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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Thailand	Marshall Islands	Thailand
1960	14,703	26,851,747	-	-
1961	15,219	27,650,334	3.51%	2.97%
1962	15,755	28,481,040	3.52%	3%
1963	16,302	29,342,322	3.47%	3.02%
1964	16,852	30,232,141	3.37%	3.03%
1965	17,402	31,149,337	3.26%	3.03%
1966	17,927	32,086,071	3.02%	3.01%
1967	18,655	33,037,801	4.06%	2.97%
1968	19,862	34,002,560	6.47%	2.92%
1969	21,305	34,973,782	7.27%	2.86%
1970	22,530	35,954,408	5.75%	2.8%
1971	23,366	36,937,387	3.71%	2.73%
1972	23,992	37,933,929	2.68%	2.7%
1973	24,581	38,947,787	2.45%	2.67%
1974	25,296	39,952,891	2.91%	2.58%
1975	26,154	40,940,005	3.39%	2.47%
1976	27,021	41,896,504	3.31%	2.34%
1977	27,906	42,843,974	3.28%	2.26%
1978	28,809	43,788,976	3.24%	2.21%
1979	29,738	44,718,434	3.22%	2.12%
1980	30,774	45,650,022	3.48%	2.08%
1981	32,017	46,575,855	4.04%	2.03%
1982	33,397	47,494,577	4.31%	1.97%
1983	34,811	48,423,309	4.23%	1.96%
1984	36,264	49,351,708	4.17%	1.92%
1985	37,761	50,270,753	4.13%	1.86%
1986	39,286	51,177,834	4.04%	1.8%
1987	40,828	52,074,105	3.93%	1.75%
1988	42,321	52,969,595	3.66%	1.72%
1989	43,586	53,848,956	2.99%	1.66%
1990	44,629	54,738,329	2.39%	1.65%
1991	45,568	55,637,434	2.1%	1.64%
1992	46,388	56,528,834	1.8%	1.6%
1993	47,093	57,408,198	1.52%	1.56%
1994	47,712	58,260,854	1.31%	1.49%
1995	48,266	59,098,232	1.16%	1.44%
1996	48,775	59,920,064	1.05%	1.39%
1997	49,259	60,724,584	0.99%	1.34%
1998	49,717	61,522,630	0.93%	1.31%
1999	50,202	62,299,043	0.98%	1.26%
2000	50,706	63,007,815	1%	1.14%
2001	51,123	63,651,141	0.82%	1.02%
2002	51,425	64,266,437	0.59%	0.97%
2003	51,639	64,868,166	0.42%	0.94%
2004	51,791	65,452,047	0.29%	0.9%
2005	51,906	66,017,420	0.22%	0.86%
2006	51,992	66,567,687	0.17%	0.83%
2007	52,035	67,102,394	0.08%	0.8%
2008	52,030	67,619,830	-0.01%	0.77%
2009	52,019	68,121,080	-0.02%	0.74%
2010	52,044	68,579,447	0.05%	0.67%
2011	51,907	69,007,208	-0.26%	0.62%
2012	51,419	69,436,098	-0.94%	0.62%
2013	50,681	69,845,114	-1.44%	0.59%
2014	49,796	70,216,367	-1.75%	0.53%
2015	48,800	70,540,795	-2%	0.46%
2016	47,709	70,859,841	-2.24%	0.45%
2017	46,529	71,160,187	-2.47%	0.42%
2018	45,285	71,376,079	-2.67%	0.3%
2019	44,007	71,522,271	-2.82%	0.2%
2020	42,706	71,641,484	-2.96%	0.17%
2021	41,367	71,727,332	-3.14%	0.12%
2022	40,077	71,735,329	-3.12%	0.01%
2023	38,827	71,702,435	-3.12%	-0.05%
2024	37,548	71,668,011	-3.29%	-0.05%
2025	36,281	71,619,867	-3.37%	-0.07%
2026	35,078	71,559,621	-3.32%	-0.08%
2027	33,976	71,488,156	-3.14%	-0.1%
2028	32,977	71,406,996	-2.94%	-0.11%
2029	32,054	71,316,195	-2.8%	-0.13%
2030	31,191	71,215,017	-2.69%	-0.14%
2031	30,420	71,104,025	-2.47%	-0.16%
2032	29,740	70,982,286	-2.23%	-0.17%
2033	29,142	70,847,947	-2.01%	-0.19%
2034	28,608	70,701,651	-1.83%	-0.21%
2035	28,147	70,540,884	-1.61%	-0.23%
2036	27,751	70,366,496	-1.41%	-0.25%
2037	27,405	70,180,031	-1.25%	-0.26%
2038	27,092	69,979,034	-1.14%	-0.29%
2039	26,836	69,763,928	-0.94%	-0.31%
2040	26,598	69,535,003	-0.89%	-0.33%
2041	26,396	69,288,477	-0.76%	-0.35%
2042	26,217	69,025,348	-0.68%	-0.38%
2043	26,054	68,748,075	-0.62%	-0.4%
2044	25,913	68,456,533	-0.54%	-0.42%
2045	25,777	68,150,148	-0.52%	-0.45%
2046	25,653	67,827,309	-0.48%	-0.47%
2047	25,543	67,489,358	-0.43%	-0.5%
2048	25,429	67,136,737	-0.45%	-0.52%
2049	25,311	66,767,316	-0.46%	-0.55%
2050	25,195	66,382,732	-0.46%	-0.58%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Thailand gained 4,523,375 people (a 6.85% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Thailand's population increased by 1,079,072 (a 1.53% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2005 and ranked 21st 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 Thailand will decrease by 7.31% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.