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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	New Zealand	Marshall Islands	New Zealand
1960	14,703	2,371,800	-	-
1961	15,219	2,419,700	3.51%	2.02%
1962	15,755	2,482,000	3.52%	2.57%
1963	16,302	2,531,800	3.47%	2.01%
1964	16,852	2,585,400	3.37%	2.12%
1965	17,402	2,628,400	3.26%	1.66%
1966	17,927	2,675,900	3.02%	1.81%
1967	18,655	2,724,100	4.06%	1.8%
1968	19,862	2,748,100	6.47%	0.88%
1969	21,305	2,772,800	7.27%	0.9%
1970	22,530	2,810,700	5.75%	1.37%
1971	23,366	2,853,000	3.71%	1.5%
1972	23,992	2,903,900	2.68%	1.78%
1973	24,581	2,961,300	2.45%	1.98%
1974	25,296	3,023,700	2.91%	2.11%
1975	26,154	3,083,100	3.39%	1.96%
1976	27,021	3,110,500	3.31%	0.89%
1977	27,906	3,120,200	3.28%	0.31%
1978	28,809	3,121,200	3.24%	0.03%
1979	29,738	3,109,000	3.22%	-0.39%
1980	30,774	3,112,900	3.48%	0.13%
1981	32,017	3,124,900	4.04%	0.39%
1982	33,397	3,156,100	4.31%	1%
1983	34,811	3,199,300	4.23%	1.37%
1984	36,264	3,227,100	4.17%	0.87%
1985	37,761	3,247,100	4.13%	0.62%
1986	39,286	3,246,300	4.04%	-0.02%
1987	40,828	3,274,400	3.93%	0.87%
1988	42,321	3,283,400	3.66%	0.27%
1989	43,586	3,299,200	2.99%	0.48%
1990	44,629	3,329,800	2.39%	0.93%
1991	45,568	3,495,100	2.1%	4.96%
1992	46,388	3,531,700	1.8%	1.05%
1993	47,093	3,572,200	1.52%	1.15%
1994	47,712	3,620,000	1.31%	1.34%
1995	48,266	3,673,400	1.16%	1.48%
1996	48,775	3,732,000	1.05%	1.6%
1997	49,259	3,781,300	0.99%	1.32%
1998	49,717	3,815,000	0.93%	0.89%
1999	50,202	3,835,100	0.98%	0.53%
2000	50,706	3,857,700	1%	0.59%
2001	51,123	3,880,500	0.82%	0.59%
2002	51,425	3,948,500	0.59%	1.75%
2003	51,639	4,027,200	0.42%	1.99%
2004	51,791	4,087,500	0.29%	1.5%
2005	51,906	4,133,900	0.22%	1.14%
2006	51,992	4,184,600	0.17%	1.23%
2007	52,035	4,223,800	0.08%	0.94%
2008	52,030	4,259,800	-0.01%	0.85%
2009	52,019	4,302,600	-0.02%	1%
2010	52,044	4,350,700	0.05%	1.12%
2011	51,907	4,384,000	-0.26%	0.77%
2012	51,419	4,408,100	-0.94%	0.55%
2013	50,681	4,442,100	-1.44%	0.77%
2014	49,796	4,516,500	-1.75%	1.67%
2015	48,800	4,609,400	-2%	2.06%
2016	47,709	4,714,100	-2.24%	2.27%
2017	46,529	4,813,600	-2.47%	2.11%
2018	45,285	4,900,600	-2.67%	1.81%
2019	44,007	4,970,300	-2.82%	1.42%
2020	42,706	5,072,400	-2.96%	2.05%
2021	41,367	5,084,600	-3.14%	0.24%
2022	40,077	5,081,700	-3.12%	-0.06%
2023	38,827	5,200,000	-3.12%	2.33%
2024	37,548	5,287,500	-3.29%	1.68%
2025	36,281	5,325,989	-3.37%	0.73%
2026	35,078	5,362,071	-3.32%	0.68%
2027	33,976	5,395,933	-3.14%	0.63%
2028	32,977	5,427,327	-2.94%	0.58%
2029	32,054	5,456,502	-2.8%	0.54%
2030	31,191	5,483,630	-2.69%	0.5%
2031	30,420	5,509,118	-2.47%	0.46%
2032	29,740	5,533,087	-2.23%	0.44%
2033	29,142	5,555,912	-2.01%	0.41%
2034	28,608	5,577,658	-1.83%	0.39%
2035	28,147	5,598,481	-1.61%	0.37%
2036	27,751	5,618,949	-1.41%	0.37%
2037	27,405	5,638,796	-1.25%	0.35%
2038	27,092	5,658,606	-1.14%	0.35%
2039	26,836	5,677,983	-0.94%	0.34%
2040	26,598	5,696,537	-0.89%	0.33%
2041	26,396	5,715,286	-0.76%	0.33%
2042	26,217	5,733,881	-0.68%	0.33%
2043	26,054	5,750,997	-0.62%	0.3%
2044	25,913	5,766,545	-0.54%	0.27%
2045	25,777	5,780,970	-0.52%	0.25%
2046	25,653	5,794,046	-0.48%	0.23%
2047	25,543	5,805,663	-0.43%	0.2%
2048	25,429	5,816,692	-0.45%	0.19%
2049	25,311	5,826,512	-0.46%	0.17%
2050	25,195	5,836,471	-0.46%	0.17%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline), while New Zealand gained 529,500 people (a 12.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Marshall Islands lost -12,631 (a 26.5% decline), while New Zealand's population increased by 648,341 (a 13.8% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2006 and is 192nd in 2026. New Zealand was ranked 122nd in 2006 and ranked 125th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Marshall Islands' population will shrink by 28.2% to 25,195 people with a rank change from 192nd to 193rd. The population of New Zealand will increase by 8.84% to 5,836,471 people and rank change from 125th to 122nd.