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    Marshall Islands People 2000

      Population: 68,126 (July 2000 est.)

      Age structure:
      0-14 years: 50% (male 17,204; female 16,521)
      15-64 years: 48% (male 16,826; female 16,111)
      65 years and over: 2% (male 693; female 771) (2000 est.)

      Population growth rate: 3.88% (2000 est.)

      Birth rate: 45.17 births/1,000 population (2000 est.)

      Death rate: 6.4 deaths/1,000 population (2000 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2000 est.)

      Sex ratio:
      at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
      under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
      15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
      65 years and over: 0.9 male(s)/female
      total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2000 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 40.95 deaths/1,000 live births (2000 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:
      total population: 65.5 years
      male: 63.72 years
      female: 67.36 years (2000 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 6.61 children born/woman (2000 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.)

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