Marshall Islands: Population ages 15-64, total

Key figures

What the numbers say

In 2025, Marshall Islands' population ages 15-64, total fell 2.8% on 2024 (from 22,861 to 22,215).

Across the 30 yearly changes before that (1995 to 2024), the average change was −0.1% and a typical year strayed about 2.2% from that (the standard deviation). This year's change was 1.2 standard deviations below that average, so it was larger than a typical year, though not out of the range seen before.

On record, the biggest yearly rise was 10.8% in 1969 and the biggest yearly fall was 3.8% in 2022. The numbers show how large and when, not why; for the cause, look at what happened in that country in those years.

From 2016 to 2025 the straight-line trend is downward, about 749.15 a year. A straight line explains 99% of the movement over 10 observed years.

Worked out from the yearly values above. How the checks work: standard deviation, z-scores and straight-line trends.

A straight-line projection, tested first

Extending that straight line gives about 20,415 for 2028. We show this only because the same method, fitted on earlier years, predicted 2023 to 2025 better than "no change" would have: its average miss was 1,173, against 1,646 for assuming no change. Treat it as a continuation of the recent pattern, not a forecast of events: it cannot see a recession, a policy change or a revision to the data.

See how a linear trend forecast works and the guide on forecasting without fooling yourself.

How it compares

In 2025, Marshall Islands had the 211th highest value of the 217 economies reporting that year. Higher is not always better: for some indicators the lowest value is the one to aim for. See the full ranking.

Closest to Marshall Islands in the 2025 ranking

• Northern Mariana Islands — 208th of 217: 29,602
• Liechtenstein — 209th of 217: 26,419
• Gibraltar — 210th of 217: 25,912
• San Marino — 212th of 217: 22,171
• Monaco — 213th of 217: 19,254
• St. Martin (French part) — 214th of 217: 14,787

What this measures

Total population between the ages 15 to 64. Population is based on the de facto definition of population, which counts all residents regardless of legal status or citizenship.

Regional and income-group figures are computed by the World Bank as a sum.

All 66 values

Population ages 15-64, total in nearby economies

• American Samoa — 29,971 (2025)
• Australia — 17.74 million (2025)
• Brunei Darussalam — 336,390 (2025)
• Cambodia — 11.45 million (2025)
• China — 980.13 million (2025)
• Fiji — 620,889 (2025)
• French Polynesia — 196,592 (2025)
• Guam — 103,152 (2025)
• Hong Kong SAR, China — 4.95 million (2025)
• Indonesia — 194.89 million (2025)
• Japan — 72.5 million (2025)

More health data for Marshall Islands

• Population ages 00-04, female (% of female population) — 10.11% (2025)
• Population ages 00-04, male (% of male population) — 10.3% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female — 5,980 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, female (% of female population) — 33.75% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male — 6,318 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, male (% of male population) — 34.04% (2025)
• Population ages 0-14, total — 12,298 (2025)
• Population ages 0-14 (% of total population) — 33.89% (2025)
• Population ages 05-09, female (% of female population)

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Questions people ask

What is Marshall Islands's population ages 15-64, total?

22,215 in 2025, according to the World Bank (World Development Indicators).

How has it changed since 1960?

It is up 214.7% from 7,059 in 1960 (1.78% a year on average, compounded). The highest value was 30,641 in 2007 and the lowest 7,059 in 1960.

How does Marshall Islands rank?

Source

World Bank, World Development Indicators, indicator SP.POP.1564.TO, licensed CC BY 4.0. Original source: World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN), publisher: UN Population Division; Staff estimates, World Bank (WB) Figures are fetched from the World Bank API and refreshed monthly; see the series on data.worldbank.org. The full definition and method are in the World Bank's metadata glossary. Comparisons use the same World Bank release.

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