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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Marshall Islands	Yemen	Marshall Islands	Yemen
1960	14,703	5,532,301	-	-
1961	15,219	5,655,232	3.51%	2.22%
1962	15,755	5,782,221	3.52%	2.25%
1963	16,302	5,911,135	3.47%	2.23%
1964	16,852	6,048,006	3.37%	2.32%
1965	17,402	6,195,593	3.26%	2.44%
1966	17,927	6,351,494	3.02%	2.52%
1967	18,655	6,516,444	4.06%	2.6%
1968	19,862	6,690,524	6.47%	2.67%
1969	21,305	6,875,859	7.27%	2.77%
1970	22,530	7,065,279	5.75%	2.75%
1971	23,366	7,257,462	3.71%	2.72%
1972	23,992	7,460,068	2.68%	2.79%
1973	24,581	7,672,796	2.45%	2.85%
1974	25,296	7,896,783	2.91%	2.92%
1975	26,154	8,133,598	3.39%	3%
1976	27,021	8,384,113	3.31%	3.08%
1977	27,906	8,648,222	3.28%	3.15%
1978	28,809	8,926,586	3.24%	3.22%
1979	29,738	9,224,194	3.22%	3.33%
1980	30,774	9,543,358	3.48%	3.46%
1981	32,017	9,882,362	4.04%	3.55%
1982	33,397	10,241,006	4.31%	3.63%
1983	34,811	10,621,499	4.23%	3.72%
1984	36,264	11,025,597	4.17%	3.8%
1985	37,761	11,453,825	4.13%	3.88%
1986	39,286	11,901,040	4.04%	3.9%
1987	40,828	12,369,912	3.93%	3.94%
1988	42,321	12,859,708	3.66%	3.96%
1989	43,586	13,364,174	2.99%	3.92%
1990	44,629	13,887,862	2.39%	3.92%
1991	45,568	14,430,201	2.1%	3.91%
1992	46,388	14,989,494	1.8%	3.88%
1993	47,093	15,563,914	1.52%	3.83%
1994	47,712	16,149,147	1.31%	3.76%
1995	48,266	16,740,058	1.16%	3.66%
1996	48,775	17,313,177	1.05%	3.42%
1997	49,259	17,873,936	0.99%	3.24%
1998	49,717	18,446,013	0.93%	3.2%
1999	50,202	19,029,420	0.98%	3.16%
2000	50,706	19,624,141	1%	3.13%
2001	51,123	20,226,147	0.82%	3.07%
2002	51,425	20,835,086	0.59%	3.01%
2003	51,639	21,456,379	0.42%	2.98%
2004	51,791	22,095,167	0.29%	2.98%
2005	51,906	22,790,085	0.22%	3.15%
2006	51,992	23,543,083	0.17%	3.3%
2007	52,035	24,318,082	0.08%	3.29%
2008	52,030	25,111,941	-0.01%	3.26%
2009	52,019	25,927,724	-0.02%	3.25%
2010	52,044	26,754,387	0.05%	3.19%
2011	51,907	27,582,897	-0.26%	3.1%
2012	51,419	28,433,647	-0.94%	3.08%
2013	50,681	29,312,952	-1.44%	3.09%
2014	49,796	30,226,309	-1.75%	3.12%
2015	48,800	31,159,379	-2%	3.09%
2016	47,709	32,109,010	-2.24%	3.05%
2017	46,529	33,090,921	-2.47%	3.06%
2018	45,285	34,085,182	-2.67%	3%
2019	44,007	35,111,408	-2.82%	3.01%
2020	42,706	36,134,863	-2.96%	2.91%
2021	41,367	37,140,230	-3.14%	2.78%
2022	40,077	38,222,876	-3.12%	2.92%
2023	38,827	39,390,799	-3.12%	3.06%
2024	37,548	40,583,164	-3.29%	3.03%
2025	36,281	41,773,871	-3.37%	2.93%
2026	35,078	42,961,650	-3.32%	2.84%
2027	33,976	44,145,620	-3.14%	2.76%
2028	32,977	45,323,685	-2.94%	2.67%
2029	32,054	46,497,573	-2.8%	2.59%
2030	31,191	47,667,649	-2.69%	2.52%
2031	30,420	48,827,503	-2.47%	2.43%
2032	29,740	49,979,089	-2.23%	2.36%
2033	29,142	51,129,867	-2.01%	2.3%
2034	28,608	52,279,989	-1.83%	2.25%
2035	28,147	53,429,308	-1.61%	2.2%
2036	27,751	54,578,046	-1.41%	2.15%
2037	27,405	55,724,259	-1.25%	2.1%
2038	27,092	56,872,152	-1.14%	2.06%
2039	26,836	58,024,713	-0.94%	2.03%
2040	26,598	59,181,514	-0.89%	1.99%
2041	26,396	60,345,667	-0.76%	1.97%
2042	26,217	61,517,965	-0.68%	1.94%
2043	26,054	62,696,517	-0.62%	1.92%
2044	25,913	63,880,172	-0.54%	1.89%
2045	25,777	65,066,344	-0.52%	1.86%
2046	25,653	66,253,578	-0.48%	1.82%
2047	25,543	67,438,796	-0.43%	1.79%
2048	25,429	68,620,844	-0.45%	1.75%
2049	25,311	69,799,794	-0.46%	1.72%
2050	25,195	70,976,389	-0.46%	1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Marshall Islands decreased by 3,106 people (a 5.98% decline), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Marshall Islands lost -12,519 (a 25.7% decline), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

The Marshall Islands was ranked 188th most populous country in 2005 and is 192nd in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.