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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	United States	Marshall Islands	United States
1900	-	76,094,000	-	-
1901	-	77,584,000	-	1.96%
1902	-	79,163,000	-	2.04%
1903	-	80,632,000	-	1.86%
1904	-	82,166,000	-	1.9%
1905	-	83,822,000	-	2.02%
1906	-	85,450,000	-	1.94%
1907	-	87,008,000	-	1.82%
1908	-	88,710,000	-	1.96%
1909	-	90,490,000	-	2.01%
1910	-	92,407,000	-	2.12%
1911	-	93,863,000	-	1.58%
1912	-	95,335,000	-	1.57%
1913	-	97,225,000	-	1.98%
1914	-	99,111,000	-	1.94%
1915	-	100,546,000	-	1.45%
1916	-	101,961,000	-	1.41%
1917	-	103,268,000	-	1.28%
1918	-	103,208,000	-	-0.06%
1919	-	104,514,000	-	1.27%
1920	-	106,461,000	-	1.86%
1921	-	108,538,000	-	1.95%
1922	-	110,049,000	-	1.39%
1923	-	111,947,000	-	1.72%
1924	-	114,109,000	-	1.93%
1925	-	115,829,000	-	1.51%
1926	-	117,397,000	-	1.35%
1927	-	119,035,000	-	1.4%
1928	-	120,509,000	-	1.24%
1929	-	121,767,000	-	1.04%
1930	-	123,076,741	-	1.08%
1931	-	124,039,648	-	0.78%
1932	-	124,840,471	-	0.65%
1933	-	125,578,763	-	0.59%
1934	-	126,373,773	-	0.63%
1935	-	127,250,232	-	0.69%
1936	-	128,053,180	-	0.63%
1937	-	128,824,829	-	0.6%
1938	-	129,824,939	-	0.78%
1939	-	130,879,718	-	0.81%
1940	-	132,122,446	-	0.95%
1941	-	133,402,471	-	0.97%
1942	-	134,859,553	-	1.09%
1943	-	136,739,353	-	1.39%
1944	-	138,397,345	-	1.21%
1945	-	139,928,165	-	1.11%
1946	-	141,388,566	-	1.04%
1947	-	144,126,071	-	1.94%
1948	-	146,631,302	-	1.74%
1949	-	149,188,130	-	1.74%
1950	-	152,271,417	-	2.07%
1951	-	154,877,889	-	1.71%
1952	-	157,552,740	-	1.73%
1953	-	160,184,192	-	1.67%
1954	-	163,025,854	-	1.77%
1955	-	165,931,202	-	1.78%
1956	-	168,903,031	-	1.79%
1957	-	171,984,130	-	1.82%
1958	-	174,881,904	-	1.68%
1959	-	177,829,628	-	1.69%
1960	14,703	180,671,158	-	1.6%
1961	15,219	183,691,481	3.51%	1.67%
1962	15,755	186,537,737	3.52%	1.55%
1963	16,302	189,241,798	3.47%	1.45%
1964	16,852	191,888,791	3.37%	1.4%
1965	17,402	194,302,963	3.26%	1.26%
1966	17,927	196,560,338	3.02%	1.16%
1967	18,655	198,712,056	4.06%	1.09%
1968	19,862	200,706,052	6.47%	1%
1969	21,305	202,676,946	7.27%	0.98%
1970	22,530	205,052,174	5.75%	1.17%
1971	23,366	207,660,677	3.71%	1.27%
1972	23,992	209,896,021	2.68%	1.08%
1973	24,581	211,908,788	2.45%	0.96%
1974	25,296	213,853,928	2.91%	0.92%
1975	26,154	215,973,199	3.39%	0.99%
1976	27,021	218,035,164	3.31%	0.95%
1977	27,906	220,239,425	3.28%	1.01%
1978	28,809	222,584,545	3.24%	1.06%
1979	29,738	225,055,487	3.22%	1.11%
1980	30,774	226,542,250	3.48%	0.66%
1981	32,017	229,465,744	4.04%	1.29%
1982	33,397	231,664,432	4.31%	0.96%
1983	34,811	233,792,014	4.23%	0.92%
1984	36,264	235,824,908	4.17%	0.87%
1985	37,761	237,923,734	4.13%	0.89%
1986	39,286	240,132,831	4.04%	0.93%
1987	40,828	242,288,936	3.93%	0.9%
