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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Marshall Islands	Liberia	Marshall Islands
1960	1,139,522	14,703	-	-
1961	1,167,717	15,219	2.47%	3.51%
1962	1,197,039	15,755	2.51%	3.52%
1963	1,227,414	16,302	2.54%	3.47%
1964	1,258,745	16,852	2.55%	3.37%
1965	1,291,156	17,402	2.57%	3.26%
1966	1,324,383	17,927	2.57%	3.02%
1967	1,358,435	18,655	2.57%	4.06%
1968	1,393,530	19,862	2.58%	6.47%
1969	1,429,605	21,305	2.59%	7.27%
1970	1,466,676	22,530	2.59%	5.75%
1971	1,504,077	23,366	2.55%	3.71%
1972	1,542,670	23,992	2.57%	2.68%
1973	1,583,588	24,581	2.65%	2.45%
1974	1,626,362	25,296	2.7%	2.91%
1975	1,670,913	26,154	2.74%	3.39%
1976	1,717,060	27,021	2.76%	3.31%
1977	1,766,019	27,906	2.85%	3.28%
1978	1,818,247	28,809	2.96%	3.24%
1979	1,872,713	29,738	3%	3.22%
1980	1,929,253	30,774	3.02%	3.48%
1981	1,986,867	32,017	2.99%	4.04%
1982	2,045,073	33,397	2.93%	4.31%
1983	2,107,113	34,811	3.03%	4.23%
1984	2,173,312	36,264	3.14%	4.17%
1985	2,240,539	37,761	3.09%	4.13%
1986	2,308,511	39,286	3.03%	4.04%
1987	2,377,229	40,828	2.98%	3.93%
1988	2,446,941	42,321	2.93%	3.66%
1989	2,517,858	43,586	2.9%	2.99%
1990	2,223,667	44,629	-11.7%	2.39%
1991	1,956,518	45,568	-12%	2.1%
1992	2,072,461	46,388	5.93%	1.8%
1993	2,155,126	47,093	3.99%	1.52%
1994	2,149,928	47,712	-0.24%	1.31%
1995	2,169,162	48,266	0.89%	1.16%
1996	2,232,289	48,775	2.91%	1.05%
1997	2,412,989	49,259	8.09%	0.99%
1998	2,670,124	49,717	10.7%	0.93%
1999	2,821,684	50,202	5.68%	0.98%
2000	2,928,117	50,706	3.77%	1%
2001	3,015,338	51,123	2.98%	0.82%
2002	3,094,782	51,425	2.63%	0.59%
2003	3,119,532	51,639	0.8%	0.42%
2004	3,156,892	51,791	1.2%	0.29%
2005	3,301,015	51,906	4.57%	0.22%
2006	3,490,787	51,992	5.75%	0.17%
2007	3,669,050	52,035	5.11%	0.08%
2008	3,821,003	52,030	4.14%	-0.01%
2009	3,943,028	52,019	3.19%	-0.02%
2010	4,058,890	52,044	2.94%	0.05%
2011	4,221,178	51,907	4%	-0.26%
2012	4,373,043	51,419	3.6%	-0.94%
2013	4,470,239	50,681	2.22%	-1.44%
2014	4,564,293	49,796	2.1%	-1.75%
2015	4,659,431	48,800	2.08%	-2%
2016	4,755,608	47,709	2.06%	-2.24%
2017	4,848,925	46,529	1.96%	-2.47%
2018	4,944,726	45,285	1.98%	-2.67%
2019	5,043,721	44,007	2%	-2.82%
2020	5,149,463	42,706	2.1%	-2.96%
2021	5,259,323	41,367	2.13%	-3.14%
2022	5,373,294	40,077	2.17%	-3.12%
2023	5,493,031	38,827	2.23%	-3.12%
2024	5,612,817	37,548	2.18%	-3.29%
2025	5,731,211	36,281	2.11%	-3.37%
2026	5,853,958	35,078	2.14%	-3.32%
2027	5,986,805	33,976	2.27%	-3.14%
2028	6,118,769	32,977	2.2%	-2.94%
2029	6,245,093	32,054	2.06%	-2.8%
2030	6,366,293	31,191	1.94%	-2.69%
2031	6,486,749	30,420	1.89%	-2.47%
2032	6,614,257	29,740	1.97%	-2.23%
2033	6,744,927	29,142	1.98%	-2.01%
2034	6,873,688	28,608	1.91%	-1.83%
2035	7,003,567	28,147	1.89%	-1.61%
2036	7,142,326	27,751	1.98%	-1.41%
2037	7,278,759	27,405	1.91%	-1.25%
2038	7,408,720	27,092	1.79%	-1.14%
2039	7,545,510	26,836	1.85%	-0.94%
2040	7,681,693	26,598	1.8%	-0.89%
2041	7,817,089	26,396	1.76%	-0.76%
2042	7,954,182	26,217	1.75%	-0.68%
2043	8,077,173	26,054	1.55%	-0.62%
2044	8,194,136	25,913	1.45%	-0.54%
2045	8,310,657	25,777	1.42%	-0.52%
2046	8,428,924	25,653	1.42%	-0.48%
2047	8,552,033	25,543	1.46%	-0.43%
2048	8,673,963	25,429	1.43%	-0.45%
2049	8,795,838	25,311	1.41%	-0.46%
2050	8,910,539	25,195	1.3%	-0.46%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while the Marshall Islands lost 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while the Marshall Islands' population decreased by -12,631 (a 26.5% decline).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th 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) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of the Marshall Islands will decrease by 28.2% to 25,195 people and rank change from 192nd to 193rd.