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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	South Africa	Marshall Islands	South Africa
1960	14,703	16,440,172	-	-
1961	15,219	16,908,035	3.51%	2.85%
1962	15,755	17,418,522	3.52%	3.02%
1963	16,302	17,954,564	3.47%	3.08%
1964	16,852	18,511,361	3.37%	3.1%
1965	17,402	19,089,380	3.26%	3.12%
1966	17,927	19,690,087	3.02%	3.15%
1967	18,655	20,314,066	4.06%	3.17%
1968	19,862	20,957,287	6.47%	3.17%
1969	21,305	21,614,676	7.27%	3.14%
1970	22,530	22,279,984	5.75%	3.08%
1971	23,366	22,942,143	3.71%	2.97%
1972	23,992	23,609,456	2.68%	2.91%
1973	24,581	24,294,263	2.45%	2.9%
1974	25,296	24,989,108	2.91%	2.86%
1975	26,154	25,690,940	3.39%	2.81%
1976	27,021	26,395,450	3.31%	2.74%
1977	27,906	27,118,952	3.28%	2.74%
1978	28,809	27,869,507	3.24%	2.77%
1979	29,738	28,634,162	3.22%	2.74%
1980	30,774	29,518,857	3.48%	3.09%
1981	32,017	30,541,044	4.04%	3.46%
1982	33,397	31,615,339	4.31%	3.52%
1983	34,811	32,739,304	4.23%	3.56%
1984	36,264	33,892,788	4.17%	3.52%
1985	37,761	35,042,093	4.13%	3.39%
1986	39,286	36,180,515	4.04%	3.25%
1987	40,828	37,326,190	3.93%	3.17%
1988	42,321	38,480,649	3.66%	3.09%
1989	43,586	39,628,575	2.99%	2.98%
1990	44,629	40,746,268	2.39%	2.82%
1991	45,568	41,687,898	2.1%	2.31%
1992	46,388	42,443,509	1.8%	1.81%
1993	47,093	43,297,156	1.52%	2.01%
1994	47,712	44,004,139	1.31%	1.63%
1995	48,266	44,541,554	1.16%	1.22%
1996	48,775	45,123,018	1.05%	1.31%
1997	49,259	45,666,838	0.99%	1.21%
1998	49,717	46,223,880	0.93%	1.22%
1999	50,202	46,730,335	0.98%	1.1%
2000	50,706	47,159,719	1%	0.92%
2001	51,123	47,566,800	0.82%	0.86%
2002	51,425	48,019,415	0.59%	0.95%
2003	51,639	48,500,348	0.42%	1%
2004	51,791	48,991,421	0.29%	1.01%
2005	51,906	49,490,033	0.22%	1.02%
2006	51,992	49,998,277	0.17%	1.03%
2007	52,035	50,528,584	0.08%	1.06%
2008	52,030	51,114,599	-0.01%	1.16%
2009	52,019	51,728,516	-0.02%	1.2%
2010	52,044	52,344,051	0.05%	1.19%
2011	51,907	52,995,205	-0.26%	1.24%
2012	51,419	53,782,567	-0.94%	1.49%
2013	50,681	54,678,791	-1.44%	1.67%
2014	49,796	55,594,838	-1.75%	1.68%
2015	48,800	56,723,537	-2%	2.03%
2016	47,709	57,259,551	-2.24%	0.94%
2017	46,529	57,635,162	-2.47%	0.66%
2018	45,285	58,613,001	-2.67%	1.7%
2019	44,007	59,587,885	-2.82%	1.66%
2020	42,706	60,562,381	-2.96%	1.64%
2021	41,367	61,502,603	-3.14%	1.55%
2022	40,077	62,378,410	-3.12%	1.42%
2023	38,827	63,212,384	-3.12%	1.34%
2024	37,548	64,007,187	-3.29%	1.26%
2025	36,281	64,747,317	-3.37%	1.16%
2026	35,078	65,453,086	-3.32%	1.09%
2027	33,976	66,143,018	-3.14%	1.05%
2028	32,977	66,830,384	-2.94%	1.04%
2029	32,054	67,506,850	-2.8%	1.01%
2030	31,191	68,161,357	-2.69%	0.97%
2031	30,420	68,798,574	-2.47%	0.93%
2032	29,740	69,426,441	-2.23%	0.91%
2033	29,142	70,040,484	-2.01%	0.88%
2034	28,608	70,641,572	-1.83%	0.86%
2035	28,147	71,234,749	-1.61%	0.84%
2036	27,751	71,816,372	-1.41%	0.82%
2037	27,405	72,387,807	-1.25%	0.8%
2038	27,092	72,949,611	-1.14%	0.78%
2039	26,836	73,496,152	-0.94%	0.75%
2040	26,598	74,035,615	-0.89%	0.73%
2041	26,396	74,575,444	-0.76%	0.73%
2042	26,217	75,111,899	-0.68%	0.72%
2043	26,054	75,641,512	-0.62%	0.71%
2044	25,913	76,164,461	-0.54%	0.69%
2045	25,777	76,681,448	-0.52%	0.68%
2046	25,653	77,199,542	-0.48%	0.68%
2047	25,543	77,716,650	-0.43%	0.67%
2048	25,429	78,215,323	-0.45%	0.64%
2049	25,311	78,699,584	-0.46%	0.62%
2050	25,195	79,177,329	-0.46%	0.61%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while South Africa gained 7,233,504 people (a 14.6% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while South Africa's population increased by 8,590,709 (a 15.1% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. South Africa was ranked 24th in 2005 and still ranked 24th 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 South Africa will increase by 21.2% to 79,177,329 people and rank change from 24th to 23rd.