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Marshall Islands vs Yemen statistics compared

Updated on by Georank team

The Marshall Islands has a population of 37.5K (ranked 192/197), compared with 40.6M in Yemen (ranked 38/197). The Marshall Islands' land area is 69.5 sq mi versus 203,850 sq mi for Yemen (ranked 191st vs. 49th).

By GDP, The Marshall Islands ranks 194/197 ($280M) and Yemen ranks 124/197 ($21.6B). By GDP per capita, The Marshall Islands ranks 100/197 ($7,467), while Yemen ranks 192/197 ($634).

Main facts and rankings

Marshall Islands Yemen
Population
36281
42727988
Population rank 192/197 37/197
GDP
$280M
2024
$21.6B
2018
GDP rank 194/197 124/197
GDP per capita
$7,467
2024
$634
2018
GDP per capita rank 100/197 192/197
GDP per capita, PPP
$8,198
2024
$3,164
2013
Government debt
$46.8M
2024
$18.8B
2018
Debt-to-GDP ratio
15.3%
2025
71.2%
2025
Government debt per person
$1,245
2024
$551
2018
Government debt per person rank 136/185 164/185
Average annual personal income after taxes
$5,868
2025
$1,333
2025
Land area
69.5 sq mi
2025
203,850 sq mi
2025
Population density
540 ppl/mi²
2024
199.1 ppl/mi²
2024
Fertility rate
2.92
2023
4.59
2023
Median age
21.8 years
2024
19.3 years
2024
Life expectancy
67.2 years
2025
69.6 years
2025

Marshall Islands and Yemen: Comparison Charts

Marshall Islands and Yemen economies compared

GDP
Marshall Islands

Yemen
Year GDP
Marshall Islands Yemen
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 -
1980 $26,710,653 -
1981 $31,020,000 -
1982 $34,918,000 -
1983 $41,749,000 -
1984 $45,144,000 -
1985 $43,879,000 -
1986 $55,989,000 -
1987 $62,983,000 -
1988 $70,688,000 -
1989 $72,798,000 -
1990 $78,476,000 $12,643,821,569
1991 $82,507,000 $14,665,445,462
1992 $91,063,000 $17,959,367,194
1993 $99,461,000 $21,736,802,664
1994 $108,071,000 $28,019,483,764
1995 $120,230,000 $12,796,345,679
1996 $110,858,000 $6,496,163,616
1997 $109,884,700 $6,838,298,531
1998 $112,070,100 $6,322,175,566
1999 $113,352,100 $7,639,325,296
2000 $114,838,500 $9,679,316,770
2001 $122,406,100 $9,852,990,693
2002 $131,960,000 $10,693,430,511
2003 $131,128,500 $11,777,532,662
2004 $132,900,000 $13,867,634,371
2005 $138,000,000 $16,731,566,717
2006 $143,200,000 $19,063,143,370
2007 $150,500,000 $21,650,528,674
2008 $146,600,000 $26,910,855,807
2009 $151,200,000 $25,130,278,213
2010 $161,100,000 $30,906,749,533
2011 $172,300,000 $32,726,417,878
2012 $180,700,000 $35,401,331,609
2013 $186,400,000 $40,415,233,436
2014 $186,000,000 $43,228,585,321
2015 $183,700,000 $42,444,490,074
2016 $201,800,000 $31,317,825,274
2017 $213,700,000 $26,842,229,045
2018 $220,000,000 $21,606,160,663
2019 $232,900,000 -
2020 $241,800,000 -
2021 $258,900,000 -
2022 $253,400,000 -
2023 $259,300,000 -
2024 $280,357,844 -

