Recognised as Country

Marshall Islands

MH
Oceania
USD
.mh

Marshall Islands (MH/MHL) is a country in Oceania with its capital at Majuro. It covers about 181 km² with a population of roughly 42,000, uses the USD, dials on +692, owns the .mh internet domain and keeps its capital on Pacific/Majuro. It has no land borders.

Identity

Official short nameMarshall Islands

CapitalMajuro

ContinentOceania

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2MH

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3MHL

Internet TLD.mh

Calling code+692

Currency codeUSD

Geography

Approximate centre7.1315, 171.1845a representative point, not a calculated centroid

Latitude7.1315° N

Longitude171.1845° E

HemisphereNorthern and Eastern

Area181 km²70 square miles

Land neighboursNone, it has no land borders

Distance from London13,442 kmto the approximate centre of Marshall Islands, not to Majuro. N, bearing 10.1°

Antipode-7.1315, -8.8155the point on the exact opposite side of the Earth

Time

These values depend on today’s date and change daily.

Time zone of the capitalPacific/Majurothe IANA zone for Majuro; a large country spans several zones

Standard offsetUTC+12:00

Observes daylight savingNothe offset is the same all year

Offset in JanuaryUTC+12:00

Offset in JulyUTC+12:00

Current offsetUTC+12:00

Local time now22 Sept 2026, 22:42

Hours ahead of UTC12

Population & scale

Population42,000≈estimate, 2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Population density232 per km²≈

Share of world population0.001%≈against a world population of about 8.1 billion

Area rank in this dataset190 of 196

Population rank in this dataset189 of 196

About this data

Dataset version2024 edition, extended to all 196 states in September 2026. Population and area are the latest available national or UN estimates, rounded, and are not exact

Time zone sourcethe IANA time zone database, via the platform

Last updated2026-09-10

StabilityISO codes, TLDs and calling codes are stable; population and area are estimates that change

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