Demographic information--Marshall Islands

Historic Demographic Information for the Marshall Islands

Entire Archipelago

compiled by Dirk H.R. Spennemann

This table contains information on Marshall Islanders only

		Population		Ratio	Population
Year	Type	Men	Women	men:women	Total	Source
1860	E				8760+	Gulick 1852
1874	E				10,250	Behm & Wagner 1874
1878	E				8710+	Friedrichsen 1878
1880	E				7000-8000	Finsch 1893
1880	E				8710+	Witt 1881
1883	E				10,700	Jung 1883: IV 260
1887	E				~8000	Hermsheim 1887
1890s	E				15-16,000	Krämer & Nevermann 1938:172
1892	E				15,000	Brandeis 1892
1893	E				12-13,000	Steinbach 1895
1894	E				10,000	Hawaii Architects & Engineers Inc. 1968:52
1897	CE				11,081	Anonymous 1899
1899	E				15,000	Hawaii Architects & Engineers Inc. 1968:52
1901	E				15,000	Anlagen 1901/02
1903	E				10,700	Senfft 1903
1905	E				8,665+	Jeschke 1906
1910	C				9,163	RKA 3077 Doc.5
1912	C	5,042	4,524	111.5:100	9,569	RKA 3077 Doc.5; Merz 1912a, 1912b
1920	C				9,800	MISA 1989; Yanaihara 1940
1920	C	4,996	4,593	108.8:100	9,589	Chave 1947
1923	CE	5,101	4,598	110.9:100	9,699	Japanese Government 1923
1924	CE	5,197	4,629	112.3:100	9,699	Japanese Government 1924
1925	C				9,644	MISA 1989; Yanaihara 1940
1925	?				9,422	Statesmans Yearbook 1934
1925	C	4,846	4,576	105.9:100	9,422	Chave 1947
1925	?				9,439	Hawaii Architects & Engineers Inc. 1968:52
1926	?				9,589	Krämer & Nevermann 1938:172
1927	CE	4,779	4,523		9,302	Japanese Government 1927
1928	CE	4,780	4,545		9,325	Japanese Government 1928
1929	CE	4,807	4,549		9,356	Japanese Government 1929
1930	C	5,167	4,803	107.6:100	9,970	Chave 1947, Hawaii Arch. & Engin. Inc. 1968:52
1930	C				10,412	MISA 1989; Yanaihara 1940 (includes Japanese?)
1931	CE	5,184	4,883		10,067	Japanese Government 1931
1931	CE				10,017	OPNAV 1944a
1932	CE	5,100	4,764		9,864	Japanese Government 1932; OPNAV 1944a
1933	CE				9,904	OPNAV 1944a
1934	CE	5,105	4,767		9,872	Japanese Government 1934
1935	CE	5,163	4,800		9,963	Japanese Government 1935; Chave 1947
1935	C				10,446	MISA 1989, Yanaihara 1940; Robson 1945:147
1935	C?				10,336	Hawaii Architects & Engineers Inc. 1968:52
1936	CE	5,192	4860		10,052	Japanese Government 1936
1937	CE	5,225	4,874		10,099	Japanese Government 1937
1938	CE	5,203	4,835		10,038	Japanese Government 1938
1939	CE				10,131	OPNAV 1944a
1940	CE				10,152	Mason 1947:15
1945	E				9,471	Bryan 1972
1945	CE				9,520	Chave 1947
1946	CE				9,815	Mason 1947:15
1947	CE	4,100	3,743		7,843	Richard 1957c:418
1948	CE				10,220	Hawaii Architects & Engineers Inc. 1968:52
1948	CE	5,384	5,111		10,495	Richard 1957c:418
1949	CE	5,473	5,329		10,802	Richard 1957c:418
1950	CE	5,590	5,443		11,033	Richard 1957c:418
1951	CE	5,723	5,576		11,299	Richard 1957c:418
1954	E				13,220	QBS 1980
1958	C				13,761	Nucker 1958
1961	CE				15,399	Bryan 1972
1967	C				18,925	MISA 1989(**)
1967	C				18,599	Hawaii Architects & Engineers Inc. 1968:52
1970	CE				20,206	Bryan 1972
1973	C				24,133	Johnston 1973
1977	S				27,100	MISA 1988
1980	C				31,045	McCoy 1981
1988	C				43,380	MISA 1988

NOTES (1) Japanese census data (1920, 1925, 1930, 1935, conducted on 1 October) do not contain number of Japanese residents in the Marshall Islands (211, 222, 442, 488 respectively). -- (2) Abbreviations: C - Census; CE - Calculated estimate (last census plus/minus births/deaths); E - Estimate; S - Survey. These figures refer to Marshallese only. Caucasian and Japanese are omitted. -- (**) census conducted by the Peace Corps.

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Spennemann, Dirk H.R. (2000). Historic Demographic Information for the Marshall Islands -- Entire Archipelago . Albury:
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