The latest officially reported population of the Marshall Islands was 37,548 in 2024 vs 12,277,109 people in Tunisia in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Marshall Islands' population is 36,281 people compared to 12,402,051 in Tunisia.
Population statistics:
- Tunisia's population is 342 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- The Marshall Islands is ranked the 192nd most populous country in the world, while Tunisia is the 80th.
- The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands vs 0.15% for Tunisia.
- For the last 10 years, the Marshall Islands has had an average growth rate of -2.69% per year vs +0.89% in Tunisia.
- Since 2005, the population of the Marshall Islands has decreased from 51.9K people to 36.3K (30.1% decline), while Tunisia has grown from 10.3M to 12.4M (20.9% growth).
- Tunisia is projected to reach its peak in 2051 at 13.1M 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 Tunisia: live population counter
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| Current population |
36281
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12402051
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| Population rank | 192/197 | 80/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0004% | 0.15% |
| One net population change |
6.85 hours
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6.85 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.7 hours
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3.13 minutes
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| One death every |
1.35 days
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7.1 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.96 hours
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34.5 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,765 | -15,221 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +210 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,279 | +76,678 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -3.29% | +0.63% |
| Population growth rate rank | 197/197 | 125/197 |
the Marshall Islands and Tunisia: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 14,703 | 4,267,288 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,219 | 4,316,278 | 3.51% | 1.15% |
| 1962 | 15,755 | 4,369,136 | 3.52% | 1.22% |
| 1963 | 16,302 | 4,427,131 | 3.47% | 1.33% |
| 1964 | 16,852 | 4,489,869 | 3.37% | 1.42% |
| 1965 | 17,402 | 4,561,385 | 3.26% | 1.59% |
| 1966 | 17,927 | 4,652,287 | 3.02% | 1.99% |
| 1967 | 18,655 | 4,760,970 | 4.06% | 2.34% |
| 1968 | 19,862 | 4,879,899 | 6.47% | 2.5% |
| 1969 | 21,305 | 5,004,697 | 7.27% | 2.56% |
| 1970 | 22,530 | 5,131,396 | 5.75% | 2.53% |
| 1971 | 23,366 | 5,261,658 | 3.71% | 2.54% |
| 1972 | 23,992 | 5,396,557 | 2.68% | 2.56% |
| 1973 | 24,581 | 5,537,242 | 2.45% | 2.61% |
| 1974 | 25,296 | 5,684,674 | 2.91% | 2.66% |
| 1975 | 26,154 | 5,839,262 | 3.39% | 2.72% |
| 1976 | 27,021 | 5,996,994 | 3.31% | 2.7% |
| 1977 | 27,906 | 6,155,931 | 3.28% | 2.65% |
| 1978 | 28,809 | 6,309,390 | 3.24% | 2.49% |
| 1979 | 29,738 | 6,456,419 | 3.22% | 2.33% |
| 1980 | 30,774 | 6,606,195 | 3.48% | 2.32% |
| 1981 | 32,017 | 6,758,284 | 4.04% | 2.3% |
| 1982 | 33,397 | 6,908,642 | 4.31% | 2.22% |
| 1983 | 34,811 | 7,053,800 | 4.23% | 2.1% |
| 1984 | 36,264 | 7,220,044 | 4.17% | 2.36% |
| 1985 | 37,761 | 7,409,903 | 4.13% | 2.63% |
| 1986 | 39,286 | 7,600,301 | 4.04% | 2.57% |
| 1987 | 40,828 | 7,789,987 | 3.93% | 2.5% |
| 1988 | 42,321 | 7,974,440 | 3.66% | 2.37% |
| 1989 | 43,586 | 8,151,660 | 2.99% | 2.22% |
| 1990 | 44,629 | 8,324,509 | 2.39% | 2.12% |
| 1991 | 45,568 | 8,501,827 | 2.1% | 2.13% |
| 1992 | 46,388 | 8,682,512 | 1.8% | 2.13% |
