Marshall Islands
Population growth in Marshall Islands
Population growth in Marshall Islands: 1.05% a year in 1950 and -3.32% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- -3.32% a year
- Since 1950
- −4.37 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 227 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- -0.41% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at -0.41% a year in 2100, between -8.18% a year and 6.1% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 7.35% a year in 1968, the lowest -3.32% a year in 2023.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | -3.32 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | -3.02 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | -3.31 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | -3.07 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | -2.93 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | -2.8 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | -2.63 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | -2.39 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | -2.14 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | -1.9 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | -1.63 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | -1.27 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | -0.63 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 0.1 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | -0.01 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | -0.04 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 0.02 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 0.14 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 0.19 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 0.25 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 0.34 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 0.49 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 0.69 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 0.95 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 1.05 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 0.89 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 0.97 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 1.01 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 1.09 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 1.22 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 1.39 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 1.63 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 1.94 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 2.23 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 2.51 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 3.4 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.79 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.91 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 4.01 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 4.09 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 4.09 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 4.21 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 4.23 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 3.68 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 3.17 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 3.18 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 3.19 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 3.25 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 3.28 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 3.39 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.33 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.52 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.77 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 4.56 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 6.69 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 7.35 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 5.12 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2.81 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 3.13 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 3.29 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 3.36 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 3.47 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 3.46 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 3.45 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 3.56 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 2.01 | 2 |
| 1957 | 0.41 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 0.59 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 0.71 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 0.65 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 0.58 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 0.85 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 0.73 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 1.05 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Marshall Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | -3.38-5.39–-1.56 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | -3.48-6.03–-1.25 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | -3.28-6.43–-0.59 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | -3.09-6.66–-0.27 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | -2.89-6.85–0.01 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | -2.82-6.89–0.41 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | -2.62-6.47–0.76 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | -2.37-6.07–1.08 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | -2.14-5.8–1.36 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | -1.94-5.39–1.65 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | -1.74-5.37–1.83 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | -1.55-5.15–2.07 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | -1.31-4.98–2.56 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | -1.23-5.13–2.59 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | -1-4.94–2.82 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | -0.92-4.94–3.1 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | -0.83-5.21–3.14 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | -0.72-5–3.27 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | -0.62-5.26–3.44 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | -0.61-5.35–3.47 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | -0.54-5.27–3.57 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | -0.5-5.28–3.56 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | -0.44-4.95–3.96 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | -0.43-5.24–3.84 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | -0.45-5.56–3.9 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | -0.5-5.28–3.92 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | -0.39-5.1–4.09 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | -0.45-5.04–4.08 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | -0.41-5.28–4.19 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | -0.37-5.29–4.22 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | -0.44-5.17–4.21 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | -0.46-5.51–4.03 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | -0.37-5.61–4.1 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | -0.32-5.39–4.29 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | -0.2-5.39–4.46 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | -0.27-5.36–4.35 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | -0.2-5.25–4.38 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | -0.21-5.51–4.63 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | -0.17-5.36–4.64 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | -0.05-5.18–4.86 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | -0.02-5.27–5.09 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0-5.49–5.01 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.14-5.29–5.15 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.08-5.54–5.11 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.18-5.56–5.17 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.14-5.44–5.29 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.17-5.97–5.16 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.16-6.18–5.16 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.13-6.26–5 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.2-6.51–5.3 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.14-6.16–5.33 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.23-6.26–5.3 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.14-6.26–5.39 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.17-6.58–5.24 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.17-6.36–5.19 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.09-6.1–5.42 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.11-6.22–5.61 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.04-5.92–5.56 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.07-5.58–5.78 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.05-5.71–5.58 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | -0.03-5.77–5.58 | -0 |
| 2085 | -0.08-5.67–5.62 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | -0.06-5.58–5.87 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | -0.12-5.67–6.14 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | -0.13-5.58–6.05 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | -0.23-5.84–5.91 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | -0.2-6–6.06 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | -0.24-6.14–6 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | -0.29-6.36–5.98 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | -0.31-6.4–5.74 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | -0.28-6.78–5.91 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | -0.35-7.11–5.8 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | -0.32-7.43–5.91 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | -0.4-7.53–5.86 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | -0.38-7.69–5.77 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | -0.34-7.66–6.14 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | -0.41-8.18–6.1 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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