Oceania · Micronesia
Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands covers about 165 km² (63.6 mi²), the 217th largest of the 246 places listed here.
- 165km²Area, main territory
- 53,000Population
- 0.01In Belgiums
5,000 km
- Marshall Islands
Facts
| Area, main territory | 165 km²63.6 mi² |
|---|---|
| Official area | 181 km²Wikidata · 9.0% above our measure |
| In Belgiums | 0.01 |
| Capital | Majuro |
| Population | 53,000Wikidata, 2017 |
| Density | 322 people per km² |
| Latitude range | 5°N to 15°N |
| In other languages | Islas Marshall Español · Marshallinseln Deutsch · Îles Marshall Français · Ilhas Marshall Português · マーシャル諸島 日本語 · 马绍尔群岛 中文 · 마셜 제도 한국어 |
| Continent | Oceania#12 of 14 countries by area |
What the numbers say about Marshall Islands
- Russia, the largest place listed, is 103,035× the size of Marshall Islands.
- Marshall Islands lies at 7°N, close to the equator, where a standard web map (Web Mercator) is nearly true to size: it inflates area by only about 1.0×.
- Laid out flat, Marshall Islands's main territory stretches about 25,500 km north to south and 25,500 km east to west.
- Our measured 165 km² is 9.0% below Wikidata's official figure of 181 km². Official figures can include inland water or count land that an outline draws differently. This difference is flagged for review.
How Marshall Islands measures up
Marshall Islands holds 0.0% of the land area and 0.1% of the people of the 14 countries listed for Oceania. In Micronesia it is the 4th largest of 5.
| Where it ranks | Figure | Position |
|---|---|---|
| Area | 165 km² | 214th of 239 |
| Population | 53,000 | 205th of 237 |
| Farthest north | 7.1°N | 154th of 212 |
| Compared with | Its area | Marshall Islands is |
|---|---|---|
| Belgium | 30,700 km² | 0.01× its size |
| United Kingdom | 244,000 km² | 1 in 1,479 its size |
| Germany | 358,000 km² | 1 in 2,170 its size |
| Japan | 374,000 km² | 1 in 2,266 its size |
| France | 548,000 km² | 1 in 3,324 its size |
| India | 3,151,000 km² | 1 in 19,119 its size |
| Brazil | 8,473,000 km² | 1 in 51,412 its size |
| United States | 9,447,000 km² | 1 in 57,326 its size |
| Russia | 16,980,000 km² | 1 in 103,035 its size |
Where Marshall Islands sits
- Marshall Islands's centre lies at 7.1°N, 170.1°E, in the northern and eastern hemispheres, about 790 km from the equator.
- Its main territory spans 5°N to 15°N, about 1,120 km from its southern edge to its northern.
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Sources and method
- Outline
- Natural Earth, 1:10m Admin 0 - Countries, public domain
- Boundary
- De facto, as drawn by Natural Earth.
- Area
- Measured on the WGS84 ellipsoid from the full-detail outline, shown rounded
- Official figures
- Area, population and capital from Wikidata (CC0), fetched 2026-11-11
- Population
- Wikidata, 2017; covers the whole country, overseas territory included
- Data built
- 2026-11-11