The latest officially reported population of the Marshall Islands was 37,548 in 2024 vs 6,916,140 people in Nicaragua in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Marshall Islands' population is 35,078 people compared to 7,098,301 in Nicaragua.
Population statistics:
- Nicaragua's population is 202.4 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- The Marshall Islands is ranked the 192nd most populous country in the world, while Nicaragua is the 107th.
- The countries together account for 0.09% of the world: 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands vs 0.09% for Nicaragua.
- For the last 10 years, the Marshall Islands has had an average growth rate of -2.69% per year vs +1.33% in Nicaragua.
- Since 2006, the population of the Marshall Islands has decreased from 52K people to 35.1K (32.5% decline), while Nicaragua has grown from 5.42M to 7.1M (31% growth).
- Nicaragua is projected to reach its peak in 2071 at 9.24M 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 Nicaragua: live population counter
Marshall Islands
|
Nicaragua
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
35078
|
7098301
|
| Population rank | 192/197 | 107/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0004% | 0.09% |
| One net population change |
6.85 hours
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5.68 minutes
|
| One birth every |
10.7 hours
|
3.98 minutes
|
| One death every |
1.35 days
|
16.8 minutes
|
| One migration net change every |
4.96 hours
|
1.07 hours
|
| Annual migration change | -1,765 | -8,189 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +253 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,279 | +92,527 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -3.29% | +1.36% |
| Population growth rate rank | 197/197 | 79/197 |
the Marshall Islands and Nicaragua: population history and growth rate by year chart
Marshall Islands
Population
Growth rate
Nicaragua
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Marshall Islands
|
Nicaragua
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Marshall Islands
|
Nicaragua
|
|
| 1960 | 14,703 | 1,782,370 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,219 | 1,836,451 | 3.51% | 3.03% |
| 1962 | 15,755 | 1,892,320 | 3.52% | 3.04% |
| 1963 | 16,302 | 1,950,159 | 3.47% | 3.06% |
| 1964 | 16,852 | 2,010,176 | 3.37% | 3.08% |
| 1965 | 17,402 | 2,072,681 | 3.26% | 3.11% |
| 1966 | 17,927 | 2,137,820 | 3.02% | 3.14% |
| 1967 | 18,655 | 2,205,567 | 4.06% | 3.17% |
| 1968 | 19,862 | 2,275,836 | 6.47% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 21,305 | 2,348,398 | 7.27% | 3.19% |
| 1970 | 22,530 | 2,423,065 | 5.75% | 3.18% |
| 1971 | 23,366 | 2,499,825 | 3.71% | 3.17% |
| 1972 | 23,992 | 2,573,578 | 2.68% | 2.95% |
| 1973 | 24,581 | 2,649,278 | 2.45% | 2.94% |
| 1974 | 25,296 | 2,732,075 | 2.91% | 3.13% |
| 1975 | 26,154 | 2,816,943 | 3.39% | 3.11% |
| 1976 | 27,021 | 2,903,851 | 3.31% | 3.09% |
| 1977 | 27,906 | 2,992,534 | 3.28% | 3.05% |
| 1978 | 28,809 | 3,080,314 | 3.24% | 2.93% |
| 1979 | 29,738 | 3,164,525 | 3.22% | 2.73% |
| 1980 | 30,774 | 3,252,403 | 3.48% | 2.78% |
| 1981 | 32,017 | 3,345,674 | 4.04% | 2.87% |
| 1982 | 33,397 | 3,438,745 | 4.31% | 2.78% |
| 1983 | 34,811 | 3,530,282 | 4.23% | 2.66% |
| 1984 | 36,264 | 3,619,104 | 4.17% | 2.52% |
| 1985 | 37,761 | 3,706,479 | 4.13% | 2.41% |
| 1986 | 39,286 | 3,794,157 | 4.04% | 2.37% |
| 1987 | 40,828 | 3,882,164 | 3.93% | 2.32% |
| 1988 | 42,321 | 3,972,320 | 3.66% | 2.32% |
| 1989 | 43,586 | 4,066,476 | 2.99% | 2.37% |
| 1990 | 44,629 | 4,162,559 | 2.39% | 2.36% |
| 1991 | 45,568 | 4,259,637 | 2.1% | 2.33% |
| 1992 | 46,388 | 4,357,026 | 1.8% | 2.29% |
| 1993 | 47,093 | 4,453,732 | 1.52% | 2.22% |
| 1994 | 47,712 | 4,549,316 | 1.31% | 2.15% |
| 1995 | 48,266 | 4,642,931 | 1.16% | 2.06% |
