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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Sudan	Marshall Islands	Sudan
1960	14,703	8,364,489	-	-
1961	15,219	8,634,941	3.51%	3.23%
1962	15,755	8,919,028	3.52%	3.29%
1963	16,302	9,218,077	3.47%	3.35%
1964	16,852	9,531,109	3.37%	3.4%
1965	17,402	9,858,030	3.26%	3.43%
1966	17,927	10,197,578	3.02%	3.44%
1967	18,655	10,550,597	4.06%	3.46%
1968	19,862	10,917,999	6.47%	3.48%
1969	21,305	11,298,936	7.27%	3.49%
1970	22,530	11,695,771	5.75%	3.51%
1971	23,366	12,105,539	3.71%	3.5%
1972	23,992	12,527,856	2.68%	3.49%
1973	24,581	13,049,315	2.45%	4.16%
1974	25,296	13,580,723	2.91%	4.07%
1975	26,154	14,064,798	3.39%	3.56%
1976	27,021	14,569,716	3.31%	3.59%
1977	27,906	15,086,614	3.28%	3.55%
1978	28,809	15,695,003	3.24%	4.03%
1979	29,738	16,355,352	3.22%	4.21%
1980	30,774	17,058,905	3.48%	4.3%
1981	32,017	17,780,572	4.04%	4.23%
1982	33,397	18,486,645	4.31%	3.97%
1983	34,811	19,109,770	4.23%	3.37%
1984	36,264	19,546,528	4.17%	2.29%
1985	37,761	19,905,872	4.13%	1.84%
1986	39,286	20,288,238	4.04%	1.92%
1987	40,828	20,704,904	3.93%	2.05%
1988	42,321	21,138,431	3.66%	2.09%
1989	43,586	21,578,022	2.99%	2.08%
1990	44,629	22,021,481	2.39%	2.06%
1991	45,568	22,470,676	2.1%	2.04%
1992	46,388	22,927,355	1.8%	2.03%
1993	47,093	23,445,592	1.52%	2.26%
1994	47,712	24,043,948	1.31%	2.55%
1995	48,266	24,672,143	1.16%	2.61%
1996	48,775	25,231,528	1.05%	2.27%
1997	49,259	25,799,821	0.99%	2.25%
1998	49,717	26,458,999	0.93%	2.55%
1999	50,202	27,130,613	0.98%	2.54%
2000	50,706	27,816,745	1%	2.53%
2001	51,123	28,516,770	0.82%	2.52%
2002	51,425	29,228,727	0.59%	2.5%
2003	51,639	29,896,035	0.42%	2.28%
2004	51,791	30,556,637	0.29%	2.21%
2005	51,906	31,262,444	0.22%	2.31%
2006	51,992	31,992,435	0.17%	2.34%
2007	52,035	32,764,135	0.08%	2.41%
2008	52,030	33,623,980	-0.01%	2.62%
2009	52,019	34,569,113	-0.02%	2.81%
2010	52,044	35,414,399	0.05%	2.45%
2011	51,907	36,140,806	-0.26%	2.05%
2012	51,419	36,923,178	-0.94%	2.16%
2013	50,681	37,785,849	-1.44%	2.34%
2014	49,796	38,823,318	-1.75%	2.75%
2015	48,800	40,024,431	-2%	3.09%
2016	47,709	41,259,892	-2.24%	3.09%
2017	46,529	42,714,306	-2.47%	3.53%
2018	45,285	44,230,596	-2.67%	3.55%
2019	44,007	45,548,175	-2.82%	2.98%
2020	42,706	46,789,231	-2.96%	2.72%
2021	41,367	48,066,924	-3.14%	2.73%
2022	40,077	49,383,346	-3.12%	2.74%
2023	38,827	50,042,791	-3.12%	1.34%
2024	37,548	50,448,963	-3.29%	0.81%
2025	36,281	51,662,152	-3.37%	2.4%
2026	35,078	53,282,718	-3.32%	3.14%
2027	33,976	54,724,215	-3.14%	2.71%
2028	32,977	55,993,833	-2.94%	2.32%
2029	32,054	57,275,443	-2.8%	2.29%
2030	31,191	58,571,624	-2.69%	2.26%
2031	30,420	59,872,936	-2.47%	2.22%
2032	29,740	61,179,476	-2.23%	2.18%
2033	29,142	62,497,205	-2.01%	2.15%
2034	28,608	63,822,356	-1.83%	2.12%
2035	28,147	65,148,317	-1.61%	2.08%
2036	27,751	66,470,018	-1.41%	2.03%
2037	27,405	67,791,240	-1.25%	1.99%
2038	27,092	69,107,712	-1.14%	1.94%
2039	26,836	70,416,631	-0.94%	1.89%
2040	26,598	71,730,604	-0.89%	1.87%
2041	26,396	73,056,213	-0.76%	1.85%
2042	26,217	74,387,562	-0.68%	1.82%
2043	26,054	75,723,670	-0.62%	1.8%
2044	25,913	77,066,454	-0.54%	1.77%
2045	25,777	78,415,205	-0.52%	1.75%
2046	25,653	79,767,271	-0.48%	1.72%
2047	25,543	81,115,241	-0.43%	1.69%
2048	25,429	82,463,202	-0.45%	1.66%
2049	25,311	83,828,356	-0.46%	1.66%
2050	25,195	85,206,384	-0.46%	1.64%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Sudan gained 8,761,987 people (a 28% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Sudan's population increased by 12,939,487 (a 32.3% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Sudan was ranked 36th in 2005 and ranked 29th 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 Sudan will increase by 60.9% to 85,206,384 people and rank change from 29th to 21st.