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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Rwanda	Marshall Islands	Rwanda
1960	14,703	3,022,294	-	-
1961	15,219	3,106,779	3.51%	2.8%
1962	15,755	3,186,025	3.52%	2.55%
1963	16,302	3,258,890	3.47%	2.29%
1964	16,852	3,334,834	3.37%	2.33%
1965	17,402	3,423,210	3.26%	2.65%
1966	17,927	3,521,626	3.02%	2.87%
1967	18,655	3,629,577	4.06%	3.07%
1968	19,862	3,744,010	6.47%	3.15%
1969	21,305	3,861,271	7.27%	3.13%
1970	22,530	3,980,669	5.75%	3.09%
1971	23,366	4,100,044	3.71%	3%
1972	23,992	4,220,335	2.68%	2.93%
1973	24,581	4,345,047	2.45%	2.96%
1974	25,296	4,474,228	2.91%	2.97%
1975	26,154	4,607,728	3.39%	2.98%
1976	27,021	4,745,954	3.31%	3%
1977	27,906	4,888,240	3.28%	3%
1978	28,809	5,035,171	3.24%	3.01%
1979	29,738	5,189,541	3.22%	3.07%
1980	30,774	5,353,259	3.48%	3.15%
1981	32,017	5,527,230	4.04%	3.25%
1982	33,397	5,711,549	4.31%	3.33%
1983	34,811	5,905,311	4.23%	3.39%
1984	36,264	6,107,627	4.17%	3.43%
1985	37,761	6,317,228	4.13%	3.43%
1986	39,286	6,531,881	4.04%	3.4%
1987	40,828	6,749,493	3.93%	3.33%
1988	42,321	6,968,071	3.66%	3.24%
1989	43,586	7,184,706	2.99%	3.11%
1990	44,629	7,375,307	2.39%	2.65%
1991	45,568	7,526,966	2.1%	2.06%
1992	46,388	7,683,266	1.8%	2.08%
1993	47,093	7,981,132	1.52%	3.88%
1994	47,712	6,792,352	1.31%	-14.9%
1995	48,266	5,674,118	1.16%	-16.5%
1996	48,775	6,708,764	1.05%	18.2%
1997	49,259	7,755,238	0.99%	15.6%
1998	49,717	8,081,681	0.93%	4.21%
1999	50,202	8,147,912	0.98%	0.82%
2000	50,706	8,213,931	1%	0.81%
2001	51,123	8,287,094	0.82%	0.89%
2002	51,425	8,400,180	0.59%	1.36%
2003	51,639	8,586,875	0.42%	2.22%
2004	51,791	8,816,844	0.29%	2.68%
2005	51,906	9,054,528	0.22%	2.7%
2006	51,992	9,299,246	0.17%	2.7%
2007	52,035	9,549,933	0.08%	2.7%
2008	52,030	9,804,269	-0.01%	2.66%
2009	52,019	10,060,432	-0.02%	2.61%
2010	52,044	10,317,553	0.05%	2.56%
2011	51,907	10,573,733	-0.26%	2.48%
2012	51,419	10,829,901	-0.94%	2.42%
2013	50,681	11,093,340	-1.44%	2.43%
2014	49,796	11,364,757	-1.75%	2.45%
2015	48,800	11,640,022	-2%	2.42%
2016	47,709	11,919,183	-2.24%	2.4%
2017	46,529	12,202,060	-2.47%	2.37%
2018	45,285	12,487,996	-2.67%	2.34%
2019	44,007	12,776,103	-2.82%	2.31%
2020	42,706	13,065,837	-2.96%	2.27%
2021	41,367	13,355,260	-3.14%	2.22%
2022	40,077	13,651,030	-3.12%	2.21%
2023	38,827	13,954,471	-3.12%	2.22%
2024	37,548	14,256,567	-3.29%	2.16%
2025	36,281	14,569,343	-3.37%	2.19%
2026	35,078	14,889,694	-3.32%	2.2%
2027	33,976	15,214,324	-3.14%	2.18%
2028	32,977	15,536,461	-2.94%	2.12%
2029	32,054	15,844,649	-2.8%	1.98%
2030	31,191	16,154,698	-2.69%	1.96%
2031	30,420	16,473,106	-2.47%	1.97%
2032	29,740	16,771,820	-2.23%	1.81%
2033	29,142	17,073,475	-2.01%	1.8%
2034	28,608	17,402,250	-1.83%	1.93%
2035	28,147	17,746,315	-1.61%	1.98%
2036	27,751	18,076,769	-1.41%	1.86%
2037	27,405	18,395,838	-1.25%	1.77%
2038	27,092	18,729,778	-1.14%	1.82%
2039	26,836	19,076,783	-0.94%	1.85%
2040	26,598	19,440,762	-0.89%	1.91%
2041	26,396	19,806,170	-0.76%	1.88%
2042	26,217	20,153,979	-0.68%	1.76%
2043	26,054	20,500,826	-0.62%	1.72%
2044	25,913	20,837,079	-0.54%	1.64%
2045	25,777	21,152,650	-0.52%	1.51%
2046	25,653	21,459,144	-0.48%	1.45%
2047	25,543	21,764,578	-0.43%	1.42%
2048	25,429	22,086,112	-0.45%	1.48%
2049	25,311	22,403,887	-0.46%	1.44%
2050	25,195	22,707,896	-0.46%	1.36%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline), while Rwanda gained 2,619,937 people (a 28.2% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Marshall Islands lost -12,631 (a 26.5% decline), while Rwanda's population increased by 2,974,058 (a 25% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2006 and is 192nd in 2026. Rwanda was ranked 86th in 2006 and ranked 77th 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 Rwanda will increase by 52.5% to 22,707,896 people and rank change from 77th to 72nd.