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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Taiwan	Marshall Islands	Taiwan
1960	14,703	-	-	-
1961	15,219	11,030,385	3.51%	-
1962	15,755	11,392,513	3.52%	3.28%
1963	16,302	11,762,101	3.47%	3.24%
1964	16,852	12,137,143	3.37%	3.19%
1965	17,402	12,511,863	3.26%	3.09%
1966	17,927	12,874,153	3.02%	2.9%
1967	18,655	13,210,344	4.06%	2.61%
1968	19,862	13,548,537	6.47%	2.56%
1969	21,305	14,068,984	7.27%	3.84%
1970	22,530	14,582,944	5.75%	3.65%
1971	23,366	14,913,564	3.71%	2.27%
1972	23,992	15,220,495	2.68%	2.06%
1973	24,581	15,505,121	2.45%	1.87%
1974	25,296	15,784,817	2.91%	1.8%
1975	26,154	16,075,128	3.39%	1.84%
1976	27,021	16,401,413	3.31%	2.03%
1977	27,906	16,730,895	3.28%	2.01%
1978	28,809	17,042,272	3.24%	1.86%
1979	29,738	17,372,779	3.22%	1.94%
1980	30,774	17,704,538	3.48%	1.91%
1981	32,017	18,029,982	4.04%	1.84%
1982	33,397	18,354,855	4.31%	1.8%
1983	34,811	18,653,146	4.23%	1.63%
1984	36,264	18,929,866	4.17%	1.48%
1985	37,761	19,191,510	4.13%	1.38%
1986	39,286	19,411,454	4.04%	1.15%
1987	40,828	19,617,046	3.93%	1.06%
1988	42,321	19,839,704	3.66%	1.14%
1989	43,586	20,055,492	2.99%	1.09%
1990	44,629	20,278,946	2.39%	1.11%
1991	45,568	20,503,568	2.1%	1.11%
1992	46,388	20,704,227	1.8%	0.98%
1993	47,093	20,899,019	1.52%	0.94%
1994	47,712	21,086,645	1.31%	0.9%
1995	48,266	21,267,653	1.16%	0.86%
1996	48,775	21,441,432	1.05%	0.82%
1997	49,259	21,634,124	0.99%	0.9%
1998	49,717	21,835,703	0.93%	0.93%
1999	50,202	22,010,489	0.98%	0.8%
2000	50,706	22,184,530	1%	0.79%
2001	51,123	22,341,120	0.82%	0.71%
2002	51,425	22,463,172	0.59%	0.55%
2003	51,639	22,562,663	0.42%	0.44%
2004	51,791	22,646,836	0.29%	0.37%
2005	51,906	22,729,753	0.22%	0.37%
2006	51,992	22,823,455	0.17%	0.41%
2007	52,035	22,917,444	0.08%	0.41%
2008	52,030	22,997,696	-0.01%	0.35%
2009	52,019	23,078,402	-0.02%	0.35%
2010	52,044	23,140,948	0.05%	0.27%
2011	51,907	23,193,518	-0.26%	0.23%
2012	51,419	23,270,367	-0.94%	0.33%
2013	50,681	23,344,670	-1.44%	0.32%
2014	49,796	23,403,635	-1.75%	0.25%
2015	48,800	23,462,914	-2%	0.25%
2016	47,709	23,515,945	-2.24%	0.23%
2017	46,529	23,555,522	-2.47%	0.17%
2018	45,285	23,580,080	-2.67%	0.1%
2019	44,007	23,596,027	-2.82%	0.07%
2020	42,706	23,582,179	-2.96%	-0.06%
2021	41,367	23,468,275	-3.14%	-0.48%
2022	40,077	23,319,977	-3.12%	-0.63%
2023	38,827	23,342,541	-3.12%	0.1%
2024	37,548	23,410,331	-3.29%	0.29%
2025	36,281	23,308,308	-3.37%	-0.44%
2026	35,078	23,205,944	-3.32%	-0.44%
2027	33,976	23,102,120	-3.14%	-0.45%
2028	32,977	22,996,693	-2.94%	-0.46%
2029	32,054	22,890,335	-2.8%	-0.46%
2030	31,191	22,781,040	-2.69%	-0.48%
2031	30,420	22,667,327	-2.47%	-0.5%
2032	29,740	22,549,689	-2.23%	-0.52%
2033	29,142	22,428,721	-2.01%	-0.54%
2034	28,608	22,302,402	-1.83%	-0.56%
2035	28,147	22,170,689	-1.61%	-0.59%
2036	27,751	22,034,775	-1.41%	-0.61%
2037	27,405	21,893,029	-1.25%	-0.64%
2038	27,092	21,746,001	-1.14%	-0.67%
2039	26,836	21,594,236	-0.94%	-0.7%
2040	26,598	21,436,947	-0.89%	-0.73%
2041	26,396	21,274,187	-0.76%	-0.76%
2042	26,217	21,105,682	-0.68%	-0.79%
2043	26,054	20,932,105	-0.62%	-0.82%
2044	25,913	20,754,623	-0.54%	-0.85%
2045	25,777	20,571,741	-0.52%	-0.88%
2046	25,653	20,384,903	-0.48%	-0.91%
2047	25,543	20,194,425	-0.43%	-0.93%
2048	25,429	19,999,753	-0.45%	-0.96%
2049	25,311	19,801,293	-0.46%	-0.99%
2050	25,195	19,598,997	-0.46%	-1.02%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Taiwan gained 733,161 people (a 3.23% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Taiwan's population decreased by -154,606 (a 0.66% decline).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Taiwan was ranked 48th in 2005 and ranked 60th 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 Taiwan will decrease by 15.9% to 19,598,997 people and rank change from 60th to 76th.