Rural population in the Marshall Islands in 2025 — 7,581 people. Ranked 198 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has fallen by 20.9%.
1960–2025 · people
How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Marshall Islands
| Year | people | Change | Change, % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7,581 | −404 | −5.06% |
| 2024 | 7,985 | −417 | −4.96% |
| 2023 | 8,402 | −421 | −4.77% |
| 2022 | 8,823 | −436 | −4.71% |
| 2021 | 9,259 | −441 | −4.55% |
| 2020 | 9,700 | −447 | −4.41% |
| 2019 | 10,147 | −455 | −4.29% |
| 2018 | 10,602 | −460 | −4.16% |
| 2017 | 11,062 | −459 | −3.98% |
| 2016 | 11,521 | −450 | −3.76% |
| 2015 | 11,971 | −439 | −3.54% |
| 2014 | 12,410 | −423 | −3.3% |
| 2013 | 12,833 | −397 | −3% |
| 2012 | 13,230 | −341 | −2.51% |
| 2011 | 13,571 | −267 | −1.93% |
| 2010 | 13,838 | −253 | −1.8% |
| 2009 | 14,091 | −286 | −1.99% |
| 2008 | 14,377 | −300 | −2.04% |
| 2007 | 14,677 | −293 | −1.96% |
| 2006 | 14,970 | −278 | −1.82% |
| 2005 | 15,248 | −260 | −1.68% |
| 2004 | 15,508 | −230 | −1.46% |
| 2003 | 15,738 | −184 | −1.16% |
| 2002 | 15,922 | −122 | −0.76% |
| 2001 | 16,044 | −42 | −0.26% |
| 2000 | 16,086 | +36 | +0.22% |
| 1999 | 16,050 | +72 | +0.45% |
| 1998 | 15,978 | +82 | +0.52% |
| 1997 | 15,896 | +105 | +0.66% |
| 1996 | 15,791 | +124 | +0.79% |
| 1995 | 15,667 | +143 | +0.92% |
| 1994 | 15,524 | +166 | +1.08% |
| 1993 | 15,358 | +191 | +1.26% |
| 1992 | 15,167 | +222 | +1.49% |
| 1991 | 14,945 | +252 | +1.72% |
| 1990 | 14,693 | +273 | +1.89% |
| 1989 | 14,420 | +311 | +2.2% |
| 1988 | 14,109 | +260 | +1.88% |
| 1987 | 13,849 | +155 | +1.13% |
| 1986 | 13,694 | +99 | +0.73% |
| 1985 | 13,595 | +96 | +0.71% |
| 1984 | 13,499 | +131 | +0.98% |
| 1983 | 13,368 | +210 | +1.6% |
| 1982 | 13,158 | +322 | +2.51% |
| 1981 | 12,836 | +419 | +3.37% |
| 1980 | 12,417 | +452 | +3.78% |
| 1979 | 11,965 | +459 | +3.99% |
| 1978 | 11,506 | +471 | +4.27% |
| 1977 | 11,035 | +463 | +4.38% |
| 1976 | 10,572 | +434 | +4.28% |
| 1975 | 10,138 | +389 | +3.99% |
| 1974 | 9,749 | +235 | +2.47% |
| 1973 | 9,514 | −101 | −1.05% |
| 1972 | 9,615 | −332 | −3.34% |
| 1971 | 9,947 | −350 | −3.4% |
| 1970 | 10,297 | −146 | −1.4% |
| 1969 | 10,443 | +101 | +0.98% |
| 1968 | 10,342 | +194 | +1.91% |
| 1967 | 10,148 | +73 | +0.72% |
| 1966 | 10,075 | −7 | −0.07% |
| 1965 | 10,082 | +39 | +0.39% |
| 1964 | 10,043 | +72 | +0.72% |
| 1963 | 9,971 | +105 | +1.06% |
| 1962 | 9,866 | +131 | +1.35% |
| 1961 | 9,735 | +154 | +1.61% |
| 1960 | 9,581 | — | — |
The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages
Micronesia
88,126
Kiribati
49,975
Guam
9,769
Marshall Islands
7,581
Palau
3,659
Northern Mariana Islands
3,406
Nauru
0
The population living outside urban settlements. In the catalog this quantity was present only as a share, while the absolute number shows what the share does not: the world's rural population stopped growing only in the 2020s and still exceeds three billion people, even though the share has been falling for half a century. Each country defines a city itself, so cross-country comparisons of this series call for caution.
Important: It is computed as the difference between total and urban population, and the criterion for a city is national: in some places it is a settlement of two thousand residents, in others twenty thousand. Comparing the trend within a country is more reliable than comparing countries with each other.
Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.