Population in Guinea-Bissau compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Guinea-Bissau and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Guinea-Bissau	Solomon Islands	Guinea-Bissau	Solomon Islands
1960	577,633	139,688	-	-
1961	582,532	142,912	0.85%	2.31%
1962	589,474	146,201	1.19%	2.3%
1963	594,418	149,589	0.84%	2.32%
1964	588,543	153,085	-0.99%	2.34%
1965	575,005	156,686	-2.3%	2.35%
1966	566,908	160,393	-1.41%	2.37%
1967	569,011	164,245	0.37%	2.4%
1968	578,170	168,282	1.61%	2.46%
1969	581,610	172,476	0.59%	2.49%
1970	584,403	176,579	0.48%	2.38%
1971	586,221	180,637	0.31%	2.3%
1972	586,620	184,994	0.07%	2.41%
1973	592,808	189,774	1.05%	2.58%
1974	613,338	195,041	3.46%	2.78%
1975	650,966	200,744	6.13%	2.92%
1976	694,191	207,194	6.64%	3.21%
1977	741,789	214,418	6.86%	3.49%
1978	791,694	222,029	6.73%	3.55%
1979	819,867	229,953	3.56%	3.57%
1980	829,303	238,135	1.15%	3.56%
1981	842,432	246,555	1.58%	3.54%
1982	855,891	255,200	1.6%	3.51%
1983	869,592	264,068	1.6%	3.47%
1984	883,519	273,163	1.6%	3.44%
1985	897,697	282,455	1.6%	3.4%
1986	912,126	291,842	1.61%	3.32%
1987	926,862	301,414	1.62%	3.28%
1988	942,061	311,265	1.64%	3.27%
1989	957,789	321,282	1.67%	3.22%
1990	973,669	331,435	1.66%	3.16%
1991	994,639	341,738	2.15%	3.11%
1992	1,024,356	352,205	2.99%	3.06%
1993	1,058,745	362,839	3.36%	3.02%
1994	1,092,031	373,675	3.14%	2.99%
1995	1,119,949	384,733	2.56%	2.96%
1996	1,143,535	396,009	2.11%	2.93%
1997	1,165,545	407,474	1.92%	2.9%
1998	1,187,473	419,071	1.88%	2.85%
1999	1,210,206	430,500	1.91%	2.73%
2000	1,234,741	440,469	2.03%	2.32%
2001	1,261,273	449,125	2.15%	1.97%
2002	1,289,307	457,671	2.22%	1.9%
2003	1,318,806	466,154	2.29%	1.85%
2004	1,349,563	474,611	2.33%	1.81%
2005	1,381,585	483,080	2.37%	1.78%
2006	1,415,303	491,594	2.44%	1.76%
2007	1,450,986	500,156	2.52%	1.74%
2008	1,488,054	508,790	2.55%	1.73%
2009	1,526,377	518,141	2.58%	1.84%
2010	1,566,347	532,968	2.62%	2.86%
2011	1,608,076	552,945	2.66%	3.75%
2012	1,651,417	573,606	2.7%	3.74%
2013	1,695,973	594,945	2.7%	3.72%
2014	1,741,122	616,908	2.66%	3.69%
2015	1,786,457	639,415	2.6%	3.65%
2016	1,831,893	662,379	2.54%	3.59%
2017	1,877,072	685,672	2.47%	3.52%
2018	1,922,168	709,101	2.4%	3.42%
2019	1,967,696	728,147	2.37%	2.69%
2020	2,013,255	744,498	2.32%	2.25%
2021	2,058,841	762,591	2.26%	2.43%
2022	2,105,529	781,066	2.27%	2.42%
2023	2,153,339	800,005	2.27%	2.42%
2024	2,201,352	819,198	2.23%	2.4%
2025	2,249,512	838,646	2.19%	2.37%
2026	2,297,807	858,283	2.15%	2.34%
2027	2,346,190	878,097	2.11%	2.31%
2028	2,394,226	898,073	2.05%	2.27%
2029	2,441,574	918,152	1.98%	2.24%
2030	2,488,931	938,340	1.94%	2.2%
2031	2,536,893	958,614	1.93%	2.16%
2032	2,585,565	978,977	1.92%	2.12%
2033	2,634,701	999,314	1.9%	2.08%
2034	2,683,078	1,019,534	1.84%	2.02%
2035	2,730,136	1,039,655	1.75%	1.97%
2036	2,777,887	1,059,521	1.75%	1.91%
2037	2,826,159	1,079,088	1.74%	1.85%
2038	2,873,929	1,098,284	1.69%	1.78%
2039	2,921,973	1,117,085	1.67%	1.71%
2040	2,969,699	1,135,445	1.63%	1.64%
2041	3,016,537	1,153,450	1.58%	1.59%
2042	3,063,161	1,171,334	1.55%	1.55%
2043	3,109,927	1,189,113	1.53%	1.52%
2044	3,156,704	1,206,729	1.5%	1.48%
2045	3,204,242	1,224,188	1.51%	1.45%
2046	3,251,465	1,241,491	1.47%	1.41%
2047	3,298,563	1,258,611	1.45%	1.38%
2048	3,345,853	1,275,579	1.43%	1.35%
2049	3,392,557	1,292,414	1.4%	1.32%
2050	3,438,597	1,309,098	1.36%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guinea-Bissau increased by 404,872 people (a 29.3% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guinea-Bissau gained 501,849 (a 28.1% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Guinea-Bissau was ranked 148th most populous country in 2005 and is 146th in 2025. The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th in 2005 and ranked 161st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) Guinea-Bissau's population will grow by 50.3% to 3,438,597 people with a rank change from 146th to 136th. The population of the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.