Solomon Islands vs South Africa statistics compared

The Solomon Islands has a population of 819K (ranked 162/197), compared with 64M in South Africa (ranked 24/197). The Solomon Islands' land area is 10,807 sq mi versus 468,377 sq mi for South Africa (ranked 141st vs. 24th).

By GDP, The Solomon Islands ranks 182/197 ($1.76B) and South Africa ranks 41/197 ($400B). By GDP per capita, The Solomon Islands ranks 153/197 ($2,149), while South Africa ranks 112/197 ($6,253).

Solomon Islands and South Africa: Comparison Charts

Solomon Islands and South Africa economies compared

GDP

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP
	Solomon Islands	South Africa
1960	-	$8,748,596,501
1961	-	$9,225,996,310
1962	-	$9,813,996,074
1963	-	$10,854,195,658
1964	-	$11,955,995,218
1965	-	$13,068,994,772
1966	-	$14,211,394,315
1967	$25,203,524	$15,821,393,671
1968	$28,084,253	$17,124,793,150
1969	$28,606,411	$19,256,992,297
1970	-	$21,218,391,513
1971	$50,056,883	$23,411,076,638
1972	$40,606,712	$24,515,919,217
1973	$55,272,109	$33,262,772,008
1974	$84,539,332	$41,389,186,095
1975	$74,620,320	$42,906,905,672
1976	$83,100,834	$41,150,460,288
1977	$93,145,283	$45,328,411,332
1978	$111,027,427	$51,607,412,902
1979	$151,276,496	$63,038,658,089
1980	$182,852,107	$89,411,864,402
1981	$193,750,541	$93,141,472,164
1982	$192,902,019	$85,904,057,409
1983	$181,220,399	$96,204,110,942
1984	$181,570,474	$84,870,163,366
1985	$165,524,943	$64,459,376,087
1986	$147,620,048	$73,354,771,399
1987	$155,128,542	$96,535,763,418
1988	$176,494,394	$103,976,831,871
1989	$172,882,411	$108,055,624,082
1990	$214,877,667	$126,048,140,142
1991	$227,540,473	$135,203,698,238
1992	$269,034,596	$146,956,150,987
1993	$300,746,361	$147,194,747,566
1994	$402,837,005	$153,512,712,382
1995	$469,443,202	$171,735,933,897
1996	$510,586,430	$163,234,925,381
1997	$526,554,006	$168,978,057,328
1998	$457,579,840	$152,982,984,557
1999	$488,024,514	$151,516,957,079
2000	$419,842,674	$151,752,757,215
2001	$409,508,553	$135,429,905,923
2002	$346,406,739	$129,087,556,612
2003	$417,668,983	$197,018,965,309
2004	$468,005,319	$255,806,908,595
2005	$552,864,570	$288,867,217,197
2006	$617,258,154	$303,858,675,364
2007	$695,295,348	$333,077,117,254
2008	$776,337,692	$316,131,258,616
2009	$805,557,563	$329,754,060,647
2010	$898,133,685	$417,363,822,802
2011	$1,063,895,361	$458,199,494,831
2012	$1,185,215,418	$434,400,545,086
2013	$1,285,911,586	$400,886,013,596
2014	$1,335,571,421	$381,198,869,776
2015	$1,307,909,888	$346,709,790,459
2016	$1,379,490,304	$323,585,509,674
2017	$1,469,789,119	$381,448,814,653
2018	$1,615,478,393	$405,260,723,893
2019	$1,619,155,017	$389,330,032,224
2020	$1,536,145,814	$337,974,655,408
2021	$1,522,794,913	$420,886,877,629
2022	$1,566,360,686	$406,920,004,594
2023	$1,660,896,531	$380,699,271,816
2024	$1,760,767,447	$400,260,724,226

