People |
|---|---|
| Majuro | 25,400 |
| Dalap-Uliga-Dorrit | 20,301 |
City figures are from GeoNames and count the city itself, not the wider urban area. They can be some years old, so use them to see the order of size.
More in Micronesia
Guam, Kiribati, Micronesia, Nauru, Northern Mariana Islands, Palau. See the whole region.
Figures were collected on 11 November 2026 from the World Bank, GeoNames and the open countries data set. See About and data sources. Borders and names follow those sources and do not express any view on disputed territory.