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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	South Korea	Marshall Islands	South Korea
1960	14,703	25,012,374	-	-
1961	15,219	25,765,673	3.51%	3.01%
1962	15,755	26,513,030	3.52%	2.9%
1963	16,302	27,261,747	3.47%	2.82%
1964	16,852	27,984,155	3.37%	2.65%
1965	17,402	28,704,674	3.26%	2.57%
1966	17,927	29,435,571	3.02%	2.55%
1967	18,655	30,130,983	4.06%	2.36%
1968	19,862	30,838,302	6.47%	2.35%
1969	21,305	31,544,266	7.27%	2.29%
1970	22,530	32,240,827	5.75%	2.21%
1971	23,366	32,882,704	3.71%	1.99%
1972	23,992	33,505,406	2.68%	1.89%
1973	24,581	34,103,149	2.45%	1.78%
1974	25,296	34,692,266	2.91%	1.73%
1975	26,154	35,280,725	3.39%	1.7%
1976	27,021	35,848,523	3.31%	1.61%
1977	27,906	36,411,795	3.28%	1.57%
1978	28,809	36,969,185	3.24%	1.53%
1979	29,738	37,534,236	3.22%	1.53%
1980	30,774	38,123,775	3.48%	1.57%
1981	32,017	38,723,248	4.04%	1.57%
1982	33,397	39,326,352	4.31%	1.56%
1983	34,811	39,910,403	4.23%	1.49%
1984	36,264	40,405,956	4.17%	1.24%
1985	37,761	40,805,744	4.13%	0.99%
1986	39,286	41,213,674	4.04%	1%
1987	40,828	41,621,690	3.93%	0.99%
1988	42,321	42,031,247	3.66%	0.98%
1989	43,586	42,449,038	2.99%	0.99%
1990	44,629	42,869,283	2.39%	0.99%
1991	45,568	43,295,704	2.1%	0.99%
1992	46,388	43,747,962	1.8%	1.04%
1993	47,093	44,194,628	1.52%	1.02%
1994	47,712	44,641,540	1.31%	1.01%
1995	48,266	45,092,991	1.16%	1.01%
1996	48,775	45,524,681	1.05%	0.96%
1997	49,259	45,953,580	0.99%	0.94%
1998	49,717	46,286,503	0.93%	0.72%
1999	50,202	46,616,677	0.98%	0.71%
2000	50,706	47,008,111	1%	0.84%
2001	51,123	47,370,164	0.82%	0.77%
2002	51,425	47,644,736	0.59%	0.58%
2003	51,639	47,892,330	0.42%	0.52%
2004	51,791	48,082,519	0.29%	0.4%
2005	51,906	48,184,561	0.22%	0.21%
2006	51,992	48,438,292	0.17%	0.53%
2007	52,035	48,683,638	0.08%	0.51%
2008	52,030	49,054,708	-0.01%	0.76%
2009	52,019	49,307,835	-0.02%	0.52%
2010	52,044	49,554,112	0.05%	0.5%
2011	51,907	49,936,638	-0.26%	0.77%
2012	51,419	50,199,853	-0.94%	0.53%
2013	50,681	50,428,893	-1.44%	0.46%
2014	49,796	50,746,659	-1.75%	0.63%
2015	48,800	51,014,947	-2%	0.53%
2016	47,709	51,217,803	-2.24%	0.4%
2017	46,529	51,361,911	-2.47%	0.28%
2018	45,285	51,585,058	-2.67%	0.43%
2019	44,007	51,764,822	-2.82%	0.35%
2020	42,706	51,836,239	-2.96%	0.14%
2021	41,367	51,769,539	-3.14%	-0.13%
2022	40,077	51,672,569	-3.12%	-0.19%
2023	38,827	51,712,619	-3.12%	0.08%
2024	37,548	51,751,065	-3.29%	0.07%
2025	36,281	51,700,480	-3.37%	-0.1%
2026	35,078	51,633,793	-3.32%	-0.13%
2027	33,976	51,552,198	-3.14%	-0.16%
2028	32,977	51,456,707	-2.94%	-0.19%
2029	32,054	51,347,230	-2.8%	-0.21%
2030	31,191	51,221,713	-2.69%	-0.24%
2031	30,420	51,081,220	-2.47%	-0.27%
2032	29,740	50,924,233	-2.23%	-0.31%
2033	29,142	50,747,132	-2.01%	-0.35%
2034	28,608	50,549,508	-1.83%	-0.39%
2035	28,147	50,333,286	-1.61%	-0.43%
2036	27,751	50,098,951	-1.41%	-0.47%
2037	27,405	49,845,669	-1.25%	-0.51%
2038	27,092	49,573,234	-1.14%	-0.55%
2039	26,836	49,283,770	-0.94%	-0.58%
2040	26,598	48,980,369	-0.89%	-0.62%
2041	26,396	48,661,905	-0.76%	-0.65%
2042	26,217	48,331,004	-0.68%	-0.68%
2043	26,054	47,990,085	-0.62%	-0.71%
2044	25,913	47,634,183	-0.54%	-0.74%
2045	25,777	47,263,526	-0.52%	-0.78%
2046	25,653	46,881,228	-0.48%	-0.81%
2047	25,543	46,482,133	-0.43%	-0.85%
2048	25,429	46,063,595	-0.45%	-0.9%
2049	25,311	45,626,805	-0.46%	-0.95%
2050	25,195	45,172,356	-0.46%	-1%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while South Korea gained 2,830,386 people (a 5.87% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while South Korea's population increased by 685,533 (a 1.34% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. South Korea was ranked 25th in 2005 and ranked 31st 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 Korea will decrease by 12.6% to 45,172,356 people and rank change from 31st to 48th.