Marshall Islands and Yemen economies compared

GDP per capita
Marshall Islands

Yemen
Year GDP per capita
Marshall Islands Yemen
1970 $373 -
1971 $390 -
1972 $416 -
1973 $472 -
1974 $602 -
1975 $638 -
1976 $672 -
1977 $724 -
1978 $771 -
1979 $859 -
1980 $868 -
1981 $969 -
1982 $1,046 -
1983 $1,199 -
1984 $1,245 -
1985 $1,162 -
1986 $1,425 -
1987 $1,543 -
1988 $1,670 -
1989 $1,670 -
1990 $1,758 $910
1991 $1,811 $1,016
1992 $1,963 $1,198
1993 $2,112 $1,397
1994 $2,265 $1,735
1995 $2,491 $764
1996 $2,273 $375
1997 $2,231 $383
1998 $2,254 $343
1999 $2,258 $401
2000 $2,265 $493
2001 $2,394 $487
2002 $2,566 $513
2003 $2,539 $549
2004 $2,566 $628
2005 $2,659 $734
2006 $2,754 $810
2007 $2,892 $890
2008 $2,818 $1,072
2009 $2,907 $969
2010 $3,095 $1,155
2011 $3,319 $1,186
2012 $3,514 $1,245
2013 $3,678 $1,379
2014 $3,735 $1,430
2015 $3,764 $1,362
2016 $4,230 $975
2017 $4,593 $811
2018 $4,858 $634
2019 $5,292 -
2020 $5,662 -
2021 $6,259 -
2022 $6,323 -
2023 $6,678 -
2024 $7,467 -

Marshall Islands vs. Yemen life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy
Marshall Islands

Yemen
Year Life expectancy, years
Marshall Islands Yemen
1950 52.6 28.9
1951 52.7 29.3
1952 52.7 29.6
1953 52.8 30
1954 52.9 30.4
1955 53 30.8
1956 53.2 31.3
1957 53.4 31.8
1958 53.6 32.4
1959 54 32.9
1960 54.4 33.5
1961 54.7 34.1
1962 55.2 33.7
1963 55.7 33.4
1964 56.3 34.9
1965 56.8 35.6
1966 57.3 36.3
1967 57.8 37.1
1968 58.2 38
1969 58.5 39.6
1970 58.8 40.6
1971 59.1 41.8
1972 59.5 42.7
1973 59.8 43.6
1974 60.1 44.5
1975 60.3 45.5
1976 60.4 46.4
1977 60.6 47.4
1978 60.7 48.5
1979 60.8 49.5
1980 61 50.6
1981 61.1 51.7
1982 61.3 52.4
1983 61.5 53.6
1984 61.6 54.6
1985 61.7 55.4
1986 61.8 54
1987 61.8 56.8
1988 61.8 57.4
1989 61.7 58
1990 61.8 58.5
1991 61.8 58.8
1992 61.9 59.3
1993 62.1 59.7
1994 62.3 59.8
1995 62.5 60.5
1996 62.8 60.9
1997 63 61.3
1998 63.2 61.8
1999 63.4 62.3
2000 63.3 62.8
2001 63.7 63.3
2002 63.8 63.8
2003 64 64.4
2004 64 64.9
2005 64.1 65.4
2006 64.2 65.8
2007 64.3 66.2
2008 64.3 66.6
2009 64.4 66.9
2010 64.5 67.2
2011 64.6 67.4
2012 64.8 67.6
2013 65 68
2014 65.1 68
2015 65.3 66.8
2016 65.5 67.1
2017 65.7 67.1
2018 65.9 65.9
2019 66 66.6
2020 65.4 66.4
2021 65.4 66
2022 66.7 68
2023 66.9 69.3
2024 67.1 69.4
2025 67.2 69.6

Marshall Islands and Yemen population clocks and comparison

Population
Marshall Islands

Yemen
Year Population
Marshall Islands Yemen
1960 14,703 5,532,301
1961 15,219 5,655,232
1962 15,755 5,782,221
1963 16,302 5,911,135
1964 16,852 6,048,006
1965 17,402 6,195,593
1966 17,927 6,351,494
1967 18,655 6,516,444
1968 19,862 6,690,524
1969 21,305 6,875,859
1970 22,530 7,065,279
1971 23,366 7,257,462
1972 23,992 7,460,068
1973 24,581 7,672,796
1974 25,296 7,896,783
1975 26,154 8,133,598
1976 27,021 8,384,113
1977 27,906 8,648,222
1978 28,809 8,926,586
1979 29,738 9,224,194
1980 30,774 9,543,358
1981 32,017 9,882,362
1982 33,397 10,241,006
1983 34,811 10,621,499
1984 36,264 11,025,597
1985 37,761 11,453,825
1986 39,286 11,901,040
1987 40,828 12,369,912
1988 42,321 12,859,708
1989 43,586 13,364,174
1990 44,629 13,887,862
1991 45,568 14,430,201
1992 46,388 14,989,494
1993 47,093 15,563,914
1994 47,712 16,149,147
1995 48,266 16,740,058
1996 48,775 17,313,177
1997 49,259 17,873,936
1998 49,717 18,446,013
1999 50,202 19,029,420
2000 50,706 19,624,141
2001 51,123 20,226,147
2002 51,425 20,835,086
2003 51,639 21,456,379
2004 51,791 22,095,167
2005 51,906 22,790,085
2006 51,992 23,543,083
2007 52,035 24,318,082
2008 52,030 25,111,941
2009 52,019 25,927,724
2010 52,044 26,754,387
2011 51,907 27,582,897
2012 51,419 28,433,647
2013 50,681 29,312,952
2014 49,796 30,226,309
2015 48,800 31,159,379
2016 47,709 32,109,010
2017 46,529 33,090,921
2018 45,285 34,085,182
2019 44,007 35,111,408
2020 42,706 36,134,863
2021 41,367 37,140,230
2022 40,077 38,222,876
2023 38,827 39,390,799
2024 37,548 40,583,164

