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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Seychelles	Marshall Islands	Seychelles
1960	14,703	41,700	-	-
1961	15,219	42,889	3.51%	2.85%
1962	15,755	44,042	3.52%	2.69%
1963	16,302	45,176	3.47%	2.57%
1964	16,852	46,322	3.37%	2.54%
1965	17,402	47,500	3.26%	2.54%
1966	17,927	48,699	3.02%	2.52%
1967	18,655	49,911	4.06%	2.49%
1968	19,862	51,134	6.47%	2.45%
1969	21,305	52,365	7.27%	2.41%
1970	22,530	53,600	5.75%	2.36%
1971	23,366	54,695	3.71%	2.04%
1972	23,992	56,029	2.68%	2.44%
1973	24,581	56,892	2.45%	1.54%
1974	25,296	57,937	2.91%	1.84%
1975	26,154	59,292	3.39%	2.34%
1976	27,021	60,504	3.31%	2.04%
1977	27,906	61,786	3.28%	2.12%
1978	28,809	62,150	3.24%	0.59%
1979	29,738	62,686	3.22%	0.86%
1980	30,774	63,261	3.48%	0.92%
1981	32,017	64,035	4.04%	1.22%
1982	33,397	64,413	4.31%	0.59%
1983	34,811	64,335	4.23%	-0.12%
1984	36,264	64,717	4.17%	0.59%
1985	37,761	65,244	4.13%	0.81%
1986	39,286	65,652	4.04%	0.63%
1987	40,828	68,499	3.93%	4.34%
1988	42,321	68,755	3.66%	0.37%
1989	43,586	69,167	2.99%	0.6%
1990	44,629	69,507	2.39%	0.49%
1991	45,568	70,439	2.1%	1.34%
1992	46,388	70,763	1.8%	0.46%
1993	47,093	72,253	1.52%	2.11%
1994	47,712	74,205	1.31%	2.7%
1995	48,266	75,304	1.16%	1.48%
1996	48,775	76,417	1.05%	1.48%
1997	49,259	77,319	0.99%	1.18%
1998	49,717	78,846	0.93%	1.97%
1999	50,202	80,410	0.98%	1.98%
2000	50,706	81,131	1%	0.9%
2001	51,123	81,202	0.82%	0.09%
2002	51,425	83,723	0.59%	3.1%
2003	51,639	82,781	0.42%	-1.13%
2004	51,791	82,475	0.29%	-0.37%
2005	51,906	82,858	0.22%	0.46%
2006	51,992	84,600	0.17%	2.1%
2007	52,035	85,033	0.08%	0.51%
2008	52,030	86,956	-0.01%	2.26%
2009	52,019	87,298	-0.02%	0.39%
2010	52,044	89,770	0.05%	2.83%
2011	51,907	87,441	-0.26%	-2.59%
2012	51,419	88,303	-0.94%	0.99%
2013	50,681	89,949	-1.44%	1.86%
2014	49,796	91,359	-1.75%	1.57%
2015	48,800	93,419	-2%	2.25%
2016	47,709	94,677	-2.24%	1.35%
2017	46,529	95,843	-2.47%	1.23%
2018	45,285	96,762	-2.67%	0.96%
2019	44,007	97,625	-2.82%	0.89%
2020	42,706	98,462	-2.96%	0.86%
2021	41,367	99,258	-3.14%	0.81%
2022	40,077	119,878	-3.12%	20.8%
2023	38,827	119,773	-3.12%	-0.09%
2024	37,548	121,354	-3.29%	1.32%
2025	36,281	123,549	-3.37%	1.81%
2026	35,078	125,581	-3.32%	1.64%
2027	33,976	127,380	-3.14%	1.43%
2028	32,977	128,883	-2.94%	1.18%
2029	32,054	130,011	-2.8%	0.87%
2030	31,191	130,635	-2.69%	0.48%
2031	30,420	130,989	-2.47%	0.27%
2032	29,740	131,305	-2.23%	0.24%
2033	29,142	131,578	-2.01%	0.21%
2034	28,608	131,816	-1.83%	0.18%
2035	28,147	132,027	-1.61%	0.16%
2036	27,751	132,202	-1.41%	0.13%
2037	27,405	132,348	-1.25%	0.11%
2038	27,092	132,467	-1.14%	0.09%
2039	26,836	132,552	-0.94%	0.06%
2040	26,598	132,631	-0.89%	0.06%
2041	26,396	132,681	-0.76%	0.04%
2042	26,217	132,700	-0.68%	0.01%
2043	26,054	132,698	-0.62%	-0.001%
2044	25,913	132,665	-0.54%	-0.03%
2045	25,777	132,613	-0.52%	-0.04%
2046	25,653	132,531	-0.48%	-0.06%
2047	25,543	132,415	-0.43%	-0.09%
2048	25,429	132,264	-0.45%	-0.11%
2049	25,311	132,085	-0.46%	-0.14%
2050	25,195	131,885	-0.46%	-0.15%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline), while the Seychelles gained 10,077 people (a 11.9% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Marshall Islands lost -12,631 (a 26.5% decline), while the Seychelles' population increased by 30,923 (a 32.7% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2006 and is 192nd in 2026. The Seychelles was ranked 184th in 2006 and ranked 181st 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 Seychelles will increase by 5% to 131,885 people and will still be ranked 181st.