The latest officially reported population of the Marshall Islands was 37,548 in 2024 vs 50,015,092 people in Uganda in 2024. In 2026, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Marshall Islands' population is 35,078 people compared to 52,776,583 in Uganda.
Population statistics:
- Uganda's population is 1,505 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- The Marshall Islands is ranked the 192nd most populous country in the world, while Uganda is the 30th.
- The countries together account for 0.64% of the world: 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands vs 0.64% for Uganda.
- For the last 10 years, the Marshall Islands has had an average growth rate of -2.69% per year vs +3.21% in Uganda.
- Since 2006, the population of the Marshall Islands has decreased from 52K people to 35.1K (32.5% decline), while Uganda has grown from 28.8M to 52.8M (83.3% growth).
- Uganda is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 121M 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 Uganda: live population counter
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| Current population |
35078
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52776583
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| Population rank | 192/197 | 30/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0004% | 0.64% |
| One net population change |
6.85 hours
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23.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
10.7 hours
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18.4 seconds
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| One death every |
1.35 days
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2.23 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.96 hours
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4.46 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,765 | -117,924 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +3,722 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,279 | +1,358,491 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -3.29% | +2.79% |
| Population growth rate rank | 197/197 | 22/197 |
the Marshall Islands and Uganda: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 14,703 | 7,640,973 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,219 | 7,862,217 | 3.51% | 2.9% |
| 1962 | 15,755 | 8,092,231 | 3.52% | 2.93% |
| 1963 | 16,302 | 8,333,663 | 3.47% | 2.98% |
| 1964 | 16,852 | 8,586,363 | 3.37% | 3.03% |
| 1965 | 17,402 | 8,849,203 | 3.26% | 3.06% |
| 1966 | 17,927 | 9,122,864 | 3.02% | 3.09% |
| 1967 | 18,655 | 9,408,924 | 4.06% | 3.14% |
| 1968 | 19,862 | 9,708,632 | 6.47% | 3.19% |
| 1969 | 21,305 | 10,014,858 | 7.27% | 3.15% |
| 1970 | 22,530 | 10,321,603 | 5.75% | 3.06% |
| 1971 | 23,366 | 10,618,206 | 3.71% | 2.87% |
| 1972 | 23,992 | 10,885,796 | 2.68% | 2.52% |
| 1973 | 24,581 | 11,144,236 | 2.45% | 2.37% |
| 1974 | 25,296 | 11,424,846 | 2.91% | 2.52% |
| 1975 | 26,154 | 11,725,240 | 3.39% | 2.63% |
| 1976 | 27,021 | 12,037,294 | 3.31% | 2.66% |
| 1977 | 27,906 | 12,359,669 | 3.28% | 2.68% |
| 1978 | 28,809 | 12,692,113 | 3.24% | 2.69% |
| 1979 | 29,738 | 13,002,163 | 3.22% | 2.44% |
| 1980 | 30,774 | 13,275,741 | 3.48% | 2.1% |
| 1981 | 32,017 | 13,556,452 | 4.04% | 2.11% |
| 1982 | 33,397 | 13,873,631 | 4.31% | 2.34% |
| 1983 | 34,811 | 14,221,881 | 4.23% | 2.51% |
| 1984 | 36,264 | 14,607,677 | 4.17% | 2.71% |
| 1985 | 37,761 | 15,023,681 | 4.13% | 2.85% |
| 1986 | 39,286 | 15,467,579 | 4.04% | 2.95% |
| 1987 | 40,828 | 15,954,170 | 3.93% | 3.15% |
| 1988 | 42,321 | 16,470,483 | 3.66% | 3.24% |
| 1989 | 43,586 | 17,010,698 | 2.99% | 3.28% |
| 1990 | 44,629 | 17,569,897 | 2.39% | 3.29% |
| 1991 | 45,568 | 18,155,901 | 2.1% | 3.34% |
| 1992 | 46,388 | 18,785,032 | 1.8% | 3.47% |
| 1993 | 47,093 | 19,445,161 | 1.52% | 3.51% |
| 1994 | 47,712 | 20,108,801 | 1.31% | 3.41% |
