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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Netherlands	Marshall Islands	Netherlands
1960	14,703	11,486,631	-	-
1961	15,219	11,638,712	3.51%	1.32%
1962	15,755	11,805,689	3.52%	1.43%
1963	16,302	11,965,966	3.47%	1.36%
1964	16,852	12,127,120	3.37%	1.35%
1965	17,402	12,294,732	3.26%	1.38%
1966	17,927	12,456,251	3.02%	1.31%
1967	18,655	12,598,201	4.06%	1.14%
1968	19,862	12,729,721	6.47%	1.04%
1969	21,305	12,877,984	7.27%	1.16%
1970	22,530	13,038,526	5.75%	1.25%
1971	23,366	13,194,497	3.71%	1.2%
1972	23,992	13,328,593	2.68%	1.02%
1973	24,581	13,439,322	2.45%	0.83%
1974	25,296	13,545,056	2.91%	0.79%
1975	26,154	13,666,335	3.39%	0.9%
1976	27,021	13,774,037	3.31%	0.79%
1977	27,906	13,856,185	3.28%	0.6%
1978	28,809	13,941,700	3.24%	0.62%
1979	29,738	14,038,270	3.22%	0.69%
1980	30,774	14,149,800	3.48%	0.79%
1981	32,017	14,247,208	4.04%	0.69%
1982	33,397	14,312,690	4.31%	0.46%
1983	34,811	14,367,070	4.23%	0.38%
1984	36,264	14,424,211	4.17%	0.4%
1985	37,761	14,491,632	4.13%	0.47%
1986	39,286	14,572,278	4.04%	0.56%
1987	40,828	14,665,037	3.93%	0.64%
1988	42,321	14,760,094	3.66%	0.65%
1989	43,586	14,848,907	2.99%	0.6%
1990	44,629	14,951,510	2.39%	0.69%
1991	45,568	15,069,798	2.1%	0.79%
1992	46,388	15,184,166	1.8%	0.76%
1993	47,093	15,290,368	1.52%	0.7%
1994	47,712	15,382,838	1.31%	0.6%
1995	48,266	15,459,006	1.16%	0.5%
1996	48,775	15,530,498	1.05%	0.46%
1997	49,259	15,610,650	0.99%	0.52%
1998	49,717	15,707,209	0.93%	0.62%
1999	50,202	15,812,088	0.98%	0.67%
2000	50,706	15,925,513	1%	0.72%
2001	51,123	16,046,180	0.82%	0.76%
2002	51,425	16,148,929	0.59%	0.64%
2003	51,639	16,225,302	0.42%	0.47%
2004	51,791	16,281,779	0.29%	0.35%
2005	51,906	16,319,868	0.22%	0.23%
2006	51,992	16,346,101	0.17%	0.16%
2007	52,035	16,381,696	0.08%	0.22%
2008	52,030	16,445,593	-0.01%	0.39%
2009	52,019	16,530,388	-0.02%	0.52%
2010	52,044	16,615,394	0.05%	0.51%
2011	51,907	16,693,074	-0.26%	0.47%
2012	51,419	16,754,962	-0.94%	0.37%
2013	50,681	16,804,432	-1.44%	0.3%
2014	49,796	16,865,008	-1.75%	0.36%
2015	48,800	16,939,923	-2%	0.44%
2016	47,709	17,030,314	-2.24%	0.53%
2017	46,529	17,131,296	-2.47%	0.59%
2018	45,285	17,231,624	-2.67%	0.59%
2019	44,007	17,344,874	-2.82%	0.66%
2020	42,706	17,441,500	-2.96%	0.56%
2021	41,367	17,533,044	-3.14%	0.52%
2022	40,077	17,700,982	-3.12%	0.96%
2023	38,827	17,877,117	-3.12%	1%
2024	37,548	17,994,237	-3.29%	0.66%
2025	36,281	18,110,800	-3.37%	0.65%
2026	35,078	18,211,436	-3.32%	0.56%
2027	33,976	18,299,531	-3.14%	0.48%
2028	32,977	18,379,573	-2.94%	0.44%
2029	32,054	18,452,044	-2.8%	0.39%
2030	31,191	18,515,913	-2.69%	0.35%
2031	30,420	18,571,934	-2.47%	0.3%
2032	29,740	18,621,087	-2.23%	0.26%
2033	29,142	18,664,975	-2.01%	0.24%
2034	28,608	18,702,456	-1.83%	0.2%
2035	28,147	18,733,223	-1.61%	0.16%
2036	27,751	18,760,054	-1.41%	0.14%
2037	27,405	18,781,793	-1.25%	0.12%
2038	27,092	18,798,283	-1.14%	0.09%
2039	26,836	18,810,276	-0.94%	0.06%
2040	26,598	18,817,745	-0.89%	0.04%
2041	26,396	18,820,870	-0.76%	0.02%
2042	26,217	18,819,607	-0.68%	-0.007%
2043	26,054	18,815,261	-0.62%	-0.02%
2044	25,913	18,807,564	-0.54%	-0.04%
2045	25,777	18,797,005	-0.52%	-0.06%
2046	25,653	18,785,724	-0.48%	-0.06%
2047	25,543	18,771,651	-0.43%	-0.07%
2048	25,429	18,754,325	-0.45%	-0.09%
2049	25,311	18,735,299	-0.46%	-0.1%
2050	25,195	18,714,579	-0.46%	-0.11%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while the Netherlands gained 620,055 people (a 3.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while the Netherlands' population increased by 1,251,715 (a 7.39% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. The Netherlands was ranked 61st in 2005 and ranked 72nd 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 the Netherlands will increase by 2.87% to 18,714,579 people and rank change from 72nd to 77th.