Samoa vs Solomon Islands statistics compared

Samoa has a population of 218K (ranked 177/197), compared with 819K in The Solomon Islands (ranked 162/197). Samoa's land area is 1,073 sq mi versus 10,807 sq mi for The Solomon Islands (ranked 168th vs. 141st).

By GDP, Samoa ranks 187/197 ($1.07B) and The Solomon Islands ranks 182/197 ($1.76B). By GDP per capita, Samoa ranks 120/197 ($4,899), while The Solomon Islands ranks 153/197 ($2,149).

Samoa and Solomon Islands: Comparison Charts

Samoa and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP
	Samoa	Solomon Islands
1967	-	$25,203,524
1968	-	$28,084,253
1969	-	$28,606,411
1970	$45,208,338	-
1971	$53,719,569	$50,056,883
1972	$62,566,116	$40,606,712
1973	$82,452,985	$55,272,109
1974	$93,549,611	$84,539,332
1975	$93,489,283	$74,620,320
1976	$85,003,078	$83,100,834
1977	$98,295,671	$93,145,283
1978	$108,223,444	$111,027,427
1979	$122,257,393	$151,276,496
1980	$125,747,038	$182,852,107
1981	$118,190,655	$193,750,541
1982	$121,221,652	$192,902,019
1983	$111,862,824	$181,220,399
1984	$109,200,934	$181,570,474
1985	$95,572,173	$165,524,943
1986	$100,947,849	$147,620,048
1987	$111,713,922	$155,128,542
1988	$133,016,065	$176,494,394
1989	$122,888,610	$172,882,411
1990	$125,766,270	$214,877,667
1991	$125,597,205	$227,540,473
1992	$132,303,041	$269,034,596
1993	$133,122,897	$300,746,361
1994	$221,098,107	$402,837,005
1995	$224,865,731	$469,443,202
1996	$249,907,869	$510,586,430
1997	$285,475,592	$526,554,006
1998	$269,485,244	$457,579,840
1999	$255,408,060	$488,024,514
2000	$258,856,140	$419,842,674
2001	$266,299,591	$409,508,553
2002	$281,790,134	$346,406,739
2003	$333,426,188	$417,668,983
2004	$407,747,565	$468,005,319
2005	$476,801,793	$552,864,570
2006	$499,923,758	$617,258,154
2007	$573,548,460	$695,295,348
2008	$641,346,192	$776,337,692
2009	$628,006,115	$805,557,563
2010	$680,260,907	$898,133,685
2011	$744,097,050	$1,063,895,361
2012	$773,141,661	$1,185,215,418
2013	$797,736,334	$1,285,911,586
2014	$796,683,520	$1,335,571,421
2015	$824,150,499	$1,307,909,888
2016	$843,924,797	$1,379,490,304
2017	$884,844,384	$1,469,789,119
2018	$878,448,433	$1,615,478,393
2019	$912,950,466	$1,619,155,017
2020	$868,898,358	$1,536,145,814
2021	$843,923,639	$1,522,794,913
2022	$832,945,206	$1,566,360,686
2023	$938,189,444	$1,660,896,531
2024	$1,068,025,244	$1,760,767,447

Samoa and Solomon Islands economies compared

GDP per capita

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Samoa	Solomon Islands
1967	-	$153.5
1968	-	$166.9
1969	-	$165.9
1970	$322	$162
1971	$377	$277.1
1972	$433	$219.5
1973	$563	$291.3
1974	$626	$433
1975	$610	$372
1976	$541	$401
1977	$615	$434
1978	$671	$500
1979	$751	$658
1980	$765	$768
1981	$713	$786
1982	$728	$756
1983	$671	$686
1984	$655	$665
1985	$573	$586
1986	$604	$506
1987	$666	$515
1988	$790	$567
1989	$728	$538
1990	$744	$648
1991	$742	$666
1992	$777	$764
1993	$775	$829
1994	$1,277	$1,078
1995	$1,288	$1,220
1996	$1,419	$1,289
1997	$1,608	$1,292
1998	$1,506	$1,092
1999	$1,417	$1,134
2000	$1,425	$953
2001	$1,454	$912
2002	$1,528	$757
2003	$1,798	$896
2004	$2,189	$986
2005	$2,550	$1,144
2006	$2,663	$1,256
2007	$3,039	$1,390
2008	$3,374	$1,526
2009	$3,279	$1,555
2010	$3,524	$1,685
2011	$3,822	$1,924
2012	$3,935	$2,066
2013	$4,024	$2,161
2014	$3,983	$2,165
2015	$4,084	$2,045
2016	$4,147	$2,083
2017	$4,308	$2,144
2018	$4,232	$2,278
2019	$4,352	$2,224
2020	$4,100	$2,063
2021	$3,948	$1,997
2022	$3,869	$2,005
2023	$4,330	$2,076
2024	$4,899	$2,149

