Population of Marshall Islands

Source	UN (World Population Prospects 2024)
Date	20 Mar 2025

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The current population of Marshall Islands is 36,501 as of April 30, 2025, based on interpolation of the latest United Nations data. The population of Marshall Islands is projected at 36,282, or 36k, as of July 1, 2025. The total population in Marshall Islands is projected at 37,548, or 38k people, for the year 2024.

Marshall Islands ranks 220th in the world by population on the 237 countries and territories list. Marshall Islands is ranked 16th among 23 countries and territories in Oceania.

Population
Growth rate
Net change

Marshall Islands population estimates
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
1950	12,928	12,996	136	1.046	0.00052
1951	13,064	13,111	95	0.725	0.00052
1952	13,159	13,215	112	0.848	0.00051
1953	13,271	13,309	77	0.579	0.00051
1954	13,348	13,392	87	0.650	0.00050
1955	13,435	13,482	95	0.705	0.00049
1956	13,530	13,570	80	0.590	0.00049
1957	13,610	13,638	56	0.411	0.00048
1958	13,666	13,805	278	2.014	0.00047
1959	13,944	14,197	505	3.558	0.00048
1960	14,449	14,703	507	3.449	0.00049
1961	14,956	15,219	526	3.457	0.00050
1962	15,482	15,755	546	3.466	0.00050
1963	16,028	16,302	547	3.356	0.00051
1964	16,575	16,852	555	3.294	0.00052
1965	17,130	17,402	545	3.132	0.00052
1966	17,675	17,927	503	2.806	0.00053
1967	18,178	18,655	954	5.115	0.00054
1968	19,132	19,862	1,460	7.354	0.00056
1969	20,592	21,305	1,425	6.691	0.00059
1970	22,017	22,530	1,026	4.555	0.00061
1971	23,043	23,366	647	2.769	0.00062
1972	23,690	23,992	605	2.522	0.00062
1973	24,295	24,581	572	2.327	0.00063
1974	24,867	25,296	858	3.392	0.00063
1975	25,725	26,154	857	3.277	0.00064
1976	26,582	27,021	878	3.250	0.00065
1977	27,460	27,906	891	3.193	0.00066
1978	28,351	28,809	917	3.183	0.00067
1979	29,268	29,738	941	3.165	0.00068
1980	30,209	30,774	1,131	3.676	0.00069
1981	31,340	32,017	1,354	4.230	0.00071
1982	32,694	33,397	1,405	4.208	0.00072
1983	34,099	34,811	1,424	4.091	0.00074
1984	35,523	36,264	1,482	4.087	0.00076
1985	37,005	37,761	1,513	4.007	0.00078
1986	38,518	39,286	1,536	3.910	0.00079
1987	40,054	40,828	1,548	3.792	0.00081
1988	41,602	42,321	1,438	3.398	0.00082
1989	43,040	43,586	1,092	2.506	0.00083
1990	44,132	44,629	994	2.227	0.00084
1991	45,126	45,568	883	1.938	0.00084
1992	46,009	46,388	757	1.632	0.00084
1993	46,766	47,093	655	1.391	0.00084
1994	47,421	47,712	581	1.218	0.00084
1995	48,002	48,266	527	1.092	0.00084
1996	48,529	48,775	492	1.009	0.00083
1997	49,021	49,259	476	0.966	0.00083
1998	49,497	49,717	440	0.885	0.00083
1999	49,937	50,202	529	1.054	0.00082
2000	50,466	50,706	481	0.949	0.00082
2001	50,947	51,123	351	0.687	0.00082
2002	51,298	51,425	253	0.492	0.00081
2003	51,551	51,639	175	0.339	0.00080
2004	51,726	51,791	131	0.253	0.00080
2005	51,857	51,906	98	0.189	0.00079
2006	51,955	51,992	75	0.144	0.00078
2007	52,030	52,035	10	0.019	0.00077
2008	52,040	52,030	-20	-0.038	0.00076
2009	52,020	52,019	-3	-0.006	0.00075
2010	52,017	52,044	53	0.102	0.00074
2011	52,070	51,907	-325	-0.626	0.00073
2012	51,745	51,419	-652	-1.268	0.00071
2013	51,093	50,681	-824	-1.626	0.00070
2014	50,269	49,796	-946	-1.900	0.00067
2015	49,323	48,800	-1,045	-2.141	0.00065
2016	48,278	47,709	-1,138	-2.385	0.00063
2017	47,140	46,529	-1,222	-2.626	0.00061
2018	45,918	45,285	-1,266	-2.796	0.00059
2019	44,652	44,007	-1,291	-2.934	0.00056
2020	43,361	42,706	-1,309	-3.065	0.00054
2021	42,052	41,367	-1,370	-3.312	0.00052
2022	40,682	40,077	-1,210	-3.019	0.00050
2023	39,472	38,827	-1,290	-3.323	0.00048

