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Population in Guyana compared to the Solomon Islands: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Guyana was 831,087 in 2024 vs 819,198 people in the Solomon Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Guyana's population is 839,919 people compared to 854,419 in the Solomon Islands.

Population statistics:

  • The Solomon Islands' population is 1.02 times bigger than Guyana's.
  • Guyana is ranked the 162nd most populous country in the world, while the Solomon Islands is the 161st.
  • The countries together account for 0.02% of the world: 0.01% for Guyana vs 0.01% for the Solomon Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Guyana has had an average growth rate of +0.94% per year vs +2.95% in the Solomon Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Guyana has increased from 761K people to 840K (10.4% growth), while the Solomon Islands has grown from 483K to 854K (76.9% growth).
  • Guyana is projected to reach its peak in 2067 at 960K people compared to the peak of 1.85M people in 2100 for the Solomon Islands.

Guyana vs Solomon Islands: live population counter

Guyana Solomon Islands
Current population
839919
854419
Population rank 162/197 161/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.01%
One net population change
1.85 hours
27.4 minutes
One birth every
31.4 minutes
24.4 minutes
One death every
1.45 hours
2.13 hours
One migration net change every
1.62 hours
5.44 hours
Annual migration change -5,407 +1,610
Daily growth/decline +13 +53
Annual growth/decline +4,734 +19,193
Annual growth/decline rate +0.57% +2.4%
Population growth rate rank 129/197 35/197

Guyana and the Solomon Islands: population history and growth rate by year chart

Guyana
Population

Growth rate
Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Guyana Solomon Islands Guyana Solomon Islands
1960 569,143 139,688 - -
1961 582,568 142,912 2.36% 2.31%
1962 595,461 146,201 2.21% 2.3%
1963 608,537 149,589 2.2% 2.32%
1964 621,764 153,085 2.17% 2.34%
1965 635,128 156,686 2.15% 2.35%
1966 648,646 160,393 2.13% 2.37%
1967 662,311 164,245 2.11% 2.4%
1968 676,160 168,282 2.09% 2.46%
1969 690,223 172,476 2.08% 2.49%
1970 702,705 176,579 1.81% 2.38%
1971 712,662 180,637 1.42% 2.3%
1972 721,617 184,994 1.26% 2.41%
1973 730,138 189,774 1.18% 2.58%
1974 738,057 195,041 1.08% 2.78%
1975 745,393 200,744 0.99% 2.92%
1976 752,253 207,194 0.92% 3.21%
1977 758,654 214,418 0.85% 3.49%
1978 764,586 222,029 0.78% 3.55%
1979 770,062 229,953 0.72% 3.57%
1980 774,367 238,135 0.56% 3.56%
1981 776,453 246,555 0.27% 3.54%
1982 776,712 255,200 0.03% 3.51%
1983 775,891 264,068 -0.11% 3.47%
1984 774,111 273,163 -0.23% 3.44%
1985 771,477 282,455 -0.34% 3.4%
1986 768,098 291,842 -0.44% 3.32%
1987 764,120 301,414 -0.52% 3.28%
1988 759,663 311,265 -0.58% 3.27%
1989 754,865 321,282 -0.63% 3.22%
1990 749,894 331,435 -0.66% 3.16%
1991 747,861 341,738 -0.27% 3.11%
1992 749,911 352,205 0.27% 3.06%
1993 752,965 362,839 0.41% 3.02%
1994 755,822 373,675 0.38% 2.99%
1995 758,388 384,733 0.34% 2.96%
1996 760,526 396,009 0.28% 2.93%
1997 762,245 407,474 0.23% 2.9%
1998 763,586 419,071 0.18% 2.85%
1999 764,483 430,500 0.12% 2.73%
2000 764,832 440,469 0.05% 2.32%
2001 764,477 449,125 -0.05% 1.97%
2002 763,652 457,671 -0.11% 1.9%
2003 763,101 466,154 -0.07% 1.85%
2004 762,418 474,611 -0.09% 1.81%
2005 760,914 483,080 -0.2% 1.78%
2006 758,966 491,594 -0.26% 1.76%
2007 756,861 500,156 -0.28% 1.74%
2008 754,606 508,790 -0.3% 1.73%
2009 752,094 518,141 -0.33% 1.84%
2010 749,256 532,968 -0.38% 2.86%
2011 746,153 552,945 -0.41% 3.75%
2012 746,288 573,606 0.02% 3.74%
2013 750,021 594,945 0.5% 3.72%
2014 754,229 616,908 0.56% 3.69%
2015 758,781 639,415 0.6% 3.65%
2016 763,548 662,379 0.63% 3.59%
2017 768,479 685,672 0.65% 3.52%
2018 791,556 709,101 3% 3.42%
2019 807,665 728,147 2.04% 2.69%
2020 807,481 744,498 -0.02% 2.25%
2021 815,482 762,591 0.99% 2.43%
2022 821,637 781,066 0.75% 2.42%
2023 826,353 800,005 0.57% 2.42%
2024 831,087 819,198 0.57% 2.4%
2025 835,986 838,646 0.59% 2.37%
2026 840,883 858,283 0.59% 2.34%
2027 846,019 878,097 0.61% 2.31%
2028 851,161 898,073 0.61% 2.27%
2029 856,040 918,152 0.57% 2.24%
2030 861,037 938,340 0.58% 2.2%
2031 866,080 958,614 0.59% 2.16%
2032 871,237 978,977 0.6% 2.12%
2033 876,346 999,314 0.59% 2.08%
2034 881,223 1,019,534 0.56% 2.02%
2035 885,935 1,039,655 0.53% 1.97%
2036 890,320 1,059,521 0.49% 1.91%
2037 894,649 1,079,088 0.49% 1.85%
2038 899,021 1,098,284 0.49% 1.78%
2039 903,316 1,117,085 0.48% 1.71%
2040 907,506 1,135,445 0.46% 1.64%
2041 911,723 1,153,450 0.46% 1.59%
2042 915,811 1,171,334 0.45% 1.55%
2043 919,575 1,189,113 0.41% 1.52%
2044 923,121 1,206,729 0.39% 1.48%
2045 926,355 1,224,188 0.35% 1.45%
2046 929,478 1,241,491 0.34% 1.41%
2047 932,483 1,258,611 0.32% 1.38%
2048 935,329 1,275,579 0.31% 1.35%
2049 938,062 1,292,414 0.29% 1.32%
2050 940,601 1,309,098 0.27% 1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Guyana decreased by 2,133 people (a 0.28% decline), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Guyana gained 81,138 (a 10.7% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Guyana was ranked 160th most populous country in 2005 and is 162nd 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) Guyana's population will grow by 12% to 940,601 people and will still be ranked 162nd. The population of the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.

Biggest cities by population

Guyana
City Population
Georgetown 235K
Linden 28.7K
New Amsterdam 17.3K
Solomon Islands
City Population
Honiara 84.5K
Auki 6.81K

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