Samoa vs. Solomon Islands life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Samoa	Solomon Islands
1950	49.2	41.4
1951	49.8	42
1952	50.4	42.6
1953	51	43.2
1954	51.6	43.7
1955	52.2	44.3
1956	52.8	42.8
1957	53.4	45.7
1958	54	46.3
1959	54.6	47
1960	55.2	47.7
1961	55.7	48.3
1962	56.3	49
1963	56.9	49.8
1964	54	50.6
1965	57.9	51.4
1966	58.2	52.3
1967	58.9	53.1
1968	59.4	54.1
1969	59.9	55.1
1970	60.4	56.1
1971	60.9	57
1972	61.4	57.9
1973	61.9	58.8
1974	62.3	59.6
1975	62.8	58.4
1976	63.3	61.2
1977	63.7	61.5
1978	64.1	62.5
1979	64.5	63.1
1980	65	63.7
1981	65.3	64.1
1982	65.6	64.5
1983	66	64.8
1984	66.3	65
1985	66.6	65.3
1986	66.8	64.7
1987	67	65.7
1988	67.3	65.9
1989	67.6	66.1
1990	67.8	66.2
1991	68	66.4
1992	68.5	66.5
1993	68.8	66.6
1994	69.2	66.7
1995	69.5	66.7
1996	69.8	66.7
1997	70	66.8
1998	70.3	66.9
1999	70.6	67
2000	70.8	67.1
2001	71	67.2
2002	71.2	67.4
2003	71.4	67.5
2004	71.5	67.6
2005	71.5	67.8
2006	71.6	68
2007	71.6	67.8
2008	71.5	68.3
2009	69.5	68.4
2010	71.5	68.7
2011	71.4	68.8
2012	71.2	69
2013	71.2	69
2014	71.1	69
2015	71.1	69.3
2016	71	69.5
2017	71	69.7
2018	71.1	69.8
2019	70.3	70
2020	70.7	69.3
2021	71.1	68.9
2022	71.6	70.4
2023	71.7	70.5
2024	71.8	70.7
2025	71.9	70.8

Samoa and Solomon Islands population clocks and comparison

Population

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Population
	Samoa	Solomon Islands
1960	112,490	139,688
1961	115,496	142,912
1962	118,597	146,201
1963	121,764	149,589
1964	124,894	153,085
1965	127,978	156,686
1966	131,073	160,393
1967	133,764	164,245
1968	136,020	168,282
1969	138,233	172,476
1970	140,400	176,579
1971	142,503	180,637
1972	144,538	184,994
1973	146,516	189,774
1974	149,431	195,041
1975	153,344	200,744
1976	157,113	207,194
1977	159,753	214,418
1978	161,375	222,029
1979	162,882	229,953
1980	164,322	238,135
1981	165,678	246,555
1982	166,484	255,200
1983	166,714	264,068
1984	166,796	273,163
1985	166,849	282,455
1986	167,061	291,842
1987	167,661	301,414
1988	168,346	311,265
1989	168,768	321,282
1990	169,042	331,435
1991	169,368	341,738
1992	170,331	352,205
1993	171,774	362,839
1994	173,159	373,675
1995	174,571	384,733
1996	176,071	396,009
1997	177,547	407,474
1998	178,905	419,071
1999	180,275	430,500
2000	181,685	440,469
2001	183,166	449,125
2002	184,471	457,671
2003	185,430	466,154
2004	186,249	474,611
2005	186,978	483,080
2006	187,709	491,594
2007	188,753	500,156
2008	190,107	508,790
2009	191,513	518,141
2010	193,023	532,968
2011	194,713	552,945
2012	196,498	573,606
2013	198,268	594,945
2014	200,037	616,908
2015	201,782	639,415
2016	203,499	662,379
2017	205,415	685,672
2018	207,582	709,101
2019	209,780	728,147
2020	211,944	744,498
2021	213,779	762,591
2022	215,261	781,066
2023	216,663	800,005
2024	218,019	819,198