Marshall Islands population projections
Year	Population		Growth		Share (%)
Year	1 Jan	1 July	Net Change	rate (%)	to World
2024	38,182	37,548	-1,268	-3.377	0.00046
2025	36,914	36,282	-1,264	-3.484	0.00044
2026	35,650	35,075	-1,150	-3.279	0.00042
2027	34,500	33,976	-1,048	-3.085	0.00041
2028	33,452	32,976	-952	-2.887	0.00039
2029	32,500	32,047	-905	-2.824	0.00038
2030	31,595	31,186	-817	-2.620	0.00036
2031	30,778	30,418	-720	-2.367	0.00035
2032	30,058	29,741	-635	-2.135	0.00034
2033	29,423	29,141	-564	-1.935	0.00033
2034	28,859	28,610	-499	-1.744	0.00032
2035	28,360	28,142	-435	-1.546	0.00032
2036	27,925	27,744	-363	-1.308	0.00031
2037	27,562	27,394	-336	-1.227	0.00030
2038	27,226	27,090	-271	-1.000	0.00030
2039	26,955	26,831	-248	-0.924	0.00029
2040	26,707	26,597	-220	-0.827	0.00029
2041	26,487	26,392	-190	-0.720	0.00029
2042	26,297	26,216	-162	-0.618	0.00028
2043	26,135	26,055	-159	-0.610	0.00028
2044	25,976	25,907	-139	-0.537	0.00028
2045	25,837	25,773	-129	-0.501	0.00027
2046	25,708	25,651	-114	-0.444	0.00027
2047	25,594	25,539	-110	-0.431	0.00027
2048	25,484	25,427	-114	-0.448	0.00027
2049	25,370	25,307	-126	-0.498	0.00026
2050	25,244	25,195	-99	-0.393	0.00026
2051	25,145	25,088	-114	-0.454	0.00026
2052	25,031	24,980	-102	-0.408	0.00026
2053	24,929	24,883	-92	-0.370	0.00025
2054	24,837	24,783	-108	-0.436	0.00025
2055	24,729	24,672	-113	-0.458	0.00025
2056	24,616	24,571	-90	-0.366	0.00025
2057	24,526	24,486	-79	-0.323	0.00025
2058	24,447	24,423	-48	-0.197	0.00025
2059	24,399	24,366	-65	-0.267	0.00024
2060	24,334	24,309	-49	-0.202	0.00024
2061	24,285	24,259	-52	-0.214	0.00024
2062	24,233	24,213	-40	-0.165	0.00024
2063	24,193	24,186	-13	-0.054	0.00024
2064	24,180	24,178	-4	-0.017	0.00024
2065	24,176	24,177	1	0.004	0.00024
2066	24,177	24,194	33	0.136	0.00024
2067	24,210	24,220	20	0.083	0.00024
2068	24,230	24,252	43	0.177	0.00024
2069	24,273	24,290	33	0.136	0.00024
2070	24,306	24,327	42	0.173	0.00024
2071	24,348	24,367	39	0.160	0.00024
2072	24,387	24,403	32	0.131	0.00024
2073	24,419	24,444	49	0.200	0.00024
2074	24,468	24,485	35	0.143	0.00024
2075	24,503	24,531	56	0.228	0.00024
2076	24,559	24,576	35	0.142	0.00024
2077	24,594	24,615	42	0.171	0.00024
2078	24,636	24,657	43	0.174	0.00024
2079	24,679	24,690	22	0.089	0.00024
2080	24,701	24,715	27	0.109	0.00024
2081	24,728	24,733	11	0.044	0.00024
2082	24,739	24,747	16	0.065	0.00024
2083	24,755	24,761	12	0.048	0.00024
2084	24,767	24,763	-8	-0.032	0.00024
2085	24,759	24,750	-19	-0.077	0.00024
2086	24,740	24,733	-15	-0.061	0.00024
2087	24,725	24,710	-30	-0.121	0.00024
2088	24,695	24,679	-32	-0.130	0.00024
2089	24,663	24,635	-56	-0.227	0.00024
2090	24,607	24,582	-49	-0.199	0.00024
2091	24,558	24,529	-59	-0.241	0.00024
2092	24,499	24,463	-71	-0.290	0.00024
2093	24,428	24,390	-76	-0.312	0.00024
2094	24,352	24,317	-69	-0.284	0.00024
2095	24,283	24,241	-84	-0.347	0.00024
2096	24,199	24,160	-78	-0.323	0.00024
2097	24,121	24,073	-96	-0.399	0.00024
2098	24,025	23,980	-91	-0.379	0.00023
2099	23,934	23,894	-80	-0.335	0.00023
2100	23,854	23,805	-97	-0.407	0.00023