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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Fiji	Marshall Islands	Fiji	Marshall Islands
1960	404,887	14,703	-	-
1961	417,406	15,219	3.09%	3.51%
1962	430,536	15,755	3.15%	3.52%
1963	444,276	16,302	3.19%	3.47%
1964	458,324	16,852	3.16%	3.37%
1965	472,575	17,402	3.11%	3.26%
1966	486,487	17,927	2.94%	3.02%
1967	498,873	18,655	2.55%	4.06%
1968	510,002	19,862	2.23%	6.47%
1969	520,797	21,305	2.12%	7.27%
1970	531,188	22,530	2%	5.75%
1971	541,121	23,366	1.87%	3.71%
1972	550,499	23,992	1.73%	2.68%
1973	559,222	24,581	1.58%	2.45%
1974	567,489	25,296	1.48%	2.91%
1975	575,906	26,154	1.48%	3.39%
1976	585,534	27,021	1.67%	3.31%
1977	597,805	27,906	2.1%	3.28%
1978	612,091	28,809	2.39%	3.24%
1979	626,862	29,738	2.41%	3.22%
1980	641,975	30,774	2.41%	3.48%
1981	657,471	32,017	2.41%	4.04%
1982	673,414	33,397	2.42%	4.31%
1983	689,835	34,811	2.44%	4.23%
1984	706,716	36,264	2.45%	4.17%
1985	723,761	37,761	2.41%	4.13%
1986	739,306	39,286	2.15%	4.04%
1987	750,540	40,828	1.52%	3.93%
1988	758,697	42,321	1.09%	3.66%
1989	766,321	43,586	1%	2.99%
1990	773,316	44,629	0.91%	2.39%
1991	779,656	45,568	0.82%	2.1%
1992	785,346	46,388	0.73%	1.8%
1993	790,369	47,093	0.64%	1.52%
1994	794,771	47,712	0.56%	1.31%
1995	798,746	48,266	0.5%	1.16%
1996	803,789	48,775	0.63%	1.05%
1997	812,139	49,259	1.04%	0.99%
1998	822,258	49,717	1.25%	0.93%
1999	831,828	50,202	1.16%	0.98%
2000	840,909	50,706	1.09%	1%
2001	849,596	51,123	1.03%	0.82%
2002	858,049	51,425	0.99%	0.59%
2003	866,286	51,639	0.96%	0.42%
2004	874,366	51,791	0.93%	0.29%
2005	882,379	51,906	0.92%	0.22%
2006	890,365	51,992	0.91%	0.17%
2007	897,832	52,035	0.84%	0.08%
2008	903,399	52,030	0.62%	-0.01%
2009	907,239	52,019	0.43%	-0.02%
2010	910,419	52,044	0.35%	0.05%
2011	912,989	51,907	0.28%	-0.26%
2012	914,918	51,419	0.21%	-0.94%
2013	916,352	50,681	0.16%	-1.44%
2014	917,585	49,796	0.13%	-1.75%
2015	918,578	48,800	0.11%	-2%
2016	919,166	47,709	0.06%	-2.24%
2017	918,759	46,529	-0.04%	-2.47%
2018	917,180	45,285	-0.17%	-2.67%
2019	914,899	44,007	-0.25%	-2.82%
2020	914,963	42,706	0.007%	-2.96%
2021	916,711	41,367	0.19%	-3.14%
2022	919,422	40,077	0.3%	-3.12%
2023	924,145	38,827	0.51%	-3.12%
2024	928,784	37,548	0.5%	-3.29%
2025	933,141	36,281	0.47%	-3.37%
2026	937,268	35,078	0.44%	-3.32%
2027	941,304	33,976	0.43%	-3.14%
2028	945,347	32,977	0.43%	-2.94%
2029	949,269	32,054	0.41%	-2.8%
2030	953,095	31,191	0.4%	-2.69%
2031	956,685	30,420	0.38%	-2.47%
2032	960,056	29,740	0.35%	-2.23%
2033	963,339	29,142	0.34%	-2.01%
2034	966,516	28,608	0.33%	-1.83%
2035	969,613	28,147	0.32%	-1.61%
2036	972,641	27,751	0.31%	-1.41%
2037	975,643	27,405	0.31%	-1.25%
2038	978,533	27,092	0.3%	-1.14%
2039	981,270	26,836	0.28%	-0.94%
2040	983,842	26,598	0.26%	-0.89%
2041	986,409	26,396	0.26%	-0.76%
2042	988,810	26,217	0.24%	-0.68%
2043	990,851	26,054	0.21%	-0.62%
2044	992,731	25,913	0.19%	-0.54%
2045	994,437	25,777	0.17%	-0.52%
2046	995,957	25,653	0.15%	-0.48%
2047	997,319	25,543	0.14%	-0.43%
2048	998,544	25,429	0.12%	-0.45%
2049	999,530	25,311	0.1%	-0.46%
2050	1,000,244	25,195	0.07%	-0.46%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Fiji increased by 28,801 people (a 3.23% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Fiji gained 18,146 (a 1.97% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,631 (a 26.5% decline).

Fiji was ranked 158th most populous country in 2006 and is 159th in 2026. The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th in 2006 and ranked 192nd now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Fiji's population will grow by 6.71% to 1,000,244 people with a rank change from 159th to 161st. The population of the Marshall Islands will decrease by 28.2% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.