Fertility rates in Marshall Islands and Yemen

Fertility rate
Marshall Islands

Yemen
Year Fertility rate
Marshall Islands Yemen
1960 8.08 7.99
1961 8.12 8
1962 8.12 8.01
1963 8.12 8.03
1964 8.14 8.07
1965 8.16 8.1
1966 8.2 8.14
1967 8.17 8.17
1968 8.14 8.19
1969 8.11 8.22
1970 8.07 8.23
1971 8.04 8.26
1972 8 8.27
1973 7.95 8.29
1974 7.9 8.33
1975 7.83 8.37
1976 7.76 8.42
1977 7.67 8.47
1978 7.58 8.5
1979 7.47 8.67
1980 7.37 8.71
1981 7.27 8.75
1982 7.18 8.79
1983 7.08 8.83
1984 6.99 8.85
1985 6.87 8.86
1986 6.73 8.86
1987 6.57 8.83
1988 6.38 8.79
1989 6.18 8.71
1990 5.97 8.61
1991 5.76 8.46
1992 5.55 8.27
1993 5.38 8.05
1994 5.23 7.8
1995 5.09 7.53
1996 5.02 7
1997 4.96 6.82
1998 4.87 6.64
1999 4.78 6.49
2000 4.7 6.32
2001 4.58 6.14
2002 4.49 5.97
2003 4.42 5.84
2004 4.34 5.71
2005 4.28 5.56
2006 4.2 5.41
2007 4.09 5.26
2008 3.97 5.11
2009 3.83 5
2010 3.67 4.81
2011 3.53 4.63
2012 3.38 4.63
2013 3.25 4.62
2014 3.18 4.62
2015 3.13 4.62
2016 3.09 4.61
2017 3.06 4.61
2018 3.04 4.61
2019 3.01 4.6
2020 2.99 4.6
2021 2.96 4.6
2022 2.94 4.59
2023 2.92 4.59

Marshall Islands and Yemen demographics compared

Median age
Marshall Islands

Yemen
Year Median age, years
Marshall Islands Yemen
1960 17.4 19.7
1961 17 19.6
1962 16.7 19.6
1963 16.4 19.5
1964 16.3 19.4
1965 16.3 19.3
1966 16.4 19.2
1967 16.6 19.1
1968 16.9 18.9
1969 17.2 18.7
1970 17.4 18.4
1971 17.1 18.1
1972 16.6 17.8
1973 16.2 17.6
1974 16 17.3
1975 15.9 17
1976 15.7 16.8
1977 15.5 16.6
1978 15.3 16.3
1979 15.1 16.1
1980 15 15.9
1981 14.9 15.7
1982 14.9 15.5
1983 14.9 15.3
1984 14.8 15.1
1985 14.8 15
1986 14.7 14.9
1987 14.7 14.8
1988 14.7 14.7
1989 14.8 14.6
1990 14.9 14.6
1991 15.2 14.6
1992 15.4 14.6
1993 15.8 14.6
1994 16.1 14.6
1995 16.5 14.7
1996 16.9 14.8
1997 17.2 14.9
1998 17.6 15
1999 17.9 15.2
2000 18.2 15.4
2001 18.5 15.6
2002 18.8 15.8
2003 19.1 16
2004 19.4 16.2
2005 19.7 16.4
2006 19.9 16.7
2007 20.2 16.9
2008 20.4 17.2
2009 20.5 17.4
2010 20.6 17.7
2011 20.6 17.9
2012 20.8 18.1
2013 21 18.3
2014 21.3 18.5
2015 21.6 18.7
2016 21.9 18.8
2017 22.2 18.9
2018 22.4 19
2019 22.6 19.1
2020 22.6 19.1
2021 22.5 19.1
2022 22.2 19.2
2023 21.9 19.2
2024 21.8 19.3

