Marshall Islands vs Vanuatu statistics compared

The Marshall Islands has a population of 37.5K (ranked 192/197), compared with 328K in Vanuatu (ranked 174/197). The Marshall Islands' land area is 69.5 sq mi versus 4,707 sq mi for Vanuatu (ranked 191st vs. 157th).

By GDP, The Marshall Islands ranks 194/197 ($280M) and Vanuatu ranks 185/197 ($1.16B). By GDP per capita, The Marshall Islands ranks 100/197 ($7,467), while Vanuatu ranks 133/197 ($3,543).

Marshall Islands and Vanuatu: Comparison Charts

Marshall Islands and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP

Marshall Islands

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP
	Marshall Islands	Vanuatu
1970	$8,408,486	-
1971	$9,116,810	-
1972	$9,973,652	-
1973	$11,607,366	-
1974	$15,217,532	-
1975	$16,691,301	-
1976	$18,153,647	-
1977	$20,210,069	-
1978	$22,209,370	-
1979	$25,545,346	$119,258,835
1980	$26,710,653	$121,185,498
1981	$31,020,000	$113,781,796
1982	$34,918,000	$114,501,913
1983	$41,749,000	$117,389,554
1984	$45,144,000	$144,482,515
1985	$43,879,000	$131,856,421
1986	$55,989,000	$126,498,935
1987	$62,983,000	$139,464,174
1988	$70,688,000	$158,351,368
1989	$72,798,000	$154,013,202
1990	$78,476,000	$168,879,207
1991	$82,507,000	$201,334,169
1992	$91,063,000	$209,088,825
1993	$99,461,000	$200,491,853
1994	$108,071,000	$233,701,301
1995	$120,230,000	$249,333,250
1996	$110,858,000	$261,370,044
1997	$109,884,700	$272,771,209
1998	$112,070,100	$262,293,411
1999	$113,352,100	$268,006,973
2000	$114,838,500	$272,014,628
2001	$122,406,100	$257,926,882
2002	$131,960,000	$262,596,536
2003	$131,128,500	$314,471,413
2004	$132,900,000	$364,996,869
2005	$138,000,000	$394,962,433
2006	$143,200,000	$439,358,587
2007	$150,500,000	$516,392,923
2008	$146,600,000	$590,748,429
2009	$151,200,000	$592,622,319
2010	$161,100,000	$670,712,980
2011	$172,300,000	$770,153,588
2012	$180,700,000	$747,839,698
2013	$186,400,000	$758,304,466
2014	$186,000,000	$773,717,011
2015	$183,700,000	$759,690,181
2016	$201,800,000	$804,323,577
2017	$213,700,000	$880,043,284
2018	$220,000,000	$914,727,908
2019	$232,900,000	$936,526,268
2020	$241,800,000	$909,421,044
2021	$258,900,000	$982,362,212
2022	$253,400,000	$1,030,654,208
2023	$259,300,000	$1,126,313,359
2024	$280,357,844	$1,161,251,868

Marshall Islands and Vanuatu economies compared

GDP per capita

Marshall Islands

Vanuatu

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Marshall Islands	Vanuatu
1970	$373	-
1971	$390	-
1972	$416	-
1973	$472	-
1974	$602	-
1975	$638	-
1976	$672	-
1977	$724	-
1978	$771	-
1979	$859	$1,055
1980	$868	$1,048
1981	$969	$962
1982	$1,046	$946
1983	$1,199	$947
1984	$1,245	$1,137
1985	$1,162	$1,012
1986	$1,425	$946
1987	$1,543	$1,017
1988	$1,670	$1,125
1989	$1,670	$1,067
1990	$1,758	$1,141
1991	$1,811	$1,326
1992	$1,963	$1,344
1993	$2,112	$1,257
1994	$2,265	$1,431
1995	$2,491	$1,492
1996	$2,273	$1,529
1997	$2,231	$1,562
1998	$2,254	$1,471
1999	$2,258	$1,472
2000	$2,265	$1,460
2001	$2,394	$1,350
2002	$2,566	$1,341
2003	$2,539	$1,567
2004	$2,566	$1,774
2005	$2,659	$1,874
2006	$2,754	$2,035
2007	$2,892	$2,334
2008	$2,818	$2,604
2009	$2,907	$2,546
2010	$3,095	$2,815
2011	$3,319	$3,163
2012	$3,514	$3,005
2013	$3,678	$2,980
2014	$3,735	$2,973
2015	$3,764	$2,855
2016	$4,230	$2,956
2017	$4,593	$3,160
2018	$4,858	$3,207
2019	$5,292	$3,207
2020	$5,662	$3,043
2021	$6,259	$3,212
2022	$6,323	$3,292
2023	$6,678	$3,515
2024	$7,467	$3,543

