Micronesia · sovereign state
Marshall Islands
Republic of the Marshall Islands
- Capital
- Majuro
- Languages
- English, Marshallese
- Currency
- United States dollar
- People
- 36,282 (2025)
- Neighbours
- none by land
Greetings from
Marshall Islands
- 3rd lowest highest point 14 m · #3 of 213 · 2026 edition
- 3rd lowest economy size (GDP) $308 million · #3 of 207 · 2025
- 3rd highest meat supply 125.6 kg · #3 of 189 · 2023
Surprising facts about the Marshall Islands
The comparisons that stand out most against its neighbours, its region and the world median.
Picked for surprise among the Marshall Islands’s neighbours, its region and the world median.
The Marshall Islands among 213 countries & territories
Each dot shows where the Marshall Islands sits between the lowest and the highest value in the world; “See it” opens the full visual against the world median. Higher is not automatically better.
World twins
The countries most like the Marshall Islands across 12 indicators (GDP/person, Life exp., Median age, Fertility, Urban, Internet, Schooling, CO₂/person, Density, Temperature, Happiness, Obesity). Each indicator is standardised and compared by average distance; a resemblance, not a score.
Nearest countries
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vs Kiribati 666 km
vs Nauru 984 km
vs Micronesia 1,460 km
vs Tuvalu 1,942 km
vs Solomon Islands 2,233 km
The Marshall Islands has no land borders: these are the 5 nearest countries by distance between capitals. Equal-area map centred on Marshall Islands.