Population in Australia compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Australia and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Australia	Marshall Islands	Australia	Marshall Islands
1960	10,276,477	14,703	-	-
1961	10,483,000	15,219	2.01%	3.51%
1962	10,742,000	15,755	2.47%	3.52%
1963	10,950,000	16,302	1.94%	3.47%
1964	11,167,000	16,852	1.98%	3.37%
1965	11,388,000	17,402	1.98%	3.26%
1966	11,651,000	17,927	2.31%	3.02%
1967	11,799,000	18,655	1.27%	4.06%
1968	12,009,000	19,862	1.78%	6.47%
1969	12,263,000	21,305	2.12%	7.27%
1970	12,507,000	22,530	1.99%	5.75%
1971	12,937,000	23,366	3.44%	3.71%
1972	13,177,000	23,992	1.86%	2.68%
1973	13,380,000	24,581	1.54%	2.45%
1974	13,723,000	25,296	2.56%	2.91%
1975	13,893,000	26,154	1.24%	3.39%
1976	14,033,000	27,021	1.01%	3.31%
1977	14,192,000	27,906	1.13%	3.28%
1978	14,358,000	28,809	1.17%	3.24%
1979	14,514,000	29,738	1.09%	3.22%
1980	14,692,000	30,774	1.23%	3.48%
1981	14,923,260	32,017	1.57%	4.04%
1982	15,184,247	33,397	1.75%	4.31%
1983	15,393,472	34,811	1.38%	4.23%
1984	15,579,391	36,264	1.21%	4.17%
1985	15,788,312	37,761	1.34%	4.13%
1986	16,018,350	39,286	1.46%	4.04%
1987	16,263,874	40,828	1.53%	3.93%
1988	16,532,164	42,321	1.65%	3.66%
1989	16,814,416	43,586	1.71%	2.99%
1990	17,065,128	44,629	1.49%	2.39%
1991	17,284,036	45,568	1.28%	2.1%
1992	17,478,635	46,388	1.13%	1.8%
1993	17,634,808	47,093	0.89%	1.52%
1994	17,805,468	47,712	0.97%	1.31%
1995	18,004,882	48,266	1.12%	1.16%
1996	18,224,767	48,775	1.22%	1.05%
1997	18,423,037	49,259	1.09%	0.99%
1998	18,607,584	49,717	1%	0.93%
1999	18,812,264	50,202	1.1%	0.98%
2000	19,028,802	50,706	1.15%	1%
2001	19,274,701	51,123	1.29%	0.82%
2002	19,495,210	51,425	1.14%	0.59%
2003	19,720,737	51,639	1.16%	0.42%
2004	19,932,722	51,791	1.07%	0.29%
2005	20,176,844	51,906	1.22%	0.22%
2006	20,450,966	51,992	1.36%	0.17%
2007	20,827,622	52,035	1.84%	0.08%
2008	21,249,199	52,030	2.02%	-0.01%
2009	21,691,653	52,019	2.08%	-0.02%
2010	22,031,750	52,044	1.57%	0.05%
2011	22,340,024	51,907	1.4%	-0.26%
2012	22,733,465	51,419	1.76%	-0.94%
2013	23,128,129	50,681	1.74%	-1.44%
2014	23,475,686	49,796	1.5%	-1.75%
2015	23,815,995	48,800	1.45%	-2%
2016	24,190,907	47,709	1.57%	-2.24%
2017	24,592,588	46,529	1.66%	-2.47%
2018	24,963,258	45,285	1.51%	-2.67%
2019	25,334,826	44,007	1.49%	-2.82%
2020	25,649,248	42,706	1.24%	-2.96%
2021	25,685,412	41,367	0.14%	-3.14%
2022	26,014,399	40,077	1.28%	-3.12%
2023	26,652,777	38,827	2.45%	-3.12%
2024	27,204,809	37,548	2.07%	-3.29%
2025	27,470,426	36,281	0.98%	-3.37%
2026	27,728,157	35,078	0.94%	-3.32%
2027	27,979,877	33,976	0.91%	-3.14%
2028	28,228,958	32,977	0.89%	-2.94%
2029	28,471,054	32,054	0.86%	-2.8%
2030	28,707,292	31,191	0.83%	-2.69%
2031	28,940,769	30,420	0.81%	-2.47%
2032	29,169,013	29,740	0.79%	-2.23%
2033	29,392,748	29,142	0.77%	-2.01%
2034	29,614,137	28,608	0.75%	-1.83%
2035	29,835,307	28,147	0.75%	-1.61%
2036	30,056,752	27,751	0.74%	-1.41%
2037	30,273,692	27,405	0.72%	-1.25%
2038	30,488,994	27,092	0.71%	-1.14%
2039	30,703,245	26,836	0.7%	-0.94%
2040	30,916,122	26,598	0.69%	-0.89%
2041	31,132,858	26,396	0.7%	-0.76%
2042	31,352,893	26,217	0.71%	-0.68%
2043	31,572,750	26,054	0.7%	-0.62%
2044	31,790,565	25,913	0.69%	-0.54%
2045	32,009,555	25,777	0.69%	-0.52%
2046	32,232,946	25,653	0.7%	-0.48%
2047	32,452,651	25,543	0.68%	-0.43%
2048	32,672,016	25,429	0.68%	-0.45%
2049	32,891,546	25,311	0.67%	-0.46%
2050	33,105,190	25,195	0.65%	-0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Australia increased by 3,639,151 people (a 18% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Australia gained 3,861,460 (a 16.2% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Australia was ranked 54th most populous country in 2005 and is 55th in 2025. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2005 and ranked 192nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Australia's population will grow by 19.6% to 33,105,190 people with a rank change from 55th to 59th. The population of the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.