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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Philippines	Marshall Islands	Philippines
1960	14,703	27,891,897	-	-
1961	15,219	28,792,621	3.51%	3.23%
1962	15,755	29,723,536	3.52%	3.23%
1963	16,302	30,674,731	3.47%	3.2%
1964	16,852	31,643,032	3.37%	3.16%
1965	17,402	32,625,316	3.26%	3.1%
1966	17,927	33,617,170	3.02%	3.04%
1967	18,655	34,621,320	4.06%	2.99%
1968	19,862	35,638,342	6.47%	2.94%
1969	21,305	36,660,799	7.27%	2.87%
1970	22,530	37,622,204	5.75%	2.62%
1971	23,366	38,518,659	3.71%	2.38%
1972	23,992	39,408,560	2.68%	2.31%
1973	24,581	40,294,130	2.45%	2.25%
1974	25,296	41,174,341	2.91%	2.18%
1975	26,154	42,120,826	3.39%	2.3%
1976	27,021	43,201,488	3.31%	2.57%
1977	27,906	44,367,962	3.28%	2.7%
1978	28,809	45,575,281	3.24%	2.72%
1979	29,738	46,807,103	3.22%	2.7%
1980	30,774	48,043,740	3.48%	2.64%
1981	32,017	49,311,727	4.04%	2.64%
1982	33,397	50,695,707	4.31%	2.81%
1983	34,811	52,194,620	4.23%	2.96%
1984	36,264	53,726,181	4.17%	2.93%
1985	37,761	55,213,006	4.13%	2.77%
1986	39,286	56,645,077	4.04%	2.59%
1987	40,828	58,157,496	3.93%	2.67%
1988	42,321	59,739,052	3.66%	2.72%
1989	43,586	61,265,260	2.99%	2.55%
1990	44,629	62,854,666	2.39%	2.59%
1991	45,568	64,382,249	2.1%	2.43%
1992	46,388	65,926,125	1.8%	2.4%
1993	47,093	67,530,621	1.52%	2.43%
1994	47,712	69,019,291	1.31%	2.2%
1995	48,266	70,546,246	1.16%	2.21%
1996	48,775	72,190,242	1.05%	2.33%
1997	49,259	73,908,810	0.99%	2.38%
1998	49,717	75,791,024	0.93%	2.55%
1999	50,202	77,753,257	0.98%	2.59%
2000	50,706	79,625,397	1%	2.41%
2001	51,123	81,401,488	0.82%	2.23%
2002	51,425	83,068,889	0.59%	2.05%
2003	51,639	84,731,835	0.42%	2%
2004	51,791	86,394,504	0.29%	1.96%
2005	51,906	88,015,962	0.22%	1.88%
2006	51,992	89,508,986	0.17%	1.7%
2007	52,035	91,075,184	0.08%	1.75%
2008	52,030	92,699,095	-0.01%	1.78%
2009	52,019	94,384,250	-0.02%	1.82%
2010	52,044	96,337,125	0.05%	2.07%
2011	51,907	98,248,614	-0.26%	1.98%
2012	51,419	100,175,512	-0.94%	1.96%
2013	50,681	102,076,336	-1.44%	1.9%
2014	49,796	103,767,130	-1.75%	1.66%
2015	48,800	105,312,992	-2%	1.49%
2016	47,709	106,735,719	-2.24%	1.35%
2017	46,529	108,119,693	-2.47%	1.3%
2018	45,285	109,465,287	-2.67%	1.24%
2019	44,007	110,804,683	-2.82%	1.22%
2020	42,706	112,081,264	-2.96%	1.15%
2021	41,367	113,100,950	-3.14%	0.91%
2022	40,077	113,964,338	-3.12%	0.76%
2023	38,827	114,891,199	-3.12%	0.81%
2024	37,548	115,843,670	-3.29%	0.83%
2025	36,281	116,786,968	-3.37%	0.81%
2026	35,078	117,724,479	-3.32%	0.8%
2027	33,976	118,656,426	-3.14%	0.79%
2028	32,977	119,583,984	-2.94%	0.78%
2029	32,054	120,502,132	-2.8%	0.77%
2030	31,191	121,408,897	-2.69%	0.75%
2031	30,420	122,301,606	-2.47%	0.74%
2032	29,740	123,180,341	-2.23%	0.72%
2033	29,142	124,049,036	-2.01%	0.71%
2034	28,608	124,904,124	-1.83%	0.69%
2035	28,147	125,740,977	-1.61%	0.67%
2036	27,751	126,558,232	-1.41%	0.65%
2037	27,405	127,352,607	-1.25%	0.63%
2038	27,092	128,118,535	-1.14%	0.6%
2039	26,836	128,850,047	-0.94%	0.57%
2040	26,598	129,546,666	-0.89%	0.54%
2041	26,396	130,209,810	-0.76%	0.51%
2042	26,217	130,837,005	-0.68%	0.48%
2043	26,054	131,427,404	-0.62%	0.45%
2044	25,913	131,979,673	-0.54%	0.42%
2045	25,777	132,492,038	-0.52%	0.39%
2046	25,653	132,962,001	-0.48%	0.35%
2047	25,543	133,385,290	-0.43%	0.32%
2048	25,429	133,759,436	-0.45%	0.28%
2049	25,311	134,089,011	-0.46%	0.25%
2050	25,195	134,373,439	-0.46%	0.21%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline), while the Philippines gained 17,226,733 people (a 19.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Marshall Islands lost -12,631 (a 26.5% decline), while the Philippines' population increased by 10,998,945 (a 10.3% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2006 and is 192nd in 2026. The Philippines was ranked 12th in 2006 and ranked 14th 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 the Philippines will increase by 14.1% to 134,373,439 people and will still be ranked 14th.