Fertility rates in Samoa and Solomon Islands

Fertility rate

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Samoa	Solomon Islands
1960	7.78	7.07
1961	7.77	7.05
1962	7.76	7.04
1963	7.73	7.03
1964	7.7	7.05
1965	7.65	7.02
1966	7.6	7
1967	7.55	6.97
1968	7.5	6.95
1969	7.43	6.97
1970	7.34	6.98
1971	7.22	6.99
1972	7.07	6.99
1973	6.91	7
1974	6.75	7.01
1975	6.61	6.99
1976	6.47	6.95
1977	6.31	6.92
1978	6.15	6.87
1979	5.99	6.82
1980	5.86	6.77
1981	5.75	6.71
1982	5.68	6.64
1983	5.62	6.57
1984	5.55	6.49
1985	5.49	6.38
1986	5.42	6.26
1987	5.32	6.12
1988	5.21	5.99
1989	5.11	5.87
1990	5.01	5.74
1991	4.91	5.62
1992	4.87	5.51
1993	4.83	5.45
1994	4.79	5.4
1995	4.77	5.34
1996	4.74	5.22
1997	4.7	5.09
1998	4.64	4.98
1999	4.57	4.86
2000	4.52	4.76
2001	4.48	4.67
2002	4.44	4.6
2003	4.39	4.54
2004	4.34	4.47
2005	4.32	4.41
2006	4.32	4.39
2007	4.36	4.37
2008	4.42	4.36
2009	4.47	4.35
2010	4.52	4.34
2011	4.56	4.34
2012	4.55	4.33
2013	4.49	4.33
2014	4.42	4.36
2015	4.34	4.29
2016	4.26	4.2
2017	4.2	4.06
2018	4.14	3.93
2019	4.06	3.8
2020	4	3.75
2021	3.94	3.69
2022	3.88	3.62
2023	3.83	3.56

Samoa and Solomon Islands demographics compared

Median age

Samoa

Solomon Islands

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Samoa	Solomon Islands
1960	15	16.8
1961	14.9	16.9
1962	14.8	16.9
1963	14.6	17
1964	14.6	17
1965	14.5	17
1966	14.5	17
1967	14.5	16.9
1968	14.5	16.8
1969	14.5	16.8
1970	14.6	16.7
1971	14.7	16.6
1972	14.8	16.6
1973	14.9	16.4
1974	15	16.3
1975	15.3	16.1
1976	15.5	15.9
1977	15.8	15.9
1978	16	15.8
1979	16.2	15.8
1980	16.4	15.8
1981	16.6	15.9
1982	16.8	15.9
1983	17.1	16
1984	17.4	16.1
1985	17.6	16.2
1986	17.8	16.3
1987	18	16.4
1988	18.2	16.5
1989	18.3	16.7
1990	18.4	16.8
1991	18.5	17
1992	18.7	17.1
1993	19	17.2
1994	19.3	17.4
1995	19.6	17.5
1996	19.7	17.7
1997	19.8	17.8
1998	19.9	17.9
1999	19.9	18.1
2000	19.8	18.3
2001	19.7	18.4
2002	19.7	18.6
2003	19.9	18.8
2004	20.1	19
2005	20.3	19.1
2006	20.4	19.2
2007	20.6	19.4
2008	20.7	19.4
2009	20.8	19.5
2010	20.8	19.6
2011	20.8	19.6
2012	20.8	19.7
2013	21	19.7
2014	21.1	19.8
2015	21.2	19.9
2016	21.3	20
2017	21.4	20.2
2018	21.4	20.4
2019	21.5	20.5
2020	21.4	20.7
2021	21.4	20.9
2022	21.1	21.1
2023	21	21.3
2024	20.9	21.5

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