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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Nigeria	Marshall Islands	Nigeria
1960	14,703	45,053,782	-	-
1961	15,219	45,989,310	3.51%	2.08%
1962	15,755	46,965,292	3.52%	2.12%
1963	16,302	47,973,575	3.47%	2.15%
1964	16,852	49,012,016	3.37%	2.16%
1965	17,402	50,086,764	3.26%	2.19%
1966	17,927	51,188,234	3.02%	2.2%
1967	18,655	52,293,065	4.06%	2.16%
1968	19,862	53,432,783	6.47%	2.18%
1969	21,305	54,631,914	7.27%	2.24%
1970	22,530	55,893,838	5.75%	2.31%
1971	23,366	57,214,684	3.71%	2.36%
1972	23,992	58,601,748	2.68%	2.42%
1973	24,581	60,082,139	2.45%	2.53%
1974	25,296	61,679,144	2.91%	2.66%
1975	26,154	63,410,815	3.39%	2.81%
1976	27,021	65,258,009	3.31%	2.91%
1977	27,906	67,234,590	3.28%	3.03%
1978	28,809	69,326,532	3.24%	3.11%
1979	29,738	71,498,242	3.22%	3.13%
1980	30,774	73,764,641	3.48%	3.17%
1981	32,017	76,068,103	4.04%	3.12%
1982	33,397	78,378,701	4.31%	3.04%
1983	34,811	80,438,260	4.23%	2.63%
1984	36,264	82,526,443	4.17%	2.6%
1985	37,761	84,897,973	4.13%	2.87%
1986	39,286	87,235,953	4.04%	2.75%
1987	40,828	89,591,716	3.93%	2.7%
1988	42,321	92,020,090	3.66%	2.71%
1989	43,586	94,531,014	2.99%	2.73%
1990	44,629	97,120,925	2.39%	2.74%
1991	45,568	99,720,162	2.1%	2.68%
1992	46,388	102,372,770	1.8%	2.66%
1993	47,093	105,122,069	1.52%	2.69%
1994	47,712	107,935,714	1.31%	2.68%
1995	48,266	110,819,428	1.16%	2.67%
1996	48,775	113,754,779	1.05%	2.65%
1997	49,259	116,754,792	0.99%	2.64%
1998	49,717	119,846,254	0.93%	2.65%
1999	50,202	123,047,320	0.98%	2.67%
2000	50,706	126,382,494	1%	2.71%
2001	51,123	129,862,595	0.82%	2.75%
2002	51,425	133,471,989	0.59%	2.78%
2003	51,639	137,202,644	0.42%	2.8%
2004	51,791	141,057,045	0.29%	2.81%
2005	51,906	145,017,253	0.22%	2.81%
2006	51,992	149,077,334	0.17%	2.8%
2007	52,035	153,267,261	0.08%	2.81%
2008	52,030	157,595,014	-0.01%	2.82%
2009	52,019	162,049,464	-0.02%	2.83%
2010	52,044	166,642,886	0.05%	2.83%
2011	51,907	171,379,598	-0.26%	2.84%
2012	51,419	176,200,625	-0.94%	2.81%
2013	50,681	181,049,443	-1.44%	2.75%
2014	49,796	185,896,915	-1.75%	2.68%
2015	48,800	190,671,878	-2%	2.57%
2016	47,709	195,443,700	-2.24%	2.5%
2017	46,529	200,254,579	-2.47%	2.46%
2018	45,285	204,938,755	-2.67%	2.34%
2019	44,007	209,485,641	-2.82%	2.22%
2020	42,706	213,996,181	-2.96%	2.15%
2021	41,367	218,529,286	-3.14%	2.12%
2022	40,077	223,150,896	-3.12%	2.11%
2023	38,827	227,882,945	-3.12%	2.12%
2024	37,548	232,679,478	-3.29%	2.1%
2025	36,281	237,527,783	-3.37%	2.08%
2026	35,078	242,431,830	-3.32%	2.06%
2027	33,976	247,374,258	-3.14%	2.04%
2028	32,977	252,346,128	-2.94%	2.01%
2029	32,054	257,352,638	-2.8%	1.98%
2030	31,191	262,380,975	-2.69%	1.95%
2031	30,420	267,421,079	-2.47%	1.92%
2032	29,740	272,483,635	-2.23%	1.89%
2033	29,142	277,555,116	-2.01%	1.86%
2034	28,608	282,622,388	-1.83%	1.83%
2035	28,147	287,685,757	-1.61%	1.79%
2036	27,751	292,739,390	-1.41%	1.76%
2037	27,405	297,773,236	-1.25%	1.72%
2038	27,092	302,782,350	-1.14%	1.68%
2039	26,836	307,764,754	-0.94%	1.65%
2040	26,598	312,710,403	-0.89%	1.61%
2041	26,396	317,607,237	-0.76%	1.57%
2042	26,217	322,450,302	-0.68%	1.52%
2043	26,054	327,243,941	-0.62%	1.49%
2044	25,913	331,983,354	-0.54%	1.45%
2045	25,777	336,662,502	-0.52%	1.41%
2046	25,653	341,281,757	-0.48%	1.37%
2047	25,543	345,844,004	-0.43%	1.34%
2048	25,429	350,347,757	-0.45%	1.3%
2049	25,311	354,792,418	-0.46%	1.27%
2050	25,195	359,185,550	-0.46%	1.24%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Nigeria gained 45,654,625 people (a 31.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Nigeria's population increased by 50,795,221 (a 26.6% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Nigeria was ranked 7th in 2005 and ranked 6th 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 Nigeria will increase by 48.8% to 359,185,550 people and rank change from 6th to 5th.