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National statistics comparison

Finance

Marshall Islands Yemen
GNI, Atlas method
$315M
2024
$25.3B
2018
Government expenditure, % of GDP
71.9%
2025
9.59%
2025
Education expenditure, % of GDP
7.7%
2022
5.46%
2012
Military expenditure, % of GDP n/a
3.97%
2014
Armed forces personnel n/a
40,000
2020
Deficit/surplus, % of GDP
+0.51%
2025
-3.73%
2025
Unemployment rate
9.82%
2021
13.5%
2014
Services, % of GDP
70.5%
2023
41.8%
2018
Industry, % of GDP
11.1%
2023
25.4%
2018
Economic freedom index
58
2025
53.7
2015
Income share by richest 10%
27.5%
2019
29.4%
2014
Income share by poorest 10%
2.8%
2019
3%
2014
Total reserves including gold n/a
$1.25B
2022
Personal remittances received
$34.5M
2024
$3.43B
2024
International tourist arrivals
6,099
2019
398,000
2015
International tourism as share of exports
15.6%
2018
12.4%
2016
Banked people share n/a
11.9%
2022

Energy

Marshall Islands Yemen
Energy use, kg of oil equivalent per capita
615 kg
2007
68.9 kg
2022
GDP PPP per kg equivalent of energy use
$5.38
2007
$11.2
2013
Carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions
0 megatons
2023
10.9 megatons
2023
CO2 emissions per capita
0 tons
2023
0.28 tons
2023
Fossil fuel energy use share
0%
2007
93.1%
2022
Renewable energy use share
12.2%
2022
3.7%
2021
Alternative and nuclear energy use share n/a
1.64%
2022
Net energy imports use share n/a
-11%
2022
Electric power consumption per capita n/a
54 kWh
2022
Renewable electricity output share
2.43%
2021
21.1%
2021
Hydroelectric share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Nuclear share
0%
2021
0%
2021
Electricity access
100%
2023
83.6%
2023

Society

Marshall Islands Yemen
% of world population
0.0005%
2024
0.5%
2024
Annual migration change
-1,765
2024
-10,482
2024
Urban population
79.2%
2024
40.5%
2024
Male:Female ratio
50:50
2024
50:50
2024
Average male height
5.42 ft
2025
5.39 ft
2025
Average female height
5.08 ft
2025
5.08 ft
2025
Quality of life index
46.9
2025
16.1
2025
Corruption Perceptions Index
64
2025
13
2024
Higher education index n/a
20
2025
Homicides per 100K people
4.01
1994
6.31
2013
Road traffic mortality per 100K people
5.7
2013
29.4
2019
Visa free countries
126
2025
46
2025
Adult literacy rate
95.8%
2021
54.1%
2004
English speaking
98.3%
2023
9%
2023
People using the Internet
65.7%
2023
13.8%
2020

Health

Marshall Islands Yemen
Government health expenditure per capita
$758
2022
$38.1
2022
Out-of-pocket health expenditure per capita
$9.1
2022
$26.8
2022
Life expectancy
67.2 years
2025
69.6 years
2025
Foreign aid share of health expenditure
60.1%
2022
23.9%
2022
Physicians per 1,000 people
0.46
2012
0.29
2014
Age at first childbirth
20.7 years
2017
20.8 years
2025
Maternal mortality per 100K births
155
2023
118
2023
Mortality rate before reaching 5 years of age, per 1,000 live births
28.2
2023
39.3
2023
Obesity rate
47.1%
2022
14.1%
2022
Diabetes prevalence
25.7%
2024
5.5%
2024
Air quality index
100
2025
31
2025
Tobacco use prevalence
29.8%
2022
21.4%
2022
Pure alcohol consumption per capita n/a
0.04 liters
2020

Territory

Marshall Islands Yemen
% of world land
0.0001%
2025
0.35%
2025
Land area per capita
1,851 sq mi
2024
5,023 sq mi
2024
Agricultural land area
27 sq mi
2025
90,549 sq mi
2025
Forest area
36.3 sq mi
2025
2,120 sq mi
2025
Roads length
1,260 mi
2007
n/a

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