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Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to the Marshall Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guinea-Bissau was 2,201,352 in 2024 vs 37,548 people in the Marshall Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guinea-Bissau's population is 2,288,306 people compared to 36,281 in the Marshall Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Guinea-Bissau's population is 63.1 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • Guinea-Bissau is ranked the 146th most populous country in the world, while the Marshall Islands is the 192nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.03% of the world: 0.03% for Guinea-Bissau vs 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Guinea-Bissau has had an average growth rate of +2.4% per year vs -2.69% in the Marshall Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guinea-Bissau has increased from 1.38M people to 2.29M (65.6% growth), while the Marshall Islands has declined from 51.9K to 36.3K (30.1% decline).
  • Guinea-Bissau is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 4.67M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.

Guinea-Bissau vs Marshall Islands: live population counter

Guinea-Bissau Marshall Islands
Current population
2288306
36281
Population rank 146/197 192/197
Percent of world population 0.03% 0.0004%
One net population change
10.9 minutes
6.85 hours
One birth every
8.13 minutes
10.7 hours
One death every
34.6 minutes
1.35 days
One migration net change every
5.12 hours
4.96 hours
Annual migration change -1,712 -1,765
Daily growth/decline +132 -4
Annual growth/decline +48,013 -1,279
Annual growth/decline rate +2.23% -3.29%
Population growth rate rank 44/197 197/197

Guinea-Bissau and the Marshall Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Guinea-Bissau
Population

Growth rate
Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guinea-Bissau Marshall Islands Guinea-Bissau Marshall Islands
1960 577,633 14,703 - -
1961 582,532 15,219 0.85% 3.51%
1962 589,474 15,755 1.19% 3.52%
1963 594,418 16,302 0.84% 3.47%
1964 588,543 16,852 -0.99% 3.37%
1965 575,005 17,402 -2.3% 3.26%
1966 566,908 17,927 -1.41% 3.02%
1967 569,011 18,655 0.37% 4.06%
1968 578,170 19,862 1.61% 6.47%
1969 581,610 21,305 0.59% 7.27%
1970 584,403 22,530 0.48% 5.75%
1971 586,221 23,366 0.31% 3.71%
1972 586,620 23,992 0.07% 2.68%
1973 592,808 24,581 1.05% 2.45%
1974 613,338 25,296 3.46% 2.91%
1975 650,966 26,154 6.13% 3.39%
1976 694,191 27,021 6.64% 3.31%
1977 741,789 27,906 6.86% 3.28%
1978 791,694 28,809 6.73% 3.24%
1979 819,867 29,738 3.56% 3.22%
1980 829,303 30,774 1.15% 3.48%
1981 842,432 32,017 1.58% 4.04%
1982 855,891 33,397 1.6% 4.31%
1983 869,592 34,811 1.6% 4.23%
1984 883,519 36,264 1.6% 4.17%
1985 897,697 37,761 1.6% 4.13%
1986 912,126 39,286 1.61% 4.04%
1987 926,862 40,828 1.62% 3.93%
1988 942,061 42,321 1.64% 3.66%
1989 957,789 43,586 1.67% 2.99%
1990 973,669 44,629 1.66% 2.39%
1991 994,639 45,568 2.15% 2.1%
1992 1,024,356 46,388 2.99% 1.8%
1993 1,058,745 47,093 3.36% 1.52%
1994 1,092,031 47,712 3.14% 1.31%
1995 1,119,949 48,266 2.56% 1.16%
1996 1,143,535 48,775 2.11% 1.05%
1997 1,165,545 49,259 1.92% 0.99%
1998 1,187,473 49,717 1.88% 0.93%
1999 1,210,206 50,202 1.91% 0.98%
2000 1,234,741 50,706 2.03% 1%
2001 1,261,273 51,123 2.15% 0.82%
2002 1,289,307 51,425 2.22% 0.59%
2003 1,318,806 51,639 2.29% 0.42%
2004 1,349,563 51,791 2.33% 0.29%
2005 1,381,585 51,906 2.37% 0.22%
2006 1,415,303 51,992 2.44% 0.17%
2007 1,450,986 52,035 2.52% 0.08%
2008 1,488,054 52,030 2.55% -0.01%
2009 1,526,377 52,019 2.58% -0.02%
2010 1,566,347 52,044 2.62% 0.05%
2011 1,608,076 51,907 2.66% -0.26%
2012 1,651,417 51,419 2.7% -0.94%
2013 1,695,973 50,681 2.7% -1.44%
2014 1,741,122 49,796 2.66% -1.75%
2015 1,786,457 48,800 2.6% -2%
2016 1,831,893 47,709 2.54% -2.24%
2017 1,877,072 46,529 2.47% -2.47%
2018 1,922,168 45,285 2.4% -2.67%
2019 1,967,696 44,007 2.37% -2.82%
2020 2,013,255 42,706 2.32% -2.96%
2021 2,058,841 41,367 2.26% -3.14%
2022 2,105,529 40,077 2.27% -3.12%
2023 2,153,339 38,827 2.27% -3.12%
2024 2,201,352 37,548 2.23% -3.29%
2025 2,249,512 36,281 2.19% -3.37%
2026 2,297,807 35,078 2.15% -3.32%
2027 2,346,190 33,976 2.11% -3.14%
2028 2,394,226 32,977 2.05% -2.94%
2029 2,441,574 32,054 1.98% -2.8%
2030 2,488,931 31,191 1.94% -2.69%
2031 2,536,893 30,420 1.93% -2.47%
2032 2,585,565 29,740 1.92% -2.23%
2033 2,634,701 29,142 1.9% -2.01%
2034 2,683,078 28,608 1.84% -1.83%
2035 2,730,136 28,147 1.75% -1.61%
2036 2,777,887 27,751 1.75% -1.41%
2037 2,826,159 27,405 1.74% -1.25%
2038 2,873,929 27,092 1.69% -1.14%
2039 2,921,973 26,836 1.67% -0.94%
2040 2,969,699 26,598 1.63% -0.89%
2041 3,016,537 26,396 1.58% -0.76%
2042 3,063,161 26,217 1.55% -0.68%
2043 3,109,927 26,054 1.53% -0.62%
2044 3,156,704 25,913 1.5% -0.54%
2045 3,204,242 25,777 1.51% -0.52%
2046 3,251,465 25,653 1.47% -0.48%
2047 3,298,563 25,543 1.45% -0.43%
2048 3,345,853 25,429 1.43% -0.45%
2049 3,392,557 25,311 1.4% -0.46%
2050 3,438,597 25,195 1.36% -0.46%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,519 (a 25.7% decline).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th 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) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of the Marshall Islands will decrease by 30.6% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.

Biggest cities by population

Guinea-Bissau
City Population
Bissau 492K
Bafata 29.6K

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