| 1995 | 48,266 | 20,665,667 | 1.16% | 2.77% |
| 1996 | 48,775 | 21,231,550 | 1.05% | 2.74% |
| 1997 | 49,259 | 21,856,046 | 0.99% | 2.94% |
| 1998 | 49,717 | 22,515,806 | 0.93% | 3.02% |
| 1999 | 50,202 | 23,257,281 | 0.98% | 3.29% |
| 2000 | 50,706 | 24,000,150 | 1% | 3.19% |
| 2001 | 51,123 | 24,745,676 | 0.82% | 3.11% |
| 2002 | 51,425 | 25,532,870 | 0.59% | 3.18% |
| 2003 | 51,639 | 26,352,124 | 0.42% | 3.21% |
| 2004 | 51,791 | 27,154,515 | 0.29% | 3.04% |
| 2005 | 51,906 | 27,963,289 | 0.22% | 2.98% |
| 2006 | 51,992 | 28,794,003 | 0.17% | 2.97% |
| 2007 | 52,035 | 29,653,430 | 0.08% | 2.98% |
| 2008 | 52,030 | 30,539,553 | -0.01% | 2.99% |
| 2009 | 52,019 | 31,451,151 | -0.02% | 2.98% |
| 2010 | 52,044 | 32,390,802 | 0.05% | 2.99% |
| 2011 | 51,907 | 33,354,543 | -0.26% | 2.98% |
| 2012 | 51,419 | 34,337,438 | -0.94% | 2.95% |
| 2013 | 50,681 | 35,337,042 | -1.44% | 2.91% |
| 2014 | 49,796 | 36,395,539 | -1.75% | 3% |
| 2015 | 48,800 | 37,531,446 | -2% | 3.12% |
| 2016 | 47,709 | 38,799,152 | -2.24% | 3.38% |
| 2017 | 46,529 | 40,177,388 | -2.47% | 3.55% |
| 2018 | 45,285 | 41,565,831 | -2.67% | 3.46% |
| 2019 | 44,007 | 42,999,637 | -2.82% | 3.45% |
| 2020 | 42,706 | 44,457,152 | -2.96% | 3.39% |
| 2021 | 41,367 | 45,910,930 | -3.14% | 3.27% |
| 2022 | 40,077 | 47,312,719 | -3.12% | 3.05% |
| 2023 | 38,827 | 48,656,601 | -3.12% | 2.84% |
| 2024 | 37,548 | 50,015,092 | -3.29% | 2.79% |
| 2025 | 36,281 | 51,384,895 | -3.37% | 2.74% |
| 2026 | 35,078 | 52,761,471 | -3.32% | 2.68% |
| 2027 | 33,976 | 54,144,274 | -3.14% | 2.62% |
| 2028 | 32,977 | 55,532,564 | -2.94% | 2.56% |
| 2029 | 32,054 | 56,922,797 | -2.8% | 2.5% |
| 2030 | 31,191 | 58,312,944 | -2.69% | 2.44% |
| 2031 | 30,420 | 59,703,537 | -2.47% | 2.38% |
| 2032 | 29,740 | 61,089,060 | -2.23% | 2.32% |
| 2033 | 29,142 | 62,464,116 | -2.01% | 2.25% |
| 2034 | 28,608 | 63,833,872 | -1.83% | 2.19% |
| 2035 | 28,147 | 65,205,570 | -1.61% | 2.15% |
| 2036 | 27,751 | 66,573,737 | -1.41% | 2.1% |
| 2037 | 27,405 | 67,942,634 | -1.25% | 2.06% |
| 2038 | 27,092 | 69,312,210 | -1.14% | 2.02% |
| 2039 | 26,836 | 70,669,875 | -0.94% | 1.96% |
| 2040 | 26,598 | 72,020,414 | -0.89% | 1.91% |
| 2041 | 26,396 | 73,372,658 | -0.76% | 1.88% |
| 2042 | 26,217 | 74,730,004 | -0.68% | 1.85% |
| 2043 | 26,054 | 76,090,991 | -0.62% | 1.82% |
| 2044 | 25,913 | 77,449,517 | -0.54% | 1.79% |
| 2045 | 25,777 | 78,797,995 | -0.52% | 1.74% |
| 2046 | 25,653 | 80,139,174 | -0.48% | 1.7% |
| 2047 | 25,543 | 81,478,503 | -0.43% | 1.67% |
| 2048 | 25,429 | 82,812,102 | -0.45% | 1.64% |
| 2049 | 25,311 | 84,130,056 | -0.46% | 1.59% |
| 2050 | 25,195 | 85,431,202 | -0.46% | 1.55% |
From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 4,283 people (a 8.24% decline), while Uganda gained 10,005,149 people (a 34.7% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Marshall Islands lost -12,631 (a 26.5% decline), while Uganda's population increased by 13,977,431 (a 36% growth).
The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2006 and is 192nd in 2026. Uganda was ranked 38th in 2006 and ranked 30th now.
The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Marshall Islands' population will shrink by 28.2% to 25,195 people with a rank change from 192nd to 193rd. The population of Uganda will increase by 61.9% to 85,431,202 people and rank change from 30th to 20th.
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Population differences between the Marshall Islands and Uganda
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| Life expectancy | 67.3 years | 68.9 years |
| Average age | 27.5 years | 21.6 years |
| Median age | 21.8 years | 17.8 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.2:48.8 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 2.92 births per woman | 4.28 births per woman |
| Population density | 540 ppl/mi² | 646 ppl/mi² |
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