Marshall Islands vs. Vanuatu life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Marshall Islands

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Marshall Islands	Vanuatu
1950	52.6	43.9
1951	52.7	42.2
1952	52.7	45.3
1953	52.8	45.8
1954	52.9	46.5
1955	53	47.1
1956	53.2	47.7
1957	53.4	48.2
1958	53.6	48.7
1959	54	49.3
1960	54.4	49.8
1961	54.7	50.4
1962	55.2	50.9
1963	55.7	51.5
1964	56.3	52
1965	56.8	52.5
1966	57.3	53.1
1967	57.8	53.7
1968	58.2	54.2
1969	58.5	54.8
1970	58.8	55.3
1971	59.1	55.9
1972	59.5	56.4
1973	59.8	57
1974	60.1	57.6
1975	60.3	58.1
1976	60.4	58.7
1977	60.6	59.2
1978	60.7	59.9
1979	60.8	60.9
1980	61	61.3
1981	61.1	61.9
1982	61.3	62.5
1983	61.5	63.1
1984	61.6	63.5
1985	61.7	63.9
1986	61.8	64.6
1987	61.8	64.4
1988	61.8	65.7
1989	61.7	66
1990	61.8	66.7
1991	61.8	67.1
1992	61.9	67.4
1993	62.1	67.7
1994	62.3	68
1995	62.5	68.1
1996	62.8	68.2
1997	63	68.3
1998	63.2	68.4
1999	63.4	67.9
2000	63.3	68.6
2001	63.7	68.7
2002	63.8	68.8
2003	64	68.9
2004	64	69
2005	64.1	69.2
2006	64.2	69.1
2007	64.3	69.1
2008	64.3	69.3
2009	64.4	69.4
2010	64.5	69.6
2011	64.6	69.7
2012	64.8	69.9
2013	65	70
2014	65.1	70
2015	65.3	70.2
2016	65.5	70.4
2017	65.7	70.5
2018	65.9	70.6
2019	66	70.8
2020	65.4	70.4
2021	65.4	70
2022	66.7	71.3
2023	66.9	71.5
2024	67.1	71.7
2025	67.2	71.8

Marshall Islands and Vanuatu population clocks and comparison

Population

Marshall Islands

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Population
	Marshall Islands	Vanuatu
1960	14,703	64,431
1961	15,219	66,264
1962	15,755	68,174
1963	16,302	70,159
1964	16,852	72,219
1965	17,402	74,358
1966	17,927	76,590
1967	18,655	78,921
1968	19,862	81,314
1969	21,305	83,755
1970	22,530	86,266
1971	23,366	88,862
1972	23,992	91,562
1973	24,581	94,362
1974	25,296	97,260
1975	26,154	100,269
1976	27,021	103,388
1977	27,906	106,618
1978	28,809	109,963
1979	29,738	113,040
1980	30,774	115,660
1981	32,017	118,249
1982	33,397	121,035
1983	34,811	123,998
1984	36,264	127,109
1985	37,761	130,356
1986	39,286	133,720
1987	40,828	137,187
1988	42,321	140,756
1989	43,586	144,393
1990	44,629	148,063
1991	45,568	151,793
1992	46,388	155,608
1993	47,093	159,463
1994	47,712	163,314
1995	48,266	167,137
1996	48,775	170,911
1997	49,259	174,626
1998	49,717	178,313
1999	50,202	182,048
2000	50,706	186,281
2001	51,123	191,031
2002	51,425	195,863
2003	51,639	200,746
2004	51,791	205,711
2005	51,906	210,760
2006	51,992	215,923
2007	52,035	221,276
2008	52,030	226,896
2009	52,019	232,731
2010	52,044	238,248
2011	51,907	243,474
2012	51,419	248,883
2013	50,681	254,482
2014	49,796	260,240
2015	48,800	266,101
2016	47,709	272,087
2017	46,529	278,507
2018	45,285	285,259
2019	44,007	291,985
2020	42,706	298,858
2021	41,367	305,868
2022	40,077	313,046
2023	38,827	320,409
2024	37,548	327,777

