Marshall Islands
Urban population in Marshall Islands
Urban population in Marshall Islands: 25.7% in 1950 and 79.1% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 79.1%
- Since 1950
- +53.4 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 69 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 88.3%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 88.3% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Marshall Islands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 79.1 |
| 2024 | 78.7 |
| 2023 | 78.4 |
| 2022 | 78 |
| 2021 | 77.6 |
| 2020 | 77.3 |
| 2019 | 76.9 |
| 2018 | 76.6 |
| 2017 | 76.2 |
| 2016 | 75.9 |
| 2015 | 75.5 |
| 2014 | 75.1 |
| 2013 | 74.7 |
| 2012 | 74.3 |
| 2011 | 73.9 |
| 2010 | 73.4 |
| 2009 | 72.9 |
| 2008 | 72.4 |
| 2007 | 71.8 |
| 2006 | 71.2 |
| 2005 | 70.6 |
| 2004 | 70.1 |
| 2003 | 69.5 |
| 2002 | 69 |
| 2001 | 68.6 |
| 2000 | 68.3 |
| 1999 | 68 |
| 1998 | 67.9 |
| 1997 | 67.7 |
| 1996 | 67.6 |
| 1995 | 67.5 |
| 1994 | 67.5 |
| 1993 | 67.4 |
| 1992 | 67.3 |
| 1991 | 67.2 |
| 1990 | 67.1 |
| 1989 | 66.9 |
| 1988 | 66.7 |
| 1987 | 66.1 |
| 1986 | 65.1 |
| 1985 | 64 |
| 1984 | 62.8 |
| 1983 | 61.6 |
| 1982 | 60.6 |
| 1981 | 59.9 |
| 1980 | 59.7 |
| 1979 | 59.8 |
| 1978 | 60.1 |
| 1977 | 60.5 |
| 1976 | 60.9 |
| 1975 | 61.2 |
| 1974 | 61.5 |
| 1973 | 61.3 |
| 1972 | 59.9 |
| 1971 | 57.4 |
| 1970 | 54.3 |
| 1969 | 51 |
| 1968 | 47.9 |
| 1967 | 45.6 |
| 1966 | 43.8 |
| 1965 | 42.1 |
| 1964 | 40.4 |
| 1963 | 38.8 |
| 1962 | 37.4 |
| 1961 | 36 |
| 1960 | 34.8 |
| 1959 | 33.8 |
| 1958 | 32.9 |
| 1957 | 31.9 |
| 1956 | 30.8 |
| 1955 | 29.8 |
| 1954 | 28.9 |
| 1953 | 28 |
| 1952 | 27.2 |
| 1951 | 26.4 |
| 1950 | 25.7 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Marshall Islands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 79.5 |
| 2027 | 79.9 |
| 2028 | 80.2 |
| 2029 | 80.6 |
| 2030 | 81 |
| 2031 | 81.3 |
| 2032 | 81.7 |
| 2033 | 82.1 |
| 2034 | 82.5 |
| 2035 | 82.8 |
| 2036 | 83.2 |
| 2037 | 83.6 |
| 2038 | 83.9 |
| 2039 | 84.3 |
| 2040 | 84.7 |
| 2041 | 85 |
| 2042 | 85.4 |
| 2043 | 85.8 |
| 2044 | 86.1 |
| 2045 | 86.5 |
| 2046 | 86.9 |
| 2047 | 87.2 |
| 2048 | 87.6 |
| 2049 | 88 |
| 2050 | 88.3 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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