| 1993 | 47,093 | 8,857,910 | 1.52% | 2.02% |
| 1994 | 47,712 | 9,018,448 | 1.31% | 1.81% |
| 1995 | 48,266 | 9,161,258 | 1.16% | 1.58% |
| 1996 | 48,775 | 9,294,432 | 1.05% | 1.45% |
| 1997 | 49,259 | 9,421,270 | 0.99% | 1.36% |
| 1998 | 49,717 | 9,541,667 | 0.93% | 1.28% |
| 1999 | 50,202 | 9,655,963 | 0.98% | 1.2% |
| 2000 | 50,706 | 9,764,935 | 1% | 1.13% |
| 2001 | 51,123 | 9,869,677 | 0.82% | 1.07% |
| 2002 | 51,425 | 9,971,515 | 0.59% | 1.03% |
| 2003 | 51,639 | 10,071,632 | 0.42% | 1% |
| 2004 | 51,791 | 10,166,163 | 0.29% | 0.94% |
| 2005 | 51,906 | 10,255,472 | 0.22% | 0.88% |
| 2006 | 51,992 | 10,346,410 | 0.17% | 0.89% |
| 2007 | 52,035 | 10,441,702 | 0.08% | 0.92% |
| 2008 | 52,030 | 10,542,635 | -0.01% | 0.97% |
| 2009 | 52,019 | 10,650,681 | -0.02% | 1.02% |
| 2010 | 52,044 | 10,765,980 | 0.05% | 1.08% |
| 2011 | 51,907 | 10,886,035 | -0.26% | 1.12% |
| 2012 | 51,419 | 11,009,647 | -0.94% | 1.14% |
| 2013 | 50,681 | 11,141,361 | -1.44% | 1.2% |
| 2014 | 49,796 | 11,274,288 | -1.75% | 1.19% |
| 2015 | 48,800 | 11,402,264 | -2% | 1.14% |
| 2016 | 47,709 | 11,528,674 | -2.24% | 1.11% |
| 2017 | 46,529 | 11,650,498 | -2.47% | 1.06% |
| 2018 | 45,285 | 11,765,514 | -2.67% | 0.99% |
| 2019 | 44,007 | 11,875,081 | -2.82% | 0.93% |
| 2020 | 42,706 | 11,974,057 | -2.96% | 0.83% |
| 2021 | 41,367 | 12,048,622 | -3.14% | 0.62% |
| 2022 | 40,077 | 12,119,334 | -3.12% | 0.59% |
| 2023 | 38,827 | 12,200,431 | -3.12% | 0.67% |
| 2024 | 37,548 | 12,277,109 | -3.29% | 0.63% |
| 2025 | 36,281 | 12,348,580 | -3.37% | 0.58% |
| 2026 | 35,078 | 12,415,147 | -3.32% | 0.54% |
| 2027 | 33,976 | 12,476,105 | -3.14% | 0.49% |
| 2028 | 32,977 | 12,531,994 | -2.94% | 0.45% |
| 2029 | 32,054 | 12,582,709 | -2.8% | 0.4% |
| 2030 | 31,191 | 12,628,154 | -2.69% | 0.36% |
| 2031 | 30,420 | 12,669,925 | -2.47% | 0.33% |
| 2032 | 29,740 | 12,709,155 | -2.23% | 0.31% |
| 2033 | 29,142 | 12,746,538 | -2.01% | 0.29% |
| 2034 | 28,608 | 12,781,017 | -1.83% | 0.27% |
| 2035 | 28,147 | 12,812,275 | -1.61% | 0.24% |
| 2036 | 27,751 | 12,842,495 | -1.41% | 0.24% |
| 2037 | 27,405 | 12,872,063 | -1.25% | 0.23% |
| 2038 | 27,092 | 12,900,190 | -1.14% | 0.22% |
| 2039 | 26,836 | 12,927,314 | -0.94% | 0.21% |
| 2040 | 26,598 | 12,953,871 | -0.89% | 0.21% |
| 2041 | 26,396 | 12,979,696 | -0.76% | 0.2% |
| 2042 | 26,217 | 13,005,242 | -0.68% | 0.2% |
| 2043 | 26,054 | 13,030,307 | -0.62% | 0.19% |
| 2044 | 25,913 | 13,054,103 | -0.54% | 0.18% |
| 2045 | 25,777 | 13,076,097 | -0.52% | 0.17% |
| 2046 | 25,653 | 13,095,748 | -0.48% | 0.15% |
| 2047 | 25,543 | 13,113,228 | -0.43% | 0.13% |
| 2048 | 25,429 | 13,127,662 | -0.45% | 0.11% |
| 2049 | 25,311 | 13,138,151 | -0.46% | 0.08% |
| 2050 | 25,195 | 13,145,144 | -0.46% | 0.05% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Tunisia gained 1,146,792 people (a 11.2% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Tunisia's population increased by 999,787 (a 8.77% growth).
The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Tunisia was ranked 79th in 2005 and ranked 80th 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 Tunisia will increase by 5.99% to 13,145,144 people and rank change from 80th to 89th.
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Population differences between the Marshall Islands and Tunisia
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| Life expectancy | 67.2 years | 76.9 years |
| Average age | 27.5 years | 34.5 years |
| Median age | 21.8 years | 33.5 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.2:48.8 | 49.4:50.6 |
| Fertility rate | 2.92 births per woman | 1.83 births per woman |
| Population density | 540 ppl/mi² | 204.7 ppl/mi² |
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