Population Characteristics


Land Area and Population Density by Atolls and Islands (persons per square mile): 1973 to 1999
Land area 1973 1980 1988 1999
Atoll/Island (sq miles) Population Density Population Density Population Density Population Density
Total 70.1 25,045 357 30,873 441 43,380 619 50,840 726
Ailinglaplap 5.7 1,100 194 1,385 244 1,715 302 1,959 346
Ailuk 2.1 335 162 413 200 488 236 513 248
Arno 5 1,120 224 1,487 297 1,656 331 2,069 414
Aur 2.2 300 138 444 205 438 202 537 247
Bikini 2.3 75 32 - - 10 4 13 6
Ebon 2.2 740 333 887 400 741 334 902 406
Enewetak 2.3 - - 542 240 715 316 853 377
Jabat 0.2 70 318 72 327 112 509 95 432
Jaluit 4.4 925 211 1,450 331 1,709 390 1,669 381
Kili 0.4 360 1,000 489 1,358 602 1,672 774 2,150
Kwajalein   6.3 5,469 864 6,624   1,632* 9,311 1,471 10,902 1,722
Lae 0.6 154 275 237 423 319 570 322 575
Lib 0.4 98 272 98 272 115 319 147 408
Likiep 4 406 102 481 121 482 121 527 133
Majuro 3.8 10,290 2,744 11,791 3,144 19,664 5,244 23,676 6,314
Maloelap 3.8 432 114 614 162 796 210 856 226
Mejit 0.7 271 376 325 451 445 618 416 578
Mili 6.2 538 87 763 124 854 139 1,032 168
Namorik 1.1 431 403 617 577 814 761 772 721
Namu 2.4 493 204 654 270 801 331 903 373
Rongelap 3.1 165 54 235 77 - - 19 6
Ujae 0.7 209 290 309 429 448 622 440 611
Ujelang 0.7 342 510                -                -                - -   0
Utirik 0.9 217 231 336 357 409 435 433 461
Wotho 1.7 61 37 85 51 90 54 145 87
Wotje 3.2 425 134 535 169 646 204 866 274
Not stated 4.1 19                -                -                -                - - - -

Note: United States Army Kwajalein Atoll (USAKA) area excluded from density calculation.

Source: Census of the Trust Territory of the Pacific Islands (TTPI), 1958 (prepared by the High Commissioner, of the TTPI, June, 1959), 1973 Population of TTPI, 1980 Census of Population, TTPI, US Bureau of Census, 1988 Census of Population and Housing, 1999 Census of the Population and Housing.