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Page last updated: September 02, 2025

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Aerial view of Runit Dome (or Cactus Dome) on Runit Island in Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Between 1977 and 1980, the crater created by the Cactus shot from Operation Hardtack I was used as a burial pit for radioactive soil scraped from contaminated Enewetak Atoll islands. The Runit Dome was built to cover the material. Photo courtesy of US Department of Defense.

Aerial view of Runit Dome (or Cactus Dome) on Runit Island in Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands. Between 1977 and 1980, the crater created by the Cactus shot from Operation Hardtack I was used as a burial pit for radioactive soil scraped from contaminated Enewetak Atoll islands. The Runit Dome was built to cover the material. Photo courtesy of US Department of Defense.

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This is the population pyramid for Marshall Islands. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends. <br/><br/>For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page.

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