1988	42,321	244,499,004	3.66%	0.91%
1989	43,586	246,819,222	2.99%	0.95%
1990	44,629	250,131,894	2.39%	1.34%
1991	45,568	253,492,503	2.1%	1.34%
1992	46,388	256,894,189	1.8%	1.34%
1993	47,093	260,255,352	1.52%	1.31%
1994	47,712	263,435,673	1.31%	1.22%
1995	48,266	266,557,091	1.16%	1.18%
1996	48,775	269,667,391	1.05%	1.17%
1997	49,259	272,911,760	0.99%	1.2%
1998	49,717	276,115,288	0.93%	1.17%
1999	50,202	279,294,713	0.98%	1.15%
2000	50,706	282,162,411	1%	1.03%
2001	51,123	284,968,955	0.82%	0.99%
2002	51,425	287,625,193	0.59%	0.93%
2003	51,639	290,107,933	0.42%	0.86%
2004	51,791	292,805,298	0.29%	0.93%
2005	51,906	295,516,599	0.22%	0.93%
2006	51,992	298,379,912	0.17%	0.97%
2007	52,035	301,231,207	0.08%	0.96%
2008	52,030	304,093,966	-0.01%	0.95%
2009	52,019	306,771,529	-0.02%	0.88%
2010	52,044	309,327,143	0.05%	0.83%
2011	51,907	311,583,481	-0.26%	0.73%
2012	51,419	313,877,662	-0.94%	0.74%
2013	50,681	316,059,947	-1.44%	0.7%
2014	49,796	318,386,329	-1.75%	0.74%
2015	48,800	320,738,994	-2%	0.74%
2016	47,709	323,071,755	-2.24%	0.73%
2017	46,529	325,122,128	-2.47%	0.63%
2018	45,285	326,838,199	-2.67%	0.53%
2019	44,007	328,329,953	-2.82%	0.46%
2020	42,706	331,526,933	-2.96%	0.97%
2021	41,367	331,893,745	-3.14%	0.11%
2022	40,077	333,271,411	-3.12%	0.42%
2023	38,827	334,914,895	-3.12%	0.49%
2024	37,548	340,110,988	-3.29%	1.55%
2025	36,281	341,931,772	-3.37%	0.54%
2026	35,078	343,664,369	-3.32%	0.51%
2027	33,976	345,331,185	-3.14%	0.49%
2028	32,977	346,981,137	-2.94%	0.48%
2029	32,054	348,601,982	-2.8%	0.47%
2030	31,191	350,176,974	-2.69%	0.45%
2031	30,420	351,725,612	-2.47%	0.44%
2032	29,740	353,249,060	-2.23%	0.43%
2033	29,142	354,749,644	-2.01%	0.42%
2034	28,608	356,234,239	-1.83%	0.42%
2035	28,147	357,694,316	-1.61%	0.41%
2036	27,751	359,119,002	-1.41%	0.4%
2037	27,405	360,517,853	-1.25%	0.39%
2038	27,092	361,895,407	-1.14%	0.38%
2039	26,836	363,229,908	-0.94%	0.37%
2040	26,598	364,512,364	-0.89%	0.35%
2041	26,396	365,753,139	-0.76%	0.34%
2042	26,217	366,969,419	-0.68%	0.33%
2043	26,054	368,146,925	-0.62%	0.32%
2044	25,913	369,258,123	-0.54%	0.3%
2045	25,777	370,318,770	-0.52%	0.29%
2046	25,653	371,328,255	-0.48%	0.27%
2047	25,543	372,299,116	-0.43%	0.26%
2048	25,429	373,230,539	-0.45%	0.25%
2049	25,311	374,119,803	-0.46%	0.24%
2050	25,195	374,986,259	-0.46%	0.23%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while the United States gained 25,222,395 people (a 8.54% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while the United States' population increased by 22,584,536 (a 7.04% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. The United States was ranked 3rd in 2005 and still ranked 3rd 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 States will increase by 9.22% to 374,986,259 people and will still be ranked 3rd.