| 1996 | 48,775 | 4,729,974 | 1.05% | 1.87% |
| 1997 | 49,259 | 4,809,573 | 0.99% | 1.68% |
| 1998 | 49,717 | 4,883,655 | 0.93% | 1.54% |
| 1999 | 50,202 | 4,954,018 | 0.98% | 1.44% |
| 2000 | 50,706 | 5,022,633 | 1% | 1.39% |
| 2001 | 51,123 | 5,087,825 | 0.82% | 1.3% |
| 2002 | 51,425 | 5,149,909 | 0.59% | 1.22% |
| 2003 | 51,639 | 5,210,963 | 0.42% | 1.19% |
| 2004 | 51,791 | 5,272,912 | 0.29% | 1.19% |
| 2005 | 51,906 | 5,342,105 | 0.22% | 1.31% |
| 2006 | 51,992 | 5,418,855 | 0.17% | 1.44% |
| 2007 | 52,035 | 5,497,243 | 0.08% | 1.45% |
| 2008 | 52,030 | 5,576,593 | -0.01% | 1.44% |
| 2009 | 52,019 | 5,656,601 | -0.02% | 1.43% |
| 2010 | 52,044 | 5,737,450 | 0.05% | 1.43% |
| 2011 | 51,907 | 5,819,051 | -0.26% | 1.42% |
| 2012 | 51,419 | 5,901,287 | -0.94% | 1.41% |
| 2013 | 50,681 | 5,983,845 | -1.44% | 1.4% |
| 2014 | 49,796 | 6,066,492 | -1.75% | 1.38% |
| 2015 | 48,800 | 6,149,417 | -2% | 1.37% |
| 2016 | 47,709 | 6,232,666 | -2.24% | 1.35% |
| 2017 | 46,529 | 6,316,231 | -2.47% | 1.34% |
| 2018 | 45,285 | 6,400,080 | -2.67% | 1.33% |
| 2019 | 44,007 | 6,483,657 | -2.82% | 1.31% |
| 2020 | 42,706 | 6,565,267 | -2.96% | 1.26% |
| 2021 | 41,367 | 6,644,741 | -3.14% | 1.21% |
| 2022 | 40,077 | 6,730,654 | -3.12% | 1.29% |
| 2023 | 38,827 | 6,823,613 | -3.12% | 1.38% |
| 2024 | 37,548 | 6,916,140 | -3.29% | 1.36% |
| 2025 | 36,281 | 7,007,511 | -3.37% | 1.32% |
| 2026 | 35,078 | 7,097,335 | -3.32% | 1.28% |
| 2027 | 33,976 | 7,185,724 | -3.14% | 1.25% |
| 2028 | 32,977 | 7,272,691 | -2.94% | 1.21% |
| 2029 | 32,054 | 7,358,003 | -2.8% | 1.17% |
| 2030 | 31,191 | 7,441,612 | -2.69% | 1.14% |
| 2031 | 30,420 | 7,523,773 | -2.47% | 1.1% |
| 2032 | 29,740 | 7,604,398 | -2.23% | 1.07% |
| 2033 | 29,142 | 7,683,391 | -2.01% | 1.04% |
| 2034 | 28,608 | 7,760,901 | -1.83% | 1.01% |
| 2035 | 28,147 | 7,836,706 | -1.61% | 0.98% |
| 2036 | 27,751 | 7,910,787 | -1.41% | 0.95% |
| 2037 | 27,405 | 7,983,295 | -1.25% | 0.92% |
| 2038 | 27,092 | 8,054,140 | -1.14% | 0.89% |
| 2039 | 26,836 | 8,122,959 | -0.94% | 0.85% |
| 2040 | 26,598 | 8,189,916 | -0.89% | 0.82% |
| 2041 | 26,396 | 8,255,163 | -0.76% | 0.8% |
| 2042 | 26,217 | 8,318,515 | -0.68% | 0.77% |
| 2043 | 26,054 | 8,380,014 | -0.62% | 0.74% |
| 2044 | 25,913 | 8,439,720 | -0.54% | 0.71% |
| 2045 | 25,777 | 8,497,618 | -0.52% | 0.69% |
| 2046 | 25,653 | 8,553,413 | -0.48% | 0.66% |
| 2047 | 25,543 | 8,607,283 | -0.43% | 0.63% |
| 2048 | 25,429 | 8,659,292 | -0.45% | 0.6% |
| 2049 | 25,311 | 8,708,929 | -0.46% | 0.57% |
| 2050 | 25,195 | 8,756,439 | -0.46% | 0.55% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline), while Nicaragua gained 813,811 people (a 15% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Marshall Islands lost -12,631 (a 26.5% decline), while Nicaragua's population increased by 865,635 (a 13.9% growth).
The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2006 and is 192nd in 2026. Nicaragua was ranked 109th in 2006 and ranked 107th 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 Nicaragua will increase by 23.4% to 8,756,439 people and rank change from 107th to 109th.
Biggest cities by population
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Majuro | 30K |
| Djarrit | 7.1K |
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Population differences between the Marshall Islands and Nicaragua
|
Marshall Islands
|
Nicaragua
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.3 years | 75.4 years |
| Average age | 27.5 years | 29.3 years |
| Median age | 21.8 years | 26.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.2:48.8 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.92 births per woman | 2.22 births per woman |
| Population density | 540 ppl/mi² | 148.9 ppl/mi² |
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