!!!Marshall Islands: People & Society ||Population|73,376 (July 2016 est.) ||Nationality|''noun'': Marshallese (singular and plural) \\ ''adjective'': Marshallese \\ ||Ethnic groups|Marshallese 92.1%, mixed Marshallese 5.9%, other 2% (2006) ||Languages|Marshallese (official) 98.2%, other languages 1.8% (1999 census) \\ ''__note__'': English (official), widely spoken as a second language \\ ||Religions|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) ||Age structure|''0-14 years'': 35.48% (male 13,273/female 12,758) \\ ''15-24 years'': 17.54% (male 6,545/female 6,326) \\ ''25-54 years'': 37.4% (male 13,966/female 13,475) \\ ''55-64 years'': 5.79% (male 2,160/female 2,086) \\ ''65 years and over'': 3.8% (male 1,370/female 1,417) (2016 est.) \\ ||Median age|''total'': 22.7 years \\ ''male'': 22.6 years \\ ''female'': 22.8 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Population growth rate|1.6% (2016 est.) ||Birth rate|25 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Death rate|4.2 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Net migration rate|-4.8 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) ||Urbanization|''urban population'': 72.7% of total population (2015) \\ ''rate of urbanization'': 0.59% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) \\ ||Major urban areas - population|MAJURO (capital) 31,000 (2014) ||Sex ratio|''at birth'': 1.05 male(s)/female \\ ''0-14 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''15-24 years'': 1.03 male(s)/female \\ ''25-54 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''55-64 years'': 1.04 male(s)/female \\ ''65 years and over'': 0.97 male(s)/female \\ ''total population'': 1.04 male(s)/female (2016 est.) \\ ||Mother's mean age at first birth|20.7 \\ ''__note__'': median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2007 est.) \\ ||Infant mortality rate|''total'': 20 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''male'': 22.5 deaths/1,000 live births \\ ''female'': 17.3 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) \\ ||Life expectancy at birth|''total population'': 73.1 years \\ ''male'': 70.9 years \\ ''female'': 75.4 years (2016 est.) \\ ||Total fertility rate|3.09 children born/woman (2016 est.) ||Contraceptive prevalence rate|44.6% (2007) ||Health expenditures|17.1% of GDP (2014) ||Physicians density|0.44 physicians/1,000 population (2010) ||Hospital bed density|2.7 beds/1,000 population (2010) ||Drinking water source|''improved'': \\ urban: 93.5% of population \\ rural: 97.6% of population \\ total: 94.6% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 6.5% of population \\ rural: 2.4% of population \\ total: 5.4% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||Sanitation facility access|''improved'': \\ urban: 84.5% of population \\ rural: 56.2% of population \\ total: 76.9% of population \\ ''unimproved'': \\ urban: 15.5% of population \\ rural: 43.8% of population \\ total: 23.1% of population (2015 est.) \\ ||HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate|NA ||HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS|NA ||HIV/AIDS - deaths|NA ||Major infectious diseases| \\ ''__note__'': active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus (2016) \\ ||Obesity - adult prevalence rate|42.3% (2014) ||Unemployment, youth ages 15-24|''total'': 11% \\ ''male'': 12.2% \\ ''female'': 8.7% (2010 est.) \\