Solomon Islands and South Africa economies compared

GDP per capita

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Table

Year	GDP per capita
	Solomon Islands	South Africa
1960	-	$532
1961	-	$546
1962	-	$563
1963	-	$605
1964	-	$646
1965	-	$685
1966	-	$722
1967	$153.5	$779
1968	$166.9	$817
1969	$165.9	$891
1970	$162	$952
1971	$277.1	$1,020
1972	$219.5	$1,038
1973	$291.3	$1,369
1974	$433	$1,656
1975	$372	$1,670
1976	$401	$1,559
1977	$434	$1,671
1978	$500	$1,852
1979	$658	$2,202
1980	$768	$3,029
1981	$786	$3,050
1982	$756	$2,717
1983	$686	$2,938
1984	$665	$2,504
1985	$586	$1,839
1986	$506	$2,027
1987	$515	$2,586
1988	$567	$2,702
1989	$538	$2,727
1990	$648	$3,093
1991	$666	$3,243
1992	$764	$3,462
1993	$829	$3,400
1994	$1,078	$3,489
1995	$1,220	$3,856
1996	$1,289	$3,618
1997	$1,292	$3,700
1998	$1,092	$3,310
1999	$1,134	$3,242
2000	$953	$3,218
2001	$912	$2,847
2002	$757	$2,688
2003	$896	$4,062
2004	$986	$5,221
2005	$1,144	$5,837
2006	$1,256	$6,077
2007	$1,390	$6,592
2008	$1,526	$6,185
2009	$1,555	$6,375
2010	$1,685	$7,973
2011	$1,924	$8,646
2012	$2,066	$8,077
2013	$2,161	$7,332
2014	$2,165	$6,857
2015	$2,045	$6,112
2016	$2,083	$5,651
2017	$2,144	$6,618
2018	$2,278	$6,914
2019	$2,224	$6,534
2020	$2,063	$5,581
2021	$1,997	$6,843
2022	$2,005	$6,523
2023	$2,076	$6,023
2024	$2,149	$6,253

Solomon Islands vs. South Africa life expectancy calculator

Life expectancy

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Table

Year	Life expectancy, years
	Solomon Islands	South Africa
1950	41.4	43.1
1951	42	44.1
1952	42.6	45
1953	43.2	46.1
1954	43.7	47.1
1955	44.3	48.2
1956	42.8	49.2
1957	45.7	50.2
1958	46.3	51.1
1959	47	51.9
1960	47.7	52.6
1961	48.3	53.1
1962	49	53.6
1963	49.8	53.9
1964	50.6	54.2
1965	51.4	54.4
1966	52.3	54.7
1967	53.1	55
1968	54.1	55.2
1969	55.1	55.4
1970	56.1	55.7
1971	57	56
1972	57.9	56.4
1973	58.8	56.7
1974	59.6	57.1
1975	58.4	57.6
1976	61.2	58
1977	61.5	58.5
1978	62.5	59
1979	63.1	59.5
1980	63.7	60
1981	64.1	60.4
1982	64.5	60.9
1983	64.8	61.4
1984	65	61.8
1985	65.3	62.2
1986	64.7	62.4
1987	65.7	62.7
1988	65.9	62.9
1989	66.1	63
1990	66.2	62.9
1991	66.4	63
1992	66.5	62.8
1993	66.6	62.6
1994	66.7	62.1
1995	66.7	61.6
1996	66.7	61.1
1997	66.8	60.5
1998	66.9	59.9
1999	67	59.2
2000	67.1	58.4
2001	67.2	57.2
2002	67.4	55.6
2003	67.5	54.2
2004	67.6	54
2005	67.8	53.9
2006	68	54.2
2007	67.8	54.9
2008	68.3	56
2009	68.4	57.4
2010	68.7	58.9
2011	68.8	60.6
2012	69	61.7
2013	69	62.4
2014	69	63.2
2015	69.3	64.1
2016	69.5	64.7
2017	69.7	65.4
2018	69.8	65.7
2019	70	66.1
2020	69.3	65.2
2021	68.9	62
2022	70.4	65.5
2023	70.5	66.1
2024	70.7	66.3
2025	70.8	66.5

Solomon Islands and South Africa population clocks and comparison

Population

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Table

Year	Population
	Solomon Islands	South Africa
1960	139,688	16,440,172
1961	142,912	16,908,035
1962	146,201	17,418,522
1963	149,589	17,954,564
1964	153,085	18,511,361
1965	156,686	19,089,380
1966	160,393	19,690,087
1967	164,245	20,314,066
1968	168,282	20,957,287
1969	172,476	21,614,676
1970	176,579	22,279,984
1971	180,637	22,942,143
1972	184,994	23,609,456
1973	189,774	24,294,263
1974	195,041	24,989,108
1975	200,744	25,690,940
1976	207,194	26,395,450
1977	214,418	27,118,952
1978	222,029	27,869,507
1979	229,953	28,634,162
1980	238,135	29,518,857
1981	246,555	30,541,044
1982	255,200	31,615,339
1983	264,068	32,739,304
1984	273,163	33,892,788
1985	282,455	35,042,093
1986	291,842	36,180,515
1987	301,414	37,326,190
1988	311,265	38,480,649
1989	321,282	39,628,575
1990	331,435	40,746,268
1991	341,738	41,687,898
1992	352,205	42,443,509
1993	362,839	43,297,156
1994	373,675	44,004,139
1995	384,733	44,541,554
1996	396,009	45,123,018
1997	407,474	45,666,838
1998	419,071	46,223,880
1999	430,500	46,730,335
2000	440,469	47,159,719
2001	449,125	47,566,800
2002	457,671	48,019,415
2003	466,154	48,500,348
2004	474,611	48,991,421
2005	483,080	49,490,033
2006	491,594	49,998,277
2007	500,156	50,528,584
2008	508,790	51,114,599
2009	518,141	51,728,516
2010	532,968	52,344,051
2011	552,945	52,995,205
2012	573,606	53,782,567
2013	594,945	54,678,791
2014	616,908	55,594,838
2015	639,415	56,723,537
2016	662,379	57,259,551
2017	685,672	57,635,162
2018	709,101	58,613,001
2019	728,147	59,587,885
2020	744,498	60,562,381
2021	762,591	61,502,603
2022	781,066	62,378,410
2023	800,005	63,212,384
2024	819,198	64,007,187

