The latest officially reported population of the Marshall Islands was 37,548 in 2024 vs 3,524,788 people in Mongolia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Marshall Islands' population is 36,281 people compared to 3,599,274 in Mongolia.
Population statistics:
- Mongolia's population is 99.2 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- The Marshall Islands is ranked the 192nd most populous country in the world, while Mongolia is the 132nd.
- The countries together account for 0.04% of the world: 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands vs 0.04% for Mongolia.
- For the last 10 years, the Marshall Islands has had an average growth rate of -2.69% per year vs +1.79% in Mongolia.
- Since 2005, the population of the Marshall Islands has decreased from 51.9K people to 36.3K (30.1% decline), while Mongolia has grown from 2.54M to 3.6M (41.9% growth).
- Mongolia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 5.6M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.
Marshall Islands vs Mongolia: live population counter
Marshall Islands
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Mongolia
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|---|---|---|
| Current population |
36281
|
3599274
|
| Population rank | 192/197 | 132/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0004% | 0.04% |
| One net population change |
6.85 hours
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12 minutes
|
| One birth every |
10.7 hours
|
7.95 minutes
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| One death every |
1.35 days
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27.5 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.96 hours
|
4.4 days
|
| Annual migration change | -1,765 | +83 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +120 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,279 | +43,643 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -3.29% | +1.25% |
| Population growth rate rank | 197/197 | 88/197 |
the Marshall Islands and Mongolia: population history and growth rate by year chart
Marshall Islands
Population
Growth rate
Mongolia
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Marshall Islands
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Mongolia
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Marshall Islands
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Mongolia
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| 1960 | 14,703 | 977,595 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,219 | 1,009,284 | 3.51% | 3.24% |
| 1962 | 15,755 | 1,041,444 | 3.52% | 3.19% |
| 1963 | 16,302 | 1,071,362 | 3.47% | 2.87% |
| 1964 | 16,852 | 1,100,234 | 3.37% | 2.69% |
| 1965 | 17,402 | 1,131,177 | 3.26% | 2.81% |
| 1966 | 17,927 | 1,163,754 | 3.02% | 2.88% |
| 1967 | 18,655 | 1,196,996 | 4.06% | 2.86% |
| 1968 | 19,862 | 1,229,930 | 6.47% | 2.75% |
| 1969 | 21,305 | 1,262,284 | 7.27% | 2.63% |
| 1970 | 22,530 | 1,295,272 | 5.75% | 2.61% |
| 1971 | 23,366 | 1,330,071 | 3.71% | 2.69% |
| 1972 | 23,992 | 1,366,821 | 2.68% | 2.76% |
| 1973 | 24,581 | 1,405,502 | 2.45% | 2.83% |
| 1974 | 25,296 | 1,446,050 | 2.91% | 2.88% |
| 1975 | 26,154 | 1,488,296 | 3.39% | 2.92% |
| 1976 | 27,021 | 1,531,945 | 3.31% | 2.93% |
| 1977 | 27,906 | 1,576,245 | 3.28% | 2.89% |
| 1978 | 28,809 | 1,619,468 | 3.24% | 2.74% |
| 1979 | 29,738 | 1,660,659 | 3.22% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 30,774 | 1,701,335 | 3.48% | 2.45% |
| 1981 | 32,017 | 1,742,857 | 4.04% | 2.44% |
| 1982 | 33,397 | 1,785,364 | 4.31% | 2.44% |
| 1983 | 34,811 | 1,829,092 | 4.23% | 2.45% |
| 1984 | 36,264 | 1,874,349 | 4.17% | 2.47% |
| 1985 | 37,761 | 1,921,514 | 4.13% | 2.52% |
| 1986 | 39,286 | 1,970,965 | 4.04% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 40,828 | 2,022,800 | 3.93% | 2.63% |
| 1988 | 42,321 | 2,076,322 | 3.66% | 2.65% |
| 1989 | 43,586 | 2,124,185 | 2.99% | 2.31% |
| 1990 | 44,629 | 2,098,710 | 2.39% | -1.2% |
| 1991 | 45,568 | 2,165,342 | 2.1% | 3.17% |
| 1992 | 46,388 | 2,167,790 | 1.8% | 0.11% |
| 1993 | 47,093 | 2,165,130 | 1.52% | -0.12% |
