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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Syria	Marshall Islands	Syria
1960	14,703	4,673,500	-	-
1961	15,219	4,815,466	3.51%	3.04%
1962	15,755	4,959,340	3.52%	2.99%
1963	16,302	5,110,467	3.47%	3.05%
1964	16,852	5,269,087	3.37%	3.1%
1965	17,402	5,435,267	3.26%	3.15%
1966	17,927	5,609,047	3.02%	3.2%
1967	18,655	5,790,198	4.06%	3.23%
1968	19,862	5,978,742	6.47%	3.26%
1969	21,305	6,175,166	7.27%	3.29%
1970	22,530	6,380,609	5.75%	3.33%
1971	23,366	6,598,094	3.71%	3.41%
1972	23,992	6,826,024	2.68%	3.45%
1973	24,581	7,060,321	2.45%	3.43%
1974	25,296	7,302,160	2.91%	3.43%
1975	26,154	7,554,364	3.39%	3.45%
1976	27,021	7,817,320	3.31%	3.48%
1977	27,906	8,090,501	3.28%	3.49%
1978	28,809	8,372,759	3.24%	3.49%
1979	29,738	8,661,909	3.22%	3.45%
1980	30,774	8,957,663	3.48%	3.41%
1981	32,017	9,260,189	4.04%	3.38%
1982	33,397	9,572,511	4.31%	3.37%
1983	34,811	9,904,809	4.23%	3.47%
1984	36,264	10,258,398	4.17%	3.57%
1985	37,761	10,625,672	4.13%	3.58%
1986	39,286	11,002,844	4.04%	3.55%
1987	40,828	11,388,923	3.93%	3.51%
1988	42,321	11,782,264	3.66%	3.45%
1989	43,586	12,179,060	2.99%	3.37%
1990	44,629	12,579,208	2.39%	3.29%
1991	45,568	12,980,821	2.1%	3.19%
1992	46,388	13,385,571	1.8%	3.12%
1993	47,093	13,795,686	1.52%	3.06%
1994	47,712	14,208,583	1.31%	2.99%
1995	48,266	14,616,801	1.16%	2.87%
1996	48,775	15,018,104	1.05%	2.75%
1997	49,259	15,417,542	0.99%	2.66%
1998	49,717	15,820,413	0.93%	2.61%
1999	50,202	16,228,061	0.98%	2.58%
2000	50,706	16,637,888	1%	2.53%
2001	51,123	17,051,338	0.82%	2.48%
2002	51,425	17,468,332	0.59%	2.45%
2003	51,639	17,889,296	0.42%	2.41%
2004	51,791	18,336,875	0.29%	2.5%
2005	51,906	18,814,091	0.22%	2.6%
2006	51,992	19,637,022	0.17%	4.37%
2007	52,035	20,884,125	0.08%	6.35%
2008	52,030	21,636,564	-0.01%	3.6%
2009	52,019	21,976,969	-0.02%	1.57%
2010	52,044	22,482,421	0.05%	2.3%
2011	51,907	22,878,098	-0.26%	1.76%
2012	51,419	22,759,763	-0.94%	-0.52%
2013	50,681	21,666,917	-1.44%	-4.8%
2014	49,796	20,273,659	-1.75%	-6.43%
2015	48,800	19,424,618	-2%	-4.19%
2016	47,709	19,193,834	-2.24%	-1.19%
2017	46,529	19,224,668	-2.47%	0.16%
2018	45,285	19,577,845	-2.67%	1.84%
2019	44,007	20,353,534	-2.82%	3.96%
2020	42,706	21,049,429	-2.96%	3.42%
2021	41,367	21,628,839	-3.14%	2.75%
2022	40,077	22,462,173	-3.12%	3.85%
2023	38,827	23,594,623	-3.12%	5.04%
2024	37,548	24,672,760	-3.29%	4.57%
2025	36,281	25,620,422	-3.37%	3.84%
2026	35,078	26,472,499	-3.32%	3.33%
2027	33,976	27,261,544	-3.14%	2.98%
2028	32,977	28,006,558	-2.94%	2.73%
2029	32,054	28,719,309	-2.8%	2.54%
2030	31,191	29,395,545	-2.69%	2.35%
2031	30,420	30,029,824	-2.47%	2.16%
2032	29,740	30,633,661	-2.23%	2.01%
2033	29,142	31,212,478	-2.01%	1.89%
2034	28,608	31,768,138	-1.83%	1.78%
2035	28,147	32,294,792	-1.61%	1.66%
2036	27,751	32,788,153	-1.41%	1.53%
2037	27,405	33,258,407	-1.25%	1.43%
2038	27,092	33,710,718	-1.14%	1.36%
2039	26,836	34,131,238	-0.94%	1.25%
2040	26,598	34,533,185	-0.89%	1.18%
2041	26,396	34,916,936	-0.76%	1.11%
2042	26,217	35,279,863	-0.68%	1.04%
2043	26,054	35,623,325	-0.62%	0.97%
2044	25,913	35,944,394	-0.54%	0.9%
2045	25,777	36,265,295	-0.52%	0.89%
2046	25,653	36,583,260	-0.48%	0.88%
2047	25,543	36,878,640	-0.43%	0.81%
2048	25,429	37,171,029	-0.45%	0.79%
2049	25,311	37,477,690	-0.46%	0.83%
2050	25,195	37,793,378	-0.46%	0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th 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 Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.