Marshall Islands
General country information
| Majuro | |
| 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 | |
| 181 km2 | |
| 63174 (July 2008 est.) / 349/km2 | |
| US dollar (USD) currency converter | |
| $ 2900 (2005 est.) | |
| Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) note: English (official), widely spoken as a second language |
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| 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) | |
| tropical; hot and humid; wet season May to November; islands border typhoon belt | |
