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Marshall Islands — Population
Population, Total for Marshall Islands, 1960–2025.
Latest value · 2025
36,282
Population, Total · people · +146.8% since 1960
Population for Marshall Islands was 36,282 in 2025, according to the latest World Bank data. The series covers 66 years, from 1960 to 2025. The highest recorded value was 52,044 in 2010. The lowest was 14,703 in 1960 (about 2.5× the low point). Across that span the compound annual growth rate works out to 1.40% per year.
Marshall Islands ranks 212 of 217 economies on this measure (1 = highest), putting it in the top 98%. The median for East Asia & Pacific is 1.42 million, so Marshall Islands sits below it. It peaked in 2010 and has fallen 30% since. Over the last decade (2015–2025) the figure moved down 26%.
Key figures
Latest (2025)
36,282
First (1960)
14,703
Change
+146.8%
Highest
52,044
in 2010
Lowest
14,703
in 1960
Average
38,238
Annual growth (CAGR)
1.40%
Years of data
66
Recent years
| Year | people |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 36,282 |
| 2024 | 37,548 |
| 2023 | 38,827 |
| 2022 | 40,077 |
| 2021 | 41,367 |
| 2020 | 42,706 |
| 2019 | 44,007 |
| 2018 | 45,285 |
| 2017 | 46,529 |
| 2016 | 47,709 |
| 2015 | 48,800 |
| 2014 | 49,796 |
Reading this correctly. Total population based on the de facto definition, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship. Figures are in people. Comparing this series with a different measure of the same concept (for example a nominal figure against a purchasing-power-parity figure) will give misleading results.
Related data
Source. World Bank Open Data, indicator
SP.POP.TOTL — Population, Total. Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Values are reproduced as published; this page computes the summary statistics (change, CAGR, extremes) from the underlying annual series. View the original dataset on data.worldbank.org.