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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	United Kingdom	Marshall Islands	United Kingdom
1960	14,703	52,400,000	-	-
1961	15,219	52,800,000	3.51%	0.76%
1962	15,755	53,250,000	3.52%	0.85%
1963	16,302	53,650,000	3.47%	0.75%
1964	16,852	54,000,000	3.37%	0.65%
1965	17,402	54,348,050	3.26%	0.64%
1966	17,927	54,648,500	3.02%	0.55%
1967	18,655	54,943,600	4.06%	0.54%
1968	19,862	55,211,700	6.47%	0.49%
1969	21,305	55,441,750	7.27%	0.42%
1970	22,530	55,663,250	5.75%	0.4%
1971	23,366	55,896,223	3.71%	0.42%
1972	23,992	56,086,065	2.68%	0.34%
1973	24,581	56,194,527	2.45%	0.19%
1974	25,296	56,229,974	2.91%	0.06%
1975	26,154	56,225,800	3.39%	-0.007%
1976	27,021	56,211,968	3.31%	-0.02%
1977	27,906	56,193,492	3.28%	-0.03%
1978	28,809	56,196,504	3.24%	0.005%
1979	29,738	56,246,951	3.22%	0.09%
1980	30,774	56,314,216	3.48%	0.12%
1981	32,017	56,333,829	4.04%	0.03%
1982	33,397	56,313,641	4.31%	-0.04%
1983	34,811	56,332,848	4.23%	0.03%
1984	36,264	56,422,072	4.17%	0.16%
1985	37,761	56,550,268	4.13%	0.23%
1986	39,286	56,681,396	4.04%	0.23%
1987	40,828	56,802,050	3.93%	0.21%
1988	42,321	56,928,327	3.66%	0.22%
1989	43,586	57,076,711	2.99%	0.26%
1990	44,629	57,247,586	2.39%	0.3%
1991	45,568	57,424,897	2.1%	0.31%
1992	46,388	57,580,402	1.8%	0.27%
1993	47,093	57,718,614	1.52%	0.24%
1994	47,712	57,865,745	1.31%	0.25%
1995	48,266	58,019,030	1.16%	0.26%
1996	48,775	58,166,950	1.05%	0.25%
1997	49,259	58,316,954	0.99%	0.26%
1998	49,717	58,487,141	0.93%	0.29%
1999	50,202	58,682,466	0.98%	0.33%
2000	50,706	58,892,514	1%	0.36%
2001	51,123	59,119,673	0.82%	0.39%
2002	51,425	59,370,479	0.59%	0.42%
2003	51,639	59,647,577	0.42%	0.47%
2004	51,791	59,987,905	0.29%	0.57%
2005	51,906	60,401,206	0.22%	0.69%
2006	51,992	60,846,820	0.17%	0.74%
2007	52,035	61,322,463	0.08%	0.78%
2008	52,030	61,806,995	-0.01%	0.79%
2009	52,019	62,276,270	-0.02%	0.76%
2010	52,044	62,766,365	0.05%	0.79%
2011	51,907	63,258,810	-0.26%	0.78%
2012	51,419	63,711,000	-0.94%	0.71%
2013	50,681	64,139,000	-1.44%	0.67%
2014	49,796	64,620,000	-1.75%	0.75%
2015	48,800	65,088,000	-2%	0.72%
2016	47,709	65,607,000	-2.24%	0.8%
2017	46,529	65,966,000	-2.47%	0.55%
2018	45,285	66,289,000	-2.67%	0.49%
2019	44,007	66,631,000	-2.82%	0.52%
2020	42,706	66,744,000	-2.96%	0.17%
2021	41,367	66,984,000	-3.14%	0.36%
2022	40,077	67,604,000	-3.12%	0.93%
2023	38,827	68,492,000	-3.12%	1.31%
2024	37,548	69,226,000	-3.29%	1.07%
2025	36,281	69,639,673	-3.37%	0.6%
2026	35,078	70,020,350	-3.32%	0.55%
2027	33,976	70,382,853	-3.14%	0.52%
2028	32,977	70,732,699	-2.94%	0.5%
2029	32,054	71,061,482	-2.8%	0.46%
2030	31,191	71,377,535	-2.69%	0.44%
2031	30,420	71,678,351	-2.47%	0.42%
2032	29,740	71,959,934	-2.23%	0.39%
2033	29,142	72,234,509	-2.01%	0.38%
2034	28,608	72,497,650	-1.83%	0.36%
2035	28,147	72,749,096	-1.61%	0.35%
2036	27,751	72,990,847	-1.41%	0.33%
2037	27,405	73,218,850	-1.25%	0.31%
2038	27,092	73,441,349	-1.14%	0.3%
2039	26,836	73,658,392	-0.94%	0.3%
2040	26,598	73,868,334	-0.89%	0.29%
2041	26,396	74,074,316	-0.76%	0.28%
2042	26,217	74,275,779	-0.68%	0.27%
2043	26,054	74,475,035	-0.62%	0.27%
2044	25,913	74,667,284	-0.54%	0.26%
2045	25,777	74,848,605	-0.52%	0.24%
2046	25,653	75,020,949	-0.48%	0.23%
2047	25,543	75,184,478	-0.43%	0.22%
2048	25,429	75,337,543	-0.45%	0.2%
2049	25,311	75,476,141	-0.46%	0.18%
2050	25,195	75,600,588	-0.46%	0.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while the United Kingdom gained 4,686,794 people (a 7.76% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,857,462 (a 7.46% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2005 and ranked 22nd 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 Kingdom will increase by 8.09% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.