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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Papua New Guinea	Marshall Islands	Papua New Guinea
1960	14,703	1,995,110	-	-
1961	15,219	2,046,127	3.51%	2.56%
1962	15,755	2,093,919	3.52%	2.34%
1963	16,302	2,141,376	3.47%	2.27%
1964	16,852	2,188,325	3.37%	2.19%
1965	17,402	2,235,820	3.26%	2.17%
1966	17,927	2,285,774	3.02%	2.23%
1967	18,655	2,337,532	4.06%	2.26%
1968	19,862	2,390,803	6.47%	2.28%
1969	21,305	2,446,927	7.27%	2.35%
1970	22,530	2,505,628	5.75%	2.4%
1971	23,366	2,566,421	3.71%	2.43%
1972	23,992	2,628,432	2.68%	2.42%
1973	24,581	2,690,629	2.45%	2.37%
1974	25,296	2,752,671	2.91%	2.31%
1975	26,154	2,814,820	3.39%	2.26%
1976	27,021	2,877,327	3.31%	2.22%
1977	27,906	2,940,327	3.28%	2.19%
1978	28,809	3,003,714	3.24%	2.16%
1979	29,738	3,067,341	3.22%	2.12%
1980	30,774	3,131,512	3.48%	2.09%
1981	32,017	3,197,019	4.04%	2.09%
1982	33,397	3,264,291	4.31%	2.1%
1983	34,811	3,333,633	4.23%	2.12%
1984	36,264	3,405,198	4.17%	2.15%
1985	37,761	3,478,936	4.13%	2.17%
1986	39,286	3,554,793	4.04%	2.18%
1987	40,828	3,632,543	3.93%	2.19%
1988	42,321	3,711,880	3.66%	2.18%
1989	43,586	3,796,078	2.99%	2.27%
1990	44,629	3,896,481	2.39%	2.64%
1991	45,568	4,021,837	2.1%	3.22%
1992	46,388	4,166,699	1.8%	3.6%
1993	47,093	4,320,872	1.52%	3.7%
1994	47,712	4,480,208	1.31%	3.69%
1995	48,266	4,644,278	1.16%	3.66%
1996	48,775	4,813,361	1.05%	3.64%
1997	49,259	4,987,883	0.99%	3.63%
1998	49,717	5,166,390	0.93%	3.58%
1999	50,202	5,349,333	0.98%	3.54%
2000	50,706	5,537,064	1%	3.51%
2001	51,123	5,728,435	0.82%	3.46%
2002	51,425	5,924,003	0.59%	3.41%
2003	51,639	6,123,997	0.42%	3.38%
2004	51,791	6,328,041	0.29%	3.33%
2005	51,906	6,535,905	0.22%	3.28%
2006	51,992	6,747,720	0.17%	3.24%
2007	52,035	6,963,345	0.08%	3.2%
2008	52,030	7,183,002	-0.01%	3.15%
2009	52,019	7,406,438	-0.02%	3.11%
2010	52,044	7,633,523	0.05%	3.07%
2011	51,907	7,859,346	-0.26%	2.96%
2012	51,419	8,081,390	-0.94%	2.83%
2013	50,681	8,302,698	-1.44%	2.74%
2014	49,796	8,523,441	-1.75%	2.66%
2015	48,800	8,743,246	-2%	2.58%
2016	47,709	8,961,718	-2.24%	2.5%
2017	46,529	9,178,714	-2.47%	2.42%
2018	45,285	9,394,513	-2.67%	2.35%
2019	44,007	9,609,010	-2.82%	2.28%
2020	42,706	9,815,746	-2.96%	2.15%
2021	41,367	10,012,896	-3.14%	2.01%
2022	40,077	10,203,169	-3.12%	1.9%
2023	38,827	10,389,635	-3.12%	1.83%
2024	37,548	10,576,502	-3.29%	1.8%
2025	36,281	10,762,813	-3.37%	1.76%
2026	35,078	10,947,845	-3.32%	1.72%
2027	33,976	11,131,268	-3.14%	1.68%
2028	32,977	11,312,895	-2.94%	1.63%
2029	32,054	11,492,799	-2.8%	1.59%
2030	31,191	11,671,420	-2.69%	1.55%
2031	30,420	11,848,221	-2.47%	1.51%
2032	29,740	12,023,121	-2.23%	1.48%
2033	29,142	12,196,639	-2.01%	1.44%
2034	28,608	12,369,248	-1.83%	1.42%
2035	28,147	12,540,596	-1.61%	1.39%
2036	27,751	12,710,682	-1.41%	1.36%
2037	27,405	12,879,737	-1.25%	1.33%
2038	27,092	13,047,122	-1.14%	1.3%
2039	26,836	13,212,668	-0.94%	1.27%
2040	26,598	13,376,156	-0.89%	1.24%
2041	26,396	13,537,361	-0.76%	1.21%
2042	26,217	13,696,139	-0.68%	1.17%
2043	26,054	13,853,410	-0.62%	1.15%
2044	25,913	14,009,926	-0.54%	1.13%
2045	25,777	14,165,578	-0.52%	1.11%
2046	25,653	14,318,889	-0.48%	1.08%
2047	25,543	14,469,210	-0.43%	1.05%
2048	25,429	14,617,364	-0.45%	1.02%
2049	25,311	14,763,600	-0.46%	1%
2050	25,195	14,906,584	-0.46%	0.97%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Papua New Guinea gained 2,207,341 people (a 33.8% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Papua New Guinea's population increased by 2,168,199 (a 24.8% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Papua New Guinea was ranked 100th in 2005 and ranked 90th 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 Papua New Guinea will increase by 36.6% to 14,906,584 people and rank change from 90th to 85th.