| 1994 | 47,712 | 2,189,395 | 1.31% | 1.12% |
| 1995 | 48,266 | 2,224,945 | 1.16% | 1.62% |
| 1996 | 48,775 | 2,259,507 | 1.05% | 1.55% |
| 1997 | 49,259 | 2,291,750 | 0.99% | 1.43% |
| 1998 | 49,717 | 2,323,809 | 0.93% | 1.4% |
| 1999 | 50,202 | 2,356,813 | 0.98% | 1.42% |
| 2000 | 50,706 | 2,388,299 | 1% | 1.34% |
| 2001 | 51,123 | 2,417,751 | 0.82% | 1.23% |
| 2002 | 51,425 | 2,449,027 | 0.59% | 1.29% |
| 2003 | 51,639 | 2,480,374 | 0.42% | 1.28% |
| 2004 | 51,791 | 2,508,412 | 0.29% | 1.13% |
| 2005 | 51,906 | 2,536,407 | 0.22% | 1.12% |
| 2006 | 51,992 | 2,567,168 | 0.17% | 1.21% |
| 2007 | 52,035 | 2,601,850 | 0.08% | 1.35% |
| 2008 | 52,030 | 2,643,201 | -0.01% | 1.59% |
| 2009 | 52,019 | 2,691,115 | -0.02% | 1.81% |
| 2010 | 52,044 | 2,738,622 | 0.05% | 1.77% |
| 2011 | 51,907 | 2,786,317 | -0.26% | 1.74% |
| 2012 | 51,419 | 2,839,705 | -0.94% | 1.92% |
| 2013 | 50,681 | 2,899,011 | -1.44% | 2.09% |
| 2014 | 49,796 | 2,963,113 | -1.75% | 2.21% |
| 2015 | 48,800 | 3,026,864 | -2% | 2.15% |
| 2016 | 47,709 | 3,088,856 | -2.24% | 2.05% |
| 2017 | 46,529 | 3,148,917 | -2.47% | 1.94% |
| 2018 | 45,285 | 3,208,189 | -2.67% | 1.88% |
| 2019 | 44,007 | 3,267,673 | -2.82% | 1.85% |
| 2020 | 42,706 | 3,327,204 | -2.96% | 1.82% |
| 2021 | 41,367 | 3,383,741 | -3.14% | 1.7% |
| 2022 | 40,077 | 3,433,748 | -3.12% | 1.48% |
| 2023 | 38,827 | 3,481,145 | -3.12% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 37,548 | 3,524,788 | -3.29% | 1.25% |
| 2025 | 36,281 | 3,566,934 | -3.37% | 1.2% |
| 2026 | 35,078 | 3,607,194 | -3.32% | 1.13% |
| 2027 | 33,976 | 3,646,133 | -3.14% | 1.08% |
| 2028 | 32,977 | 3,684,133 | -2.94% | 1.04% |
| 2029 | 32,054 | 3,721,196 | -2.8% | 1.01% |
| 2030 | 31,191 | 3,757,736 | -2.69% | 0.98% |
| 2031 | 30,420 | 3,793,979 | -2.47% | 0.96% |
| 2032 | 29,740 | 3,830,403 | -2.23% | 0.96% |
| 2033 | 29,142 | 3,867,674 | -2.01% | 0.97% |
| 2034 | 28,608 | 3,905,872 | -1.83% | 0.99% |
| 2035 | 28,147 | 3,944,896 | -1.61% | 1% |
| 2036 | 27,751 | 3,984,836 | -1.41% | 1.01% |
| 2037 | 27,405 | 4,025,966 | -1.25% | 1.03% |
| 2038 | 27,092 | 4,067,894 | -1.14% | 1.04% |
| 2039 | 26,836 | 4,110,455 | -0.94% | 1.05% |
| 2040 | 26,598 | 4,153,587 | -0.89% | 1.05% |
| 2041 | 26,396 | 4,197,027 | -0.76% | 1.05% |
| 2042 | 26,217 | 4,240,723 | -0.68% | 1.04% |
| 2043 | 26,054 | 4,284,073 | -0.62% | 1.02% |
| 2044 | 25,913 | 4,327,016 | -0.54% | 1% |
| 2045 | 25,777 | 4,369,833 | -0.52% | 0.99% |
| 2046 | 25,653 | 4,411,717 | -0.48% | 0.96% |
| 2047 | 25,543 | 4,452,180 | -0.43% | 0.92% |
| 2048 | 25,429 | 4,491,289 | -0.45% | 0.88% |
| 2049 | 25,311 | 4,529,071 | -0.46% | 0.84% |
| 2050 | 25,195 | 4,565,277 | -0.46% | 0.8% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Mongolia gained 490,457 people (a 19.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Mongolia's population increased by 572,410 (a 18.9% growth).
The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Mongolia was ranked 137th in 2005 and ranked 132nd now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Marshall Islands' population will shrink by 30.6% to 25,195 people with a rank change from 192nd to 193rd. The population of Mongolia will increase by 26.8% to 4,565,277 people and rank change from 132nd to 130th.
Biggest cities by population
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Majuro | 30K |
| Djarrit | 7.1K |
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Mongolia
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Ulaanbaatar | 1.4M |
| Bulgan | 12.3K |
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Population differences between the Marshall Islands and Mongolia
|
Marshall Islands
|
Mongolia
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.2 years | 72.2 years |
| Average age | 27.5 years | 29.6 years |
| Median age | 21.8 years | 27.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.2:48.8 | 49.9:50.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.92 births per woman | 2.7 births per woman |
| Population density | 540 ppl/mi² | 5.86 ppl/mi² |
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