The latest officially reported population of the Marshall Islands was 37,548 in 2024 vs 11,943,408 people in South Sudan in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Marshall Islands' population is 36,281 people compared to 12,387,398 in South Sudan.
Population statistics:
- South Sudan's population is 341 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- The Marshall Islands is ranked the 192nd most populous country in the world, while South Sudan is the 81st.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands vs 0.15% for South Sudan.
- For the last 10 years, the Marshall Islands has had an average growth rate of -2.69% per year vs +0.65% in South Sudan.
- Since 2005, the population of the Marshall Islands has decreased from 51.9K people to 36.3K (30.1% decline), while South Sudan has grown from 7.59M to 12.4M (63.2% growth).
- South Sudan is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 23.8M people, while the Marshall Islands' population already peaked in 2010 at 52K people and is projected to decrease to 23.8K people by 2100.
Marshall Islands vs South Sudan: live population counter
Marshall Islands
|
South Sudan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Current population |
36281
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12387398
|
| Population rank | 192/197 | 81/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0004% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
6.85 hours
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1.14 minutes
|
| One birth every |
10.7 hours
|
1.6 minutes
|
| One death every |
1.35 days
|
4.76 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.96 hours
|
34.2 minutes
|
| Annual migration change | -1,765 | +15,374 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +1,260 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,279 | +460,034 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -3.29% | +4.01% |
| Population growth rate rank | 197/197 | 6/197 |
the Marshall Islands and South Sudan: population history and growth rate by year chart
Marshall Islands
Population
Growth rate
South Sudan
Population
Growth rate
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Marshall Islands
|
South Sudan
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Marshall Islands
|
South Sudan
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|
| 1960 | 14,703 | 2,931,559 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,219 | 2,976,724 | 3.51% | 1.54% |
| 1962 | 15,755 | 3,024,308 | 3.52% | 1.6% |
| 1963 | 16,302 | 3,072,669 | 3.47% | 1.6% |
| 1964 | 16,852 | 3,129,918 | 3.37% | 1.86% |
| 1965 | 17,402 | 3,189,835 | 3.26% | 1.91% |
| 1966 | 17,927 | 3,236,423 | 3.02% | 1.46% |
| 1967 | 18,655 | 3,277,648 | 4.06% | 1.27% |
| 1968 | 19,862 | 3,321,528 | 6.47% | 1.34% |
| 1969 | 21,305 | 3,365,533 | 7.27% | 1.32% |
| 1970 | 22,530 | 3,409,614 | 5.75% | 1.31% |
| 1971 | 23,366 | 3,468,646 | 3.71% | 1.73% |
| 1972 | 23,992 | 3,542,497 | 2.68% | 2.13% |
| 1973 | 24,581 | 3,627,383 | 2.45% | 2.4% |
| 1974 | 25,296 | 3,723,259 | 2.91% | 2.64% |
| 1975 | 26,154 | 3,821,494 | 3.39% | 2.64% |
| 1976 | 27,021 | 3,921,910 | 3.31% | 2.63% |
| 1977 | 27,906 | 4,024,032 | 3.28% | 2.6% |
| 1978 | 28,809 | 4,127,657 | 3.24% | 2.58% |
| 1979 | 29,738 | 4,232,605 | 3.22% | 2.54% |
| 1980 | 30,774 | 4,339,030 | 3.48% | 2.51% |
| 1981 | 32,017 | 4,447,272 | 4.04% | 2.49% |
| 1982 | 33,397 | 4,557,686 | 4.31% | 2.48% |
| 1983 | 34,811 | 4,661,574 | 4.23% | 2.28% |
| 1984 | 36,264 | 4,750,627 | 4.17% | 1.91% |
| 1985 | 37,761 | 4,834,296 | 4.13% | 1.76% |
| 1986 | 39,286 | 4,921,240 | 4.04% | 1.8% |
| 1987 | 40,828 | 4,962,395 | 3.93% | 0.84% |
| 1988 | 42,321 | 4,848,029 | 3.66% | -2.3% |
| 1989 | 43,586 | 4,713,229 | 2.99% | -2.78% |
| 1990 | 44,629 | 4,737,633 | 2.39% | 0.52% |
| 1991 | 45,568 | 4,836,677 | 2.1% | 2.09% |
| 1992 | 46,388 | 4,909,749 | 1.8% | 1.51% |