Fertility rates in Marshall Islands and Vanuatu

Fertility rate

Marshall Islands

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Marshall Islands	Vanuatu
1960	8.08	6.78
1961	8.12	6.73
1962	8.12	6.67
1963	8.12	6.62
1964	8.14	6.57
1965	8.16	6.52
1966	8.2	6.51
1967	8.17	6.51
1968	8.14	6.46
1969	8.11	6.41
1970	8.07	6.35
1971	8.04	6.29
1972	8	6.23
1973	7.95	6.15
1974	7.9	6.06
1975	7.83	5.98
1976	7.76	5.89
1977	7.67	5.81
1978	7.58	5.77
1979	7.47	5.73
1980	7.37	5.69
1981	7.27	5.65
1982	7.18	5.6
1983	7.08	5.55
1984	6.99	5.49
1985	6.87	5.43
1986	6.73	5.38
1987	6.57	5.33
1988	6.38	5.27
1989	6.18	5.21
1990	5.97	5.17
1991	5.76	5.13
1992	5.55	5.09
1993	5.38	5.02
1994	5.23	4.94
1995	5.09	4.85
1996	5.02	4.75
1997	4.96	4.66
1998	4.87	4.6
1999	4.78	4.56
2000	4.7	4.54
2001	4.58	4.5
2002	4.49	4.38
2003	4.42	4.29
2004	4.34	4.21
2005	4.28	4.13
2006	4.2	4.1
2007	4.09	4.12
2008	3.97	4.16
2009	3.83	4.16
2010	3.67	4.13
2011	3.53	4.09
2012	3.38	4.06
2013	3.25	4.04
2014	3.18	4
2015	3.13	3.95
2016	3.09	3.92
2017	3.06	3.88
2018	3.04	3.83
2019	3.01	3.79
2020	2.99	3.74
2021	2.96	3.7
2022	2.94	3.65
2023	2.92	3.6

Marshall Islands and Vanuatu demographics compared

Median age

Marshall Islands

Vanuatu

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Marshall Islands	Vanuatu
1960	17.4	17.7
1961	17	17.6
1962	16.7	17.5
1963	16.4	17.4
1964	16.3	17.3
1965	16.3	17.2
1966	16.4	17.1
1967	16.6	17.1
1968	16.9	17
1969	17.2	17
1970	17.4	17
1971	17.1	17
1972	16.6	17
1973	16.2	17
1974	16	17.1
1975	15.9	17.1
1976	15.7	17.1
1977	15.5	17.2
1978	15.3	17.3
1979	15.1	17.5
1980	15	17.6
1981	14.9	17.7
1982	14.9	17.7
1983	14.9	17.7
1984	14.8	17.7
1985	14.8	17.7
1986	14.7	17.8
1987	14.7	17.8
1988	14.7	17.8
1989	14.8	17.8
1990	14.9	17.8
1991	15.2	17.9
1992	15.4	17.8
1993	15.8	17.7
1994	16.1	17.7
1995	16.5	17.8
1996	16.9	18
1997	17.2	18
1998	17.6	18
1999	17.9	18
2000	18.2	18.2
2001	18.5	18.5
2002	18.8	18.7
2003	19.1	18.9
2004	19.4	19.2
2005	19.7	19.4
2006	19.9	19.6
2007	20.2	19.9
2008	20.4	20.1
2009	20.5	20.3
2010	20.6	20.5
2011	20.6	20.6
2012	20.8	20.8
2013	21	20.9
2014	21.3	21
2015	21.6	21.1
2016	21.9	21.1
2017	22.2	21.2
2018	22.4	21.2
2019	22.6	21.2
2020	22.6	21.2
2021	22.5	21.2
2022	22.2	21.2
2023	21.9	21.2
2024	21.8	21.3

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