The latest officially reported population of the Marshall Islands was 37,548 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Marshall Islands' population is 36,281 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.
Population statistics:
- The United Arab Emirates' population is 313 times bigger than the Marshall Islands'.
- The Marshall Islands is ranked the 192nd most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
- The countries together account for 0.14% of the world: 0.0004% for the Marshall Islands vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
- For the last 10 years, the Marshall Islands has had an average growth rate of -2.69% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
- Since 2005, the population of the Marshall Islands has decreased from 51.9K people to 36.3K (30.1% decline), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
- The United Arab Emirates is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 25.8M 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 United Arab Emirates: live population counter
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| Current population |
36281
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11372700
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| Population rank | 192/197 | 86/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.0004% | 0.14% |
| One net population change |
6.85 hours
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1.34 minutes
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| One birth every |
10.7 hours
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5.13 minutes
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| One death every |
1.35 days
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53.8 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
4.96 hours
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1.89 minutes
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| Annual migration change | -1,765 | +278,439 |
| Daily growth/decline | -4 | +1,077 |
| Annual growth/decline | -1,279 | +393,230 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | -3.29% | +3.75% |
| Population growth rate rank | 197/197 | 8/197 |
the Marshall Islands and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 14,703 | 131,334 | - | - |
| 1961 | 15,219 | 137,989 | 3.51% | 5.07% |
| 1962 | 15,755 | 144,946 | 3.52% | 5.04% |
| 1963 | 16,302 | 152,211 | 3.47% | 5.01% |
| 1964 | 16,852 | 159,692 | 3.37% | 4.91% |
| 1965 | 17,402 | 167,103 | 3.26% | 4.64% |
| 1966 | 17,927 | 173,976 | 3.02% | 4.11% |
| 1967 | 18,655 | 179,700 | 4.06% | 3.29% |
| 1968 | 19,862 | 199,416 | 6.47% | 11% |
| 1969 | 21,305 | 239,660 | 7.27% | 20.2% |
| 1970 | 22,530 | 286,536 | 5.75% | 19.6% |
| 1971 | 23,366 | 335,027 | 3.71% | 16.9% |
| 1972 | 23,992 | 385,014 | 2.68% | 14.9% |
| 1973 | 24,581 | 436,399 | 2.45% | 13.3% |
| 1974 | 25,296 | 489,087 | 2.91% | 12.1% |
| 1975 | 26,154 | 542,856 | 3.39% | 11% |
| 1976 | 27,021 | 615,866 | 3.31% | 13.4% |
| 1977 | 27,906 | 710,209 | 3.28% | 15.3% |
| 1978 | 28,809 | 809,274 | 3.24% | 13.9% |
| 1979 | 29,738 | 912,010 | 3.22% | 12.7% |
| 1980 | 30,774 | 1,015,700 | 3.48% | 11.4% |
| 1981 | 32,017 | 1,099,855 | 4.04% | 8.29% |
| 1982 | 33,397 | 1,166,370 | 4.31% | 6.05% |
| 1983 | 34,811 | 1,235,305 | 4.23% | 5.91% |
| 1984 | 36,264 | 1,305,996 | 4.17% | 5.72% |
| 1985 | 37,761 | 1,377,911 | 4.13% | 5.51% |
| 1986 | 39,286 | 1,467,383 | 4.04% | 6.49% |
| 1987 | 40,828 | 1,574,244 | 3.93% | 7.28% |
| 1988 | 42,321 | 1,681,788 | 3.66% | 6.83% |
| 1989 | 43,586 | 1,789,851 | 2.99% | 6.43% |
| 1990 | 44,629 | 1,898,220 | 2.39% | 6.05% |
| 1991 | 45,568 | 2,006,626 | 2.1% | 5.71% |