| 1993 | 47,093 | 4,956,002 | 1.52% | 0.94% |
| 1994 | 47,712 | 5,071,184 | 1.31% | 2.32% |
| 1995 | 48,266 | 5,225,836 | 1.16% | 3.05% |
| 1996 | 48,775 | 5,356,925 | 1.05% | 2.51% |
| 1997 | 49,259 | 5,509,136 | 0.99% | 2.84% |
| 1998 | 49,717 | 5,620,068 | 0.93% | 2.01% |
| 1999 | 50,202 | 5,771,628 | 0.98% | 2.7% |
| 2000 | 50,706 | 6,032,267 | 1% | 4.52% |
| 2001 | 51,123 | 6,308,391 | 0.82% | 4.58% |
| 2002 | 51,425 | 6,596,806 | 0.59% | 4.57% |
| 2003 | 51,639 | 6,903,127 | 0.42% | 4.64% |
| 2004 | 51,791 | 7,233,041 | 0.29% | 4.78% |
| 2005 | 51,906 | 7,590,143 | 0.22% | 4.94% |
| 2006 | 51,992 | 7,976,526 | 0.17% | 5.09% |
| 2007 | 52,035 | 8,388,788 | 0.08% | 5.17% |
| 2008 | 52,030 | 8,817,647 | -0.01% | 5.11% |
| 2009 | 52,019 | 9,243,556 | -0.02% | 4.83% |
| 2010 | 52,044 | 9,745,953 | 0.05% | 5.44% |
| 2011 | 51,907 | 10,288,109 | -0.26% | 5.56% |
| 2012 | 51,419 | 10,756,240 | -0.94% | 4.55% |
| 2013 | 50,681 | 11,166,275 | -1.44% | 3.81% |
| 2014 | 49,796 | 11,235,073 | -1.75% | 0.62% |
| 2015 | 48,800 | 11,107,561 | -2% | -1.13% |
| 2016 | 47,709 | 10,830,102 | -2.24% | -2.5% |
| 2017 | 46,529 | 10,259,154 | -2.47% | -5.27% |
| 2018 | 45,285 | 10,122,977 | -2.67% | -1.33% |
| 2019 | 44,007 | 10,423,384 | -2.82% | 2.97% |
| 2020 | 42,706 | 10,698,467 | -2.96% | 2.64% |
| 2021 | 41,367 | 10,865,780 | -3.14% | 1.56% |
| 2022 | 40,077 | 11,021,177 | -3.12% | 1.43% |
| 2023 | 38,827 | 11,483,374 | -3.12% | 4.19% |
| 2024 | 37,548 | 11,943,408 | -3.29% | 4.01% |
| 2025 | 36,281 | 12,188,793 | -3.37% | 2.05% |
| 2026 | 35,078 | 12,436,036 | -3.32% | 2.03% |
| 2027 | 33,976 | 12,687,301 | -3.14% | 2.02% |
| 2028 | 32,977 | 12,941,503 | -2.94% | 2% |
| 2029 | 32,054 | 13,198,080 | -2.8% | 1.98% |
| 2030 | 31,191 | 13,457,446 | -2.69% | 1.97% |
| 2031 | 30,420 | 13,725,413 | -2.47% | 1.99% |
| 2032 | 29,740 | 13,996,343 | -2.23% | 1.97% |
| 2033 | 29,142 | 14,261,762 | -2.01% | 1.9% |
| 2034 | 28,608 | 14,527,550 | -1.83% | 1.86% |
| 2035 | 28,147 | 14,798,602 | -1.61% | 1.87% |
| 2036 | 27,751 | 15,070,098 | -1.41% | 1.83% |
| 2037 | 27,405 | 15,335,700 | -1.25% | 1.76% |
| 2038 | 27,092 | 15,595,968 | -1.14% | 1.7% |
| 2039 | 26,836 | 15,850,696 | -0.94% | 1.63% |
| 2040 | 26,598 | 16,101,470 | -0.89% | 1.58% |
| 2041 | 26,396 | 16,350,149 | -0.76% | 1.54% |
| 2042 | 26,217 | 16,593,361 | -0.68% | 1.49% |
| 2043 | 26,054 | 16,829,209 | -0.62% | 1.42% |
| 2044 | 25,913 | 17,060,176 | -0.54% | 1.37% |
| 2045 | 25,777 | 17,286,412 | -0.52% | 1.33% |
| 2046 | 25,653 | 17,509,693 | -0.48% | 1.29% |
| 2047 | 25,543 | 17,728,331 | -0.43% | 1.25% |
| 2048 | 25,429 | 17,938,437 | -0.45% | 1.19% |
| 2049 | 25,311 | 18,142,893 | -0.46% | 1.14% |
| 2050 | 25,195 | 18,341,968 | -0.46% | 1.1% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while South Sudan gained 3,517,418 people (a 46.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while South Sudan's population increased by 1,279,837 (a 11.5% growth).
The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. South Sudan was ranked 93rd in 2005 and ranked 81st 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 Sudan will increase by 48.1% to 18,341,968 people and rank change from 81st to 78th.
Biggest cities by population
|
Marshall Islands
|
|
|---|---|
| City | Population |
| Majuro | 30K |
| Djarrit | 7.1K |
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Population differences between the Marshall Islands and South Sudan
|
Marshall Islands
|
South Sudan
|
|
|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy | 67.2 years | 57.9 years |
| Average age | 27.5 years | 24.3 years |
| Median age | 21.8 years | 19.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.2:48.8 | 49.2:50.8 |
| Fertility rate | 2.92 births per woman | 3.86 births per woman |
| Population density | 540 ppl/mi² | 49 ppl/mi² |
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