Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Marshall Islands
Marshall Islands: Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita was 0.7911 people per person in 2025. ▲ Rising
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Marshall Islands, 1960–2025
Source: Statizoid (derived). Measured in people per person.
Analysis
In 2025, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Marshall Islands stood at 0.7911 people per person. That is the highest value across all 66 years on record.
That represents a change of up 0.5% on the previous year and up 4.8% over ten years.
Over the whole period, number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Marshall Islands peaked at 0.7911 people per person in 2025 and was at its lowest, 0.3483 people per person, in 1960.
That places Marshall Islands 59th out of 215 countries with data for 2025, putting it in the middle of the range.
The long-run direction has been consistently rising across the 66 years of available data.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Marshall Islands, year by year
| Year | people per person | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 0.3483 people per person | — |
| 1961 | 0.3604 people per person | +3.5% |
| 1962 | 0.3738 people per person | +3.7% |
| 1963 | 0.3884 people per person | +3.9% |
| 1964 | 0.4041 people per person | +4.0% |
| 1965 | 0.4207 people per person | +4.1% |
| 1966 | 0.438 people per person | +4.1% |
| 1967 | 0.456 people per person | +4.1% |
| 1968 | 0.4793 people per person | +5.1% |
| 1969 | 0.5098 people per person | +6.4% |
| 1970 | 0.543 people per person | +6.5% |
| 1971 | 0.5743 people per person | +5.8% |
| 1972 | 0.5993 people per person | +4.3% |
| 1973 | 0.6129 people per person | +2.3% |
| 1974 | 0.6146 people per person | +0.3% |
| 1975 | 0.6124 people per person | -0.4% |
| 1976 | 0.6087 people per person | -0.6% |
| 1977 | 0.6046 people per person | -0.7% |
| 1978 | 0.6006 people per person | -0.7% |
| 1979 | 0.5977 people per person | -0.5% |
| 1980 | 0.5965 people per person | -0.2% |
| 1981 | 0.5991 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1982 | 0.606 people per person | +1.2% |
| 1983 | 0.616 people per person | +1.6% |
| 1984 | 0.6277 people per person | +1.9% |
| 1985 | 0.64 people per person | +2.0% |
| 1986 | 0.6514 people per person | +1.8% |
| 1987 | 0.6608 people per person | +1.4% |
| 1988 | 0.6666 people per person | +0.9% |
| 1989 | 0.6692 people per person | +0.4% |
| 1990 | 0.6708 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1991 | 0.672 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1992 | 0.673 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1993 | 0.6739 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1994 | 0.6746 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1995 | 0.6754 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1996 | 0.6763 people per person | +0.1% |
| 1997 | 0.6773 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1998 | 0.6786 people per person | +0.2% |
| 1999 | 0.6803 people per person | +0.2% |
| 2000 | 0.6828 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2001 | 0.6862 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2002 | 0.6904 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2003 | 0.6952 people per person | +0.7% |
| 2004 | 0.7006 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2005 | 0.7062 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2006 | 0.7121 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2007 | 0.7179 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2008 | 0.7237 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2009 | 0.7291 people per person | +0.8% |
| 2010 | 0.7341 people per person | +0.7% |
| 2011 | 0.7386 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2012 | 0.7427 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2013 | 0.7468 people per person | +0.6% |
| 2014 | 0.7508 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2015 | 0.7547 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2016 | 0.7585 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2017 | 0.7623 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2018 | 0.7659 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2019 | 0.7694 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2020 | 0.7729 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2021 | 0.7762 people per person | +0.4% |
| 2022 | 0.7799 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2023 | 0.7836 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2024 | 0.7873 people per person | +0.5% |
| 2025 | 0.7911 people per person | +0.5% |
Marshall Islands compared with similar countries
- Marshall Islands's 0.7911 people per person is above the median for upper middle income countries, which is 0.6562 people per person, 1.2× the median. (58 countries reporting)
- Marshall Islands's 0.7911 people per person is above the median for East Asia & Pacific, which is 0.6545 people per person, 1.2× the median. (37 countries reporting)
Averages by decade
| Decade | Average | Lowest | Highest | Years |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 0.4179 people per person | 0.3483 people per person | 0.5098 people per person | 10 |
| 1970s | 0.5968 people per person | 0.543 people per person | 0.6146 people per person | 10 |
| 1980s | 0.6333 people per person | 0.5965 people per person | 0.6692 people per person | 10 |
| 1990s | 0.6752 people per person | 0.6708 people per person | 0.6803 people per person | 10 |
| 2000s | 0.7044 people per person | 0.6828 people per person | 0.7291 people per person | 10 |
| 2010s | 0.7524 people per person | 0.7341 people per person | 0.7694 people per person | 10 |
| 2020s | 0.7818 people per person | 0.7729 people per person | 0.7911 people per person | 6 |
Countries ranked near Marshall Islands
More population data for Marshall Islands
- Population regions with projections, annual growth rate -0.393 % change on previous year (2100)
- Urban and rural population 2050, annual growth rate -3.46 % change on previous year (2050)
- Population long run with projections, annual growth rate -0.393 % change on previous year (2100)
- Un population 2024 vs 2022, annual growth rate -0.3323 % change on previous year (2100)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 05 - Demographic estimates 51.21 Persons (2050)
- Africa's Development Dynamics (AfDD) Table 03 - Annual population 0.8454 Percent per annum (2030)
- Projected population under age 5, annual growth rate -0.3799 % change on previous year (2100)
- World population growth -0.4% (2100)
- Population density 132.37 people per km² (2100)
- Number of children under 5, by world region 1,311 people (2100)
Frequently asked questions
- What is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Marshall Islands?
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita in Marshall Islands was 0.7911 people per person in 2025, according to Statizoid (derived).
- What is the highest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The highest recorded value was 0.7911 people per person in 2025.
- What is the lowest number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita recorded in Marshall Islands?
- The lowest recorded value was 0.3483 people per person in 1960.
- How does Marshall Islands rank for number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita?
- Marshall Islands ranks 59th out of 215 countries with data for 2025.
- Is number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita rising or falling in Marshall Islands?
- Over the last ten years it is up 4.8%. The long-run trend across the full record is rising.
- Where does this Marshall Islands data come from?
- The figures come from Statizoid (derived), published as part of Number of people living in urban and rural areas, per capita. Statizoid updates them automatically from the source API.
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.
Number of people living in urban and rural areas ÷ Population, total
Computed from
- Number of people living in urban and rural areas United Nations Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2025) – with minor processing by Our World in Data
- Population, total World Population Prospects, United Nations (UN)
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Number of people living in urban and rural areas divided by Population, total, matched on country and year. Neither publisher issues this ratio as a series; it is computed here from both.