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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Vietnam	Marshall Islands	Vietnam
1960	14,703	32,531,933	-	-
1961	15,219	33,409,059	3.51%	2.7%
1962	15,755	34,288,560	3.52%	2.63%
1963	16,302	35,249,101	3.47%	2.8%
1964	16,852	36,201,563	3.37%	2.7%
1965	17,402	37,129,656	3.26%	2.56%
1966	17,927	38,024,836	3.02%	2.41%
1967	18,655	38,895,080	4.06%	2.29%
1968	19,862	39,734,609	6.47%	2.16%
1969	21,305	40,582,096	7.27%	2.13%
1970	22,530	41,475,230	5.75%	2.2%
1971	23,366	42,449,276	3.71%	2.35%
1972	23,992	43,429,168	2.68%	2.31%
1973	24,581	44,409,861	2.45%	2.26%
1974	25,296	45,413,537	2.91%	2.26%
1975	26,154	46,482,903	3.39%	2.35%
1976	27,021	47,684,931	3.31%	2.59%
1977	27,906	48,954,872	3.28%	2.66%
1978	28,809	50,249,552	3.24%	2.64%
1979	29,738	51,378,211	3.22%	2.25%
1980	30,774	52,490,101	3.48%	2.16%
1981	32,017	53,738,141	4.04%	2.38%
1982	33,397	55,011,289	4.31%	2.37%
1983	34,811	56,337,921	4.23%	2.41%
1984	36,264	57,706,067	4.17%	2.43%
1985	37,761	59,060,622	4.13%	2.35%
1986	39,286	60,347,048	4.04%	2.18%
1987	40,828	61,584,651	3.93%	2.05%
1988	42,321	62,843,228	3.66%	2.04%
1989	43,586	64,147,348	2.99%	2.08%
1990	44,629	65,504,552	2.39%	2.12%
1991	45,568	66,891,775	2.1%	2.12%
1992	46,388	68,260,337	1.8%	2.05%
1993	47,093	69,586,384	1.52%	1.94%
1994	47,712	70,854,391	1.31%	1.82%
1995	48,266	72,049,940	1.16%	1.69%
1996	48,775	73,156,447	1.05%	1.54%
1997	49,259	74,226,889	0.99%	1.46%
1998	49,717	75,299,660	0.93%	1.45%
1999	50,202	76,287,452	0.98%	1.31%
2000	50,706	77,154,011	1%	1.14%
2001	51,123	77,969,361	0.82%	1.06%
2002	51,425	78,772,224	0.59%	1.03%
2003	51,639	79,563,777	0.42%	1%
2004	51,791	80,338,971	0.29%	0.97%
2005	51,906	81,088,313	0.22%	0.93%
2006	51,992	82,167,897	0.17%	1.33%
2007	52,035	83,633,375	0.08%	1.78%
2008	52,030	85,175,788	-0.01%	1.84%
2009	52,019	86,460,018	-0.02%	1.51%
2010	52,044	87,455,152	0.05%	1.15%
2011	51,907	88,468,314	-0.26%	1.16%
2012	51,419	89,510,356	-0.94%	1.18%
2013	50,681	90,573,104	-1.44%	1.19%
2014	49,796	91,679,578	-1.75%	1.22%
2015	48,800	92,823,254	-2%	1.25%
2016	47,709	94,000,117	-2.24%	1.27%
2017	46,529	95,176,977	-2.47%	1.25%
2018	45,285	96,237,319	-2.67%	1.11%
2019	44,007	97,173,776	-2.82%	0.97%
2020	42,706	98,079,191	-2.96%	0.93%
2021	41,367	98,935,098	-3.14%	0.87%
2022	40,077	99,680,655	-3.12%	0.75%
2023	38,827	100,352,192	-3.12%	0.67%
2024	37,548	100,987,686	-3.29%	0.63%
2025	36,281	101,598,531	-3.37%	0.6%
2026	35,078	102,177,434	-3.32%	0.57%
2027	33,976	102,727,392	-3.14%	0.54%
2028	32,977	103,255,746	-2.94%	0.51%
2029	32,054	103,761,151	-2.8%	0.49%
2030	31,191	104,254,900	-2.69%	0.48%
2031	30,420	104,737,913	-2.47%	0.46%
2032	29,740	105,204,401	-2.23%	0.45%
2033	29,142	105,656,307	-2.01%	0.43%
2034	28,608	106,097,515	-1.83%	0.42%
2035	28,147	106,530,671	-1.61%	0.41%
2036	27,751	106,945,842	-1.41%	0.39%
2037	27,405	107,346,046	-1.25%	0.37%
2038	27,092	107,732,019	-1.14%	0.36%
2039	26,836	108,097,653	-0.94%	0.34%
2040	26,598	108,437,634	-0.89%	0.31%
2041	26,396	108,752,199	-0.76%	0.29%
2042	26,217	109,040,314	-0.68%	0.26%
2043	26,054	109,292,559	-0.62%	0.23%
2044	25,913	109,506,274	-0.54%	0.2%
2045	25,777	109,685,396	-0.52%	0.16%
2046	25,653	109,827,664	-0.48%	0.13%
2047	25,543	109,930,243	-0.43%	0.09%
2048	25,429	109,994,024	-0.45%	0.06%
2049	25,311	110,018,017	-0.46%	0.02%
2050	25,195	110,008,910	-0.46%	-0.008%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Vietnam gained 11,734,941 people (a 14.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Vietnam's population increased by 9,240,297 (a 9.95% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Vietnam was ranked 15th in 2005 and ranked 16th 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 Vietnam will increase by 7.78% to 110,008,910 people and will still be ranked 16th.