Demographics of Marshall Islands

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date23 Aug 2021

As of 2021, the population of Marshall Islands is projected at 59.62 thousand, up by 0.72% compared with 59.19 thousand in 2020. Marshall Islands is ranked 207th in terms of population and 139th in terms of population growth rate.

41.65 thousand people are living in urban areas, which is 78.16% of Marshall Islands population. Marshall Islands is ranked 75th in terms of urbanization.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Marshall Islands population

Year Population Growth (%)
195013,005-
195513,8970.76
196014,6741.95
196517,2823.42
197020,3943.96
197525,5794.28
198030,5743.93
198538,3314.83
199047,2653.14
199550,4540.48
200050,7540.67
200555,2571.43
201056,3610.19
201557,4440.46
201657,7230.49
201758,0530.57
201858,4120.62
201958,7910.65
202059,1940.69
202159,6180.72
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Marshall Islands

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,0349,967-23.337
19554,0409,8545.1829.081
19605,2179,4455.9335.584
19657,3749,9107.0742.663
197010,9109,4859.3253.492
197515,50710,0693.4760.632
198017,82512,7513.1058.298
198523,74514,5886.1761.945
199030,76916,5293.7865.054
199534,04116,9741.3766.727
200035,77116,3880.9368.580
200537,03115,0240.6771.138
201038,56813,8570.8573.568
201540,17512,8190.7575.811
202041,42611,8250.5677.794
202141,65211,6370.5578.162