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Population in Missouri

1990 – 2025 · 36 data points section.rank · Regions of United States section.updated Oct 22, 2026

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

Population, 1990 – 2025 people
+3.3% section.change_since

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 1990 – 2025

section.compare Population · people
Missouri 6.3M
section.levels.world 8.2B

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators

The series at a glance Missouri · 1990 – 2025
Latest value 6,270,541 · 2025
First value 5,128,880 · 1990
Highest 6,270,541 · 2025
Lowest 5,128,880 · 1990
Average change +0.6% a year on average
Data points 36

By year

section.all_years · 1990 – 2025

YearMissouriChange United Statessection.levels.world
2025 6,270,541 +0.4% 342M 8.2B
2024 6,245,466 +0.6% 340M 8.1B
2023 6,208,038 +0.5% 337M 8.1B
2022 6,179,414 +0.1% 334M 8B
2021 6,171,374 +0.3% 332M 7.9B
2020 6,154,744 +0.3% 332M 7.9B
2019 6,137,428 +0.3% 328M 7.8B
2018 6,121,623 +0.2% 327M 7.7B
2017 6,106,670 +0.3% 325M 7.6B
2016 6,087,135 +0.3% 323M 7.5B
2015 6,071,732 +0.3% 321M 7.4B
2014 6,056,202 +0.3% 318M 7.4B
2013 6,040,715 +0.3% 316M 7.3B
2012 6,024,367 +0.2% 314M 7.2B
2011 6,010,275 +0.2% 312M 7.1B
2010 5,995,974 +0.6% 309M 7B
2009 5,961,088 +0.6% 307M 6.9B
2008 5,923,916 +0.6% 304M 6.8B
2007 5,887,612 +0.8% 301M 6.7B
2006 5,842,704 +0.9% 298M 6.7B
2005 5,790,300 +0.7% 296M 6.6B
2004 5,747,741 +0.7% 293M 6.5B
2003 5,709,403 +0.6% 290M 6.4B
2002 5,674,825 +0.6% 288M 6.3B
2001 5,641,142 +0.6% 285M 6.2B
2000 5,607,285 +0.8% 282M 6.2B
1999 5,561,948 +0.7% 279M 6.1B
1998 5,521,765 +0.7% 276M 6B
1997 5,481,193 +0.9% 273M 5.9B
1996 5,431,553 +1.0% 269M 5.8B
1995 5,378,247 +1.0% 266M 5.7B
1994 5,324,497 +1.0% 263M 5.7B
1993 5,271,175 +1.0% 260M 5.6B
1992 5,217,101 +0.9% 257M 5.5B
1991 5,170,800 +0.8% 253M 5.4B
1990 5,128,880 250M 5.3B

Sources: OECD Regional Database · World Bank — World Development Indicators, 1990 – 2025

Ranking · Regions of United States

2014 · Place 1 is the highest value.

#TerritoryPopulation
23 Alabama 4.8M
48 Alaska 736K
15 Arizona 6.7M
32 Arkansas 3M
1 California 39M
22 Colorado 5.4M
29 Connecticut 3.6M
45 Delaware 932K
49 District of Columbia 662K
3 Florida 20M
8 Georgia 10M
40 Hawaii 1.4M
39 Idaho 1.6M
5 Illinois 13M
16 Indiana 6.6M
30 Iowa 3.1M
34 Kansas 2.9M
26 Kentucky 4.4M
25 Louisiana 4.6M
42 Maine 1.3M
19 Maryland 6M
14 Massachusetts 6.8M
10 Michigan 9.9M
21 Minnesota 5.5M
31 Mississippi 3M
18 Missouri 6.1M
44 Montana 1M
37 Nebraska 1.9M
35 Nevada 2.8M
41 New Hampshire 1.3M
11 New Jersey 8.9M
36 New Mexico 2.1M
4 New York 20M
9 North Carolina 9.9M
47 North Dakota 737K
7 Ohio 12M
28 Oklahoma 3.9M
27 Oregon 4M
6 Pennsylvania 13M
43 Rhode Island 1.1M
24 South Carolina 4.8M
46 South Dakota 849K
17 Tennessee 6.5M
2 Texas 27M
33 Utah 2.9M
50 Vermont 625K
12 Virginia 8.3M
13 Washington 7.1M
38 West Virginia 1.8M
20 Wisconsin 5.8M
51 Wyoming 583K

section.source: OECD Regional Database, 2014

section.what

How many people live here — residents, not visitors.

section.how

Official count or estimate of residents for each year: a census plus births, deaths and moves since then. Estimates are revised when a new census comes out.