| 1992 | 46,388 | 2,114,730 | 1.8% | 5.39% |
| 1993 | 47,093 | 2,222,093 | 1.52% | 5.08% |
| 1994 | 47,712 | 2,328,188 | 1.31% | 4.77% |
| 1995 | 48,266 | 2,434,662 | 1.16% | 4.57% |
| 1996 | 48,775 | 2,597,564 | 1.05% | 6.69% |
| 1997 | 49,259 | 2,817,410 | 0.99% | 8.46% |
| 1998 | 49,717 | 3,040,421 | 0.93% | 7.92% |
| 1999 | 50,202 | 3,266,009 | 0.98% | 7.42% |
| 2000 | 50,706 | 3,493,575 | 1% | 6.97% |
| 2001 | 51,123 | 3,723,590 | 0.82% | 6.58% |
| 2002 | 51,425 | 3,956,826 | 0.59% | 6.26% |
| 2003 | 51,639 | 4,192,457 | 0.42% | 5.96% |
| 2004 | 51,791 | 4,428,967 | 0.29% | 5.64% |
| 2005 | 51,906 | 4,664,790 | 0.22% | 5.32% |
| 2006 | 51,992 | 5,009,100 | 0.17% | 7.38% |
| 2007 | 52,035 | 5,624,635 | 0.08% | 12.3% |
| 2008 | 52,030 | 6,302,664 | -0.01% | 12.1% |
| 2009 | 52,019 | 6,707,058 | -0.02% | 6.42% |
| 2010 | 52,044 | 6,869,838 | 0.05% | 2.43% |
| 2011 | 51,907 | 7,104,538 | -0.26% | 3.42% |
| 2012 | 51,419 | 7,391,448 | -0.94% | 4.04% |
| 2013 | 50,681 | 7,693,031 | -1.44% | 4.08% |
| 2014 | 49,796 | 8,059,440 | -1.75% | 4.76% |
| 2015 | 48,800 | 8,505,237 | -2% | 5.53% |
| 2016 | 47,709 | 8,935,095 | -2.24% | 5.05% |
| 2017 | 46,529 | 9,223,225 | -2.47% | 3.22% |
| 2018 | 45,285 | 9,346,701 | -2.67% | 1.34% |
| 2019 | 44,007 | 9,445,785 | -2.82% | 1.06% |
| 2020 | 42,706 | 9,401,038 | -2.96% | -0.47% |
| 2021 | 41,367 | 9,575,152 | -3.14% | 1.85% |
| 2022 | 40,077 | 10,074,977 | -3.12% | 5.22% |
| 2023 | 38,827 | 10,483,751 | -3.12% | 4.06% |
| 2024 | 37,548 | 10,876,981 | -3.29% | 3.75% |
| 2025 | 36,281 | 11,191,510 | -3.37% | 2.89% |
| 2026 | 35,078 | 11,417,074 | -3.32% | 2.02% |
| 2027 | 33,976 | 11,595,528 | -3.14% | 1.56% |
| 2028 | 32,977 | 11,750,055 | -2.94% | 1.33% |
| 2029 | 32,054 | 11,890,496 | -2.8% | 1.2% |
| 2030 | 31,191 | 12,024,613 | -2.69% | 1.13% |
| 2031 | 30,420 | 12,159,255 | -2.47% | 1.12% |
| 2032 | 29,740 | 12,298,043 | -2.23% | 1.14% |
| 2033 | 29,142 | 12,440,531 | -2.01% | 1.16% |
| 2034 | 28,608 | 12,586,327 | -1.83% | 1.17% |
| 2035 | 28,147 | 12,734,906 | -1.61% | 1.18% |
| 2036 | 27,751 | 12,885,831 | -1.41% | 1.19% |
| 2037 | 27,405 | 13,038,803 | -1.25% | 1.19% |
| 2038 | 27,092 | 13,193,613 | -1.14% | 1.19% |
| 2039 | 26,836 | 13,349,897 | -0.94% | 1.18% |
| 2040 | 26,598 | 13,507,317 | -0.89% | 1.18% |
| 2041 | 26,396 | 13,665,875 | -0.76% | 1.17% |
| 2042 | 26,217 | 13,825,473 | -0.68% | 1.17% |
| 2043 | 26,054 | 13,986,029 | -0.62% | 1.16% |
| 2044 | 25,913 | 14,147,509 | -0.54% | 1.15% |
| 2045 | 25,777 | 14,309,823 | -0.52% | 1.15% |
| 2046 | 25,653 | 14,473,950 | -0.48% | 1.15% |
| 2047 | 25,543 | 14,641,700 | -0.43% | 1.16% |
| 2048 | 25,429 | 14,812,411 | -0.45% | 1.17% |
| 2049 | 25,311 | 14,984,754 | -0.46% | 1.16% |
| 2050 | 25,195 | 15,158,142 | -0.46% | 1.16% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).
The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Majuro | 30K |
| Djarrit | 7.1K |
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| City | Population |
| Dubai | 3.94M |
| Abu Dhabi | 1.57M |
| Sharjah | 1.25M |
| Al Ain | 767K |
| Ajman | 490K |
| Fujairah | 119K |
| Ras al-Khaimah | 116K |
| Umm al-Quwain | 44.4K |
| Madinat Zayed | 29.1K |
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Population differences between the Marshall Islands and the United Arab Emirates
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| Life expectancy | 67.2 years | 83.2 years |
| Average age | 27.5 years | 32.1 years |
| Median age | 21.8 years | 32.6 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.2:48.8 | 63.9:36.1 |
| Fertility rate | 2.92 births per woman | 1.2 births per woman |
| Population density | 540 ppl/mi² | 397 ppl/mi² |
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