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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Denmark was 5,976,992 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Denmark's population is 6,018,959 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Denmark's population is 165.9 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Denmark is ranked the 114th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.07% of the world: 0.07% for Denmark vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Denmark has had an average growth rate of +0.57% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Denmark has increased from 5.42M people to 6.02M (11.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Denmark is projected to reach its peak in 2042 at 6.14M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Denmark vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Denmark Marshall Islands
Current population
6018959
36281
Population rank 114/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.07% 0.0004%
One net population change
17.5 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
9.11 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
9.02 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
20.5 minutes
4.96 hours
Annual migration change +25,639 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +82 -4
Annual growth/decline +30,040 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +0.51% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 133/197 197/197

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

Denmark
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Denmark Marshall Islands Denmark Marshall Islands
1960 4,579,603 14,703 - -
1961 4,611,687 15,219 0.7% 3.51%
1962 4,647,727 15,755 0.78% 3.52%
1963 4,684,483 16,302 0.79% 3.47%
1964 4,722,072 16,852 0.8% 3.37%
1965 4,759,012 17,402 0.78% 3.26%
1966 4,797,381 17,927 0.81% 3.02%
1967 4,835,354 18,655 0.79% 4.06%
1968 4,864,883 19,862 0.61% 6.47%
1969 4,891,860 21,305 0.55% 7.27%
1970 4,928,757 22,530 0.75% 5.75%
1971 4,963,126 23,366 0.7% 3.71%
1972 4,991,596 23,992 0.57% 2.68%
1973 5,021,861 24,581 0.61% 2.45%
1974 5,045,297 25,296 0.47% 2.91%
1975 5,059,862 26,154 0.29% 3.39%
1976 5,072,596 27,021 0.25% 3.31%
1977 5,088,419 27,906 0.31% 3.28%
1978 5,104,248 28,809 0.31% 3.24%
1979 5,116,801 29,738 0.25% 3.22%
1980 5,123,027 30,774 0.12% 3.48%
1981 5,121,572 32,017 -0.03% 4.04%
1982 5,117,810 33,397 -0.07% 4.31%
1983 5,114,297 34,811 -0.07% 4.23%
1984 5,111,619 36,264 -0.05% 4.17%
1985 5,113,691 37,761 0.04% 4.13%
1986 5,120,534 39,286 0.13% 4.04%
1987 5,127,024 40,828 0.13% 3.93%
1988 5,129,516 42,321 0.05% 3.66%
1989 5,132,594 43,586 0.06% 2.99%
1990 5,140,939 44,629 0.16% 2.39%
1991 5,154,298 45,568 0.26% 2.1%
1992 5,171,370 46,388 0.33% 1.8%
1993 5,188,628 47,093 0.33% 1.52%
1994 5,206,180 47,712 0.34% 1.31%
1995 5,233,373 48,266 0.52% 1.16%
1996 5,263,074 48,775 0.57% 1.05%
1997 5,284,991 49,259 0.42% 0.99%
1998 5,304,219 49,717 0.36% 0.93%
1999 5,321,799 50,202 0.33% 0.98%
2000 5,339,616 50,706 0.33% 1%
2001 5,358,783 51,123 0.36% 0.82%
2002 5,375,931 51,425 0.32% 0.59%
2003 5,390,574 51,639 0.27% 0.42%
2004 5,404,523 51,791 0.26% 0.29%
2005 5,419,432 51,906 0.28% 0.22%
2006 5,437,272 51,992 0.33% 0.17%
2007 5,461,438 52,035 0.44% 0.08%
2008 5,493,621 52,030 0.59% -0.01%
2009 5,523,095 52,019 0.54% -0.02%
2010 5,547,683 52,044 0.45% 0.05%
2011 5,570,572 51,907 0.41% -0.26%
2012 5,591,572 51,419 0.38% -0.94%
2013 5,614,932 50,681 0.42% -1.44%
2014 5,643,475 49,796 0.51% -1.75%
2015 5,683,483 48,800 0.71% -2%
2016 5,728,010 47,709 0.78% -2.24%
2017 5,764,980 46,529 0.65% -2.47%
2018 5,793,636 45,285 0.5% -2.67%
2019 5,814,422 44,007 0.36% -2.82%
2020 5,831,404 42,706 0.29% -2.96%
2021 5,856,733 41,367 0.43% -3.14%
2022 5,903,037 40,077 0.79% -3.12%
2023 5,946,952 38,827 0.74% -3.12%
2024 5,976,992 37,548 0.51% -3.29%
2025 6,002,090 36,281 0.42% -3.37%
2026 6,023,091 35,078 0.35% -3.32%
2027 6,041,010 33,976 0.3% -3.14%
2028 6,056,755 32,977 0.26% -2.94%
2029 6,070,186 32,054 0.22% -2.8%
2030 6,081,559 31,191 0.19% -2.69%
2031 6,091,513 30,420 0.16% -2.47%
2032 6,099,943 29,740 0.14% -2.23%
2033 6,107,156 29,142 0.12% -2.01%
2034 6,113,785 28,608 0.11% -1.83%
2035 6,119,365 28,147 0.09% -1.61%
2036 6,123,874 27,751 0.07% -1.41%
2037 6,127,386 27,405 0.06% -1.25%
2038 6,130,437 27,092 0.05% -1.14%
2039 6,132,752 26,836 0.04% -0.94%
2040 6,134,223 26,598 0.02% -0.89%
2041 6,135,120 26,396 0.01% -0.76%
2042 6,135,315 26,217 0.003% -0.68%
2043 6,135,244 26,054 -0.001% -0.62%
2044 6,134,789 25,913 -0.007% -0.54%
2045 6,134,218 25,777 -0.009% -0.52%
2046 6,133,182 25,653 -0.02% -0.48%
2047 6,131,427 25,543 -0.03% -0.43%
2048 6,129,548 25,429 -0.03% -0.45%
2049 6,127,293 25,311 -0.04% -0.46%
2050 6,124,397 25,195 -0.05% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Denmark increased by 264,051 people (a 4.87% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Denmark gained 335,476 (a 5.9% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Denmark was ranked 108th most populous country in 2005 and is 114th 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) Denmark's population will grow by 1.75% to 6,124,397 people with a rank change from 114th to 119th. The population of the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

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