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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Marshall Islands was 37,548 in 2024 vs 29,651,054 people in Nepal in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Marshall Islands' population is 36,281 people compared to 29,627,185 in Nepal.

Population statistics:

  • Nepal's population is 817 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
  • The Marshall Islands is ranked the 192nd most populous country in the world, while Nepal is the 52nd.
  • The countries together account for 0.36% of the world: 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands vs 0.36% for Nepal.
  • For the last 10 years, the Marshall Islands has had an average growth rate of -2.69% per year vs +0.66% in Nepal.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Marshall Islands has decreased from 51.9K people to 36.3K (30.1% decline), while Nepal has grown from 26.3M to 29.6M (12.6% growth).
  • Nepal is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 35.8M 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 Nepal: live population counter

Marshall Islands Nepal
Current population
36281
29627185
Population rank 192/197 52/197
Percent of world population 0.0004% 0.36%
One net population change
6.85 hours
12.1 minutes
One birth every
10.7 hours
54.9 seconds
One death every
1.35 days
2.55 minutes
One migration net change every
4.96 hours
1.31 minutes
Annual migration change -1,765 -401,282
Daily growth/decline -4 -119
Annual growth/decline -1,279 -43,560
Annual growth/decline rate -3.29% -0.15%
Population growth rate rank 197/197 174/197

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

Marshall Islands
Population

Growth rate
Nepal
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Marshall Islands Nepal Marshall Islands Nepal
1960 14,703 10,123,658 - -
1961 15,219 10,318,396 3.51% 1.92%
1962 15,755 10,521,116 3.52% 1.96%
1963 16,302 10,729,818 3.47% 1.98%
1964 16,852 10,946,392 3.37% 2.02%
1965 17,402 11,173,411 3.26% 2.07%
1966 17,927 11,408,710 3.02% 2.11%
1967 18,655 11,652,716 4.06% 2.14%
1968 19,862 11,906,266 6.47% 2.18%
1969 21,305 12,167,036 7.27% 2.19%
1970 22,530 12,436,190 5.75% 2.21%
1971 23,366 12,710,061 3.71% 2.2%
1972 23,992 12,989,099 2.68% 2.2%
1973 24,581 13,275,239 2.45% 2.2%
1974 25,296 13,568,435 2.91% 2.21%
1975 26,154 13,870,695 3.39% 2.23%
1976 27,021 14,177,649 3.31% 2.21%
1977 27,906 14,499,175 3.28% 2.27%
1978 28,809 14,839,695 3.24% 2.35%
1979 29,738 15,190,590 3.22% 2.36%
1980 30,774 15,553,105 3.48% 2.39%
1981 32,017 15,922,423 4.04% 2.37%
1982 33,397 16,297,987 4.31% 2.36%
1983 34,811 16,689,119 4.23% 2.4%
1984 36,264 17,085,242 4.17% 2.37%
1985 37,761 17,477,692 4.13% 2.3%
1986 39,286 17,868,124 4.04% 2.23%
1987 40,828 18,250,505 3.93% 2.14%
1988 42,321 18,638,661 3.66% 2.13%
1989 43,586 19,057,807 2.99% 2.25%
1990 44,629 19,524,573 2.39% 2.45%
1991 45,568 20,036,500 2.1% 2.62%
1992 46,388 20,609,707 1.8% 2.86%
1993 47,093 21,180,159 1.52% 2.77%
1994 47,712 21,717,479 1.31% 2.54%
1995 48,266 22,245,439 1.16% 2.43%
1996 48,775 22,741,862 1.05% 2.23%
1997 49,259 23,219,463 0.99% 2.1%
1998 49,717 23,680,357 0.93% 1.98%
1999 50,202 24,125,199 0.98% 1.88%
2000 50,706 24,546,509 1% 1.75%
2001 51,123 24,946,748 0.82% 1.63%
2002 51,425 25,328,981 0.59% 1.53%
2003 51,639 25,688,758 0.42% 1.42%
2004 51,791 26,016,656 0.29% 1.28%
2005 51,906 26,309,458 0.22% 1.13%
2006 51,992 26,565,425 0.17% 0.97%
2007 52,035 26,788,492 0.08% 0.84%
2008 52,030 26,990,037 -0.01% 0.75%
2009 52,019 27,173,035 -0.02% 0.68%
2010 52,044 27,341,952 0.05% 0.62%
2011 51,907 27,464,494 -0.26% 0.45%
2012 51,419 27,534,915 -0.94% 0.26%
2013 50,681 27,589,996 -1.44% 0.2%
2014 49,796 27,672,370 -1.75% 0.3%
2015 48,800 27,823,629 -2% 0.55%
2016 47,709 27,955,462 -2.24% 0.47%
2017 46,529 28,011,258 -2.47% 0.2%
2018 45,285 28,079,689 -2.67% 0.24%
2019 44,007 28,414,064 -2.82% 1.19%
2020 42,706 28,966,574 -2.96% 1.94%
2021 41,367 29,475,010 -3.14% 1.76%
2022 40,077 29,715,436 -3.12% 0.82%
2023 38,827 29,694,614 -3.12% -0.07%
2024 37,548 29,651,054 -3.29% -0.15%
2025 36,281 29,618,120 -3.37% -0.11%
2026 35,078 29,629,406 -3.32% 0.04%
2027 33,976 29,727,164 -3.14% 0.33%
2028 32,977 29,947,588 -2.94% 0.74%
2029 32,054 30,232,115 -2.8% 0.95%
2030 31,191 30,509,999 -2.69% 0.92%
2031 30,420 30,780,916 -2.47% 0.89%
2032 29,740 31,045,411 -2.23% 0.86%
2033 29,142 31,304,035 -2.01% 0.83%
2034 28,608 31,555,068 -1.83% 0.8%
2035 28,147 31,798,003 -1.61% 0.77%
2036 27,751 32,033,714 -1.41% 0.74%
2037 27,405 32,262,286 -1.25% 0.71%
2038 27,092 32,484,801 -1.14% 0.69%
2039 26,836 32,700,695 -0.94% 0.66%
2040 26,598 32,909,540 -0.89% 0.64%
2041 26,396 33,112,254 -0.76% 0.62%
2042 26,217 33,309,062 -0.68% 0.59%
2043 26,054 33,499,440 -0.62% 0.57%
2044 25,913 33,683,331 -0.54% 0.55%
2045 25,777 33,861,058 -0.52% 0.53%
2046 25,653 34,032,994 -0.48% 0.51%
2047 25,543 34,197,261 -0.43% 0.48%
2048 25,429 34,352,077 -0.45% 0.45%
2049 25,311 34,500,201 -0.46% 0.43%
2050 25,195 34,642,021 -0.46% 0.41%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Nepal gained 1,514,171 people (a 5.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Nepal's population increased by 1,803,556 (a 6.48% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Nepal was ranked 43rd in 2005 and ranked 52nd 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 Nepal will increase by 16.9% to 34,642,021 people and rank change from 52nd to 58th.

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