Cook Islands vs Marshall Islands: Population growth rate

Cook Islands

-3.6%

in 2023

Marshall Islands

-3.3%

in 2023

Cook Islands rank

235th

Marshall Islands rank

234th

Population growth rate over time

Marshall Islands currently reports -3.3% against -3.6% in Cook Islands, a difference of 0.3%.

The two have swapped places 5 times across 74 shared years of data; in 1950 it was Cook Islands ahead.

Globally, Cook Islands ranks 235th and Marshall Islands ranks 234th of 236 countries.

Indicator: Population growth rate
Unit: %
Source: UN, World Population Prospects (2024) – processed by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 236 places, 17,464 data points, 1950–2023
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

The annual rate at which the population is growing, expressed as a percentage.