Fertility rates in Solomon Islands and South Africa

Fertility rate

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Table

Year	Fertility rate
	Solomon Islands	South Africa
1960	7.07	6.11
1961	7.05	6.08
1962	7.04	6.05
1963	7.03	6.01
1964	7.05	5.96
1965	7.02	5.89
1966	7	5.91
1967	6.97	5.85
1968	6.95	5.78
1969	6.97	5.72
1970	6.98	5.63
1971	6.99	5.57
1972	6.99	5.49
1973	7	5.41
1974	7.01	5.3
1975	6.99	5.19
1976	6.95	5.07
1977	6.92	4.94
1978	6.87	4.85
1979	6.82	4.82
1980	6.77	4.78
1981	6.71	4.71
1982	6.64	4.7
1983	6.57	4.63
1984	6.49	4.57
1985	6.38	4.5
1986	6.26	4.41
1987	6.12	4.35
1988	5.99	4.18
1989	5.87	3.98
1990	5.74	3.72
1991	5.62	3.62
1992	5.51	3.48
1993	5.45	3.37
1994	5.4	3.26
1995	5.34	3.17
1996	5.22	2.99
1997	5.09	2.73
1998	4.98	2.63
1999	4.86	2.56
2000	4.76	2.41
2001	4.67	2.37
2002	4.6	2.32
2003	4.54	2.36
2004	4.47	2.44
2005	4.41	2.51
2006	4.39	2.55
2007	4.37	2.55
2008	4.36	2.68
2009	4.35	2.5
2010	4.34	2.44
2011	4.34	2.44
2012	4.33	2.45
2013	4.33	2.43
2014	4.36	2.42
2015	4.29	2.36
2016	4.2	2.26
2017	4.06	2.28
2018	3.93	2.27
2019	3.8	2.26
2020	3.75	2.26
2021	3.69	2.25
2022	3.62	2.23
2023	3.56	2.22

Solomon Islands and South Africa demographics compared

Median age

Solomon Islands

South Africa

Table

Year	Median age, years
	Solomon Islands	South Africa
1960	16.8	19
1961	16.9	19
1962	16.9	18.9
1963	17	18.9
1964	17	18.9
1965	17	18.8
1966	17	18.8
1967	16.9	18.8
1968	16.8	18.8
1969	16.8	18.8
1970	16.7	18.8
1971	16.6	18.8
1972	16.6	18.8
1973	16.4	18.8
1974	16.3	18.9
1975	16.1	18.9
1976	15.9	19
1977	15.9	19.1
1978	15.8	19.2
1979	15.8	19.3
1980	15.8	19.4
1981	15.9	19.6
1982	15.9	19.8
1983	16	20
1984	16.1	20.2
1985	16.2	20.4
1986	16.3	20.5
1987	16.4	20.7
1988	16.5	20.9
1989	16.7	21.1
1990	16.8	21.3
1991	17	21.5
1992	17.1	21.5
1993	17.2	21.9
1994	17.4	22
1995	17.5	21.5
1996	17.7	21.2
1997	17.8	21.2
1998	17.9	21.4
1999	18.1	21.6
2000	18.3	21.9
2001	18.4	22.2
2002	18.6	22.4
2003	18.8	22.8
2004	19	23.1
2005	19.1	23.3
2006	19.2	23.5
2007	19.4	23.8
2008	19.4	24
2009	19.5	24.3
2010	19.6	24.6
2011	19.6	25
2012	19.7	25.3
2013	19.7	25.7
2014	19.8	26
2015	19.9	26.4
2016	20	26.7
2017	20.2	27
2018	20.4	27.5
2019	20.5	27.9
2020	20.7	28.3
2021	20.9	28.6
2022	21.1	28.9
2023	21.3	29.2
2024	21.5	29.5

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