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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Liberia	Solomon Islands	Liberia	Solomon Islands
1960	1,139,522	139,688	-	-
1961	1,167,717	142,912	2.47%	2.31%
1962	1,197,039	146,201	2.51%	2.3%
1963	1,227,414	149,589	2.54%	2.32%
1964	1,258,745	153,085	2.55%	2.34%
1965	1,291,156	156,686	2.57%	2.35%
1966	1,324,383	160,393	2.57%	2.37%
1967	1,358,435	164,245	2.57%	2.4%
1968	1,393,530	168,282	2.58%	2.46%
1969	1,429,605	172,476	2.59%	2.49%
1970	1,466,676	176,579	2.59%	2.38%
1971	1,504,077	180,637	2.55%	2.3%
1972	1,542,670	184,994	2.57%	2.41%
1973	1,583,588	189,774	2.65%	2.58%
1974	1,626,362	195,041	2.7%	2.78%
1975	1,670,913	200,744	2.74%	2.92%
1976	1,717,060	207,194	2.76%	3.21%
1977	1,766,019	214,418	2.85%	3.49%
1978	1,818,247	222,029	2.96%	3.55%
1979	1,872,713	229,953	3%	3.57%
1980	1,929,253	238,135	3.02%	3.56%
1981	1,986,867	246,555	2.99%	3.54%
1982	2,045,073	255,200	2.93%	3.51%
1983	2,107,113	264,068	3.03%	3.47%
1984	2,173,312	273,163	3.14%	3.44%
1985	2,240,539	282,455	3.09%	3.4%
1986	2,308,511	291,842	3.03%	3.32%
1987	2,377,229	301,414	2.98%	3.28%
1988	2,446,941	311,265	2.93%	3.27%
1989	2,517,858	321,282	2.9%	3.22%
1990	2,223,667	331,435	-11.7%	3.16%
1991	1,956,518	341,738	-12%	3.11%
1992	2,072,461	352,205	5.93%	3.06%
1993	2,155,126	362,839	3.99%	3.02%
1994	2,149,928	373,675	-0.24%	2.99%
1995	2,169,162	384,733	0.89%	2.96%
1996	2,232,289	396,009	2.91%	2.93%
1997	2,412,989	407,474	8.09%	2.9%
1998	2,670,124	419,071	10.7%	2.85%
1999	2,821,684	430,500	5.68%	2.73%
2000	2,928,117	440,469	3.77%	2.32%
2001	3,015,338	449,125	2.98%	1.97%
2002	3,094,782	457,671	2.63%	1.9%
2003	3,119,532	466,154	0.8%	1.85%
2004	3,156,892	474,611	1.2%	1.81%
2005	3,301,015	483,080	4.57%	1.78%
2006	3,490,787	491,594	5.75%	1.76%
2007	3,669,050	500,156	5.11%	1.74%
2008	3,821,003	508,790	4.14%	1.73%
2009	3,943,028	518,141	3.19%	1.84%
2010	4,058,890	532,968	2.94%	2.86%
2011	4,221,178	552,945	4%	3.75%
2012	4,373,043	573,606	3.6%	3.74%
2013	4,470,239	594,945	2.22%	3.72%
2014	4,564,293	616,908	2.1%	3.69%
2015	4,659,431	639,415	2.08%	3.65%
2016	4,755,608	662,379	2.06%	3.59%
2017	4,848,925	685,672	1.96%	3.52%
2018	4,944,726	709,101	1.98%	3.42%
2019	5,043,721	728,147	2%	2.69%
2020	5,149,463	744,498	2.1%	2.25%
2021	5,259,323	762,591	2.13%	2.43%
2022	5,373,294	781,066	2.17%	2.42%
2023	5,493,031	800,005	2.23%	2.42%
2024	5,612,817	819,198	2.18%	2.4%
2025	5,731,211	838,646	2.11%	2.37%
2026	5,853,958	858,283	2.14%	2.34%
2027	5,986,805	878,097	2.27%	2.31%
2028	6,118,769	898,073	2.2%	2.27%
2029	6,245,093	918,152	2.06%	2.24%
2030	6,366,293	938,340	1.94%	2.2%
2031	6,486,749	958,614	1.89%	2.16%
2032	6,614,257	978,977	1.97%	2.12%
2033	6,744,927	999,314	1.98%	2.08%
2034	6,873,688	1,019,534	1.91%	2.02%
2035	7,003,567	1,039,655	1.89%	1.97%
2036	7,142,326	1,059,521	1.98%	1.91%
2037	7,278,759	1,079,088	1.91%	1.85%
2038	7,408,720	1,098,284	1.79%	1.78%
2039	7,545,510	1,117,085	1.85%	1.71%
2040	7,681,693	1,135,445	1.8%	1.64%
2041	7,817,089	1,153,450	1.76%	1.59%
2042	7,954,182	1,171,334	1.75%	1.55%
2043	8,077,173	1,189,113	1.55%	1.52%
2044	8,194,136	1,206,729	1.45%	1.48%
2045	8,310,657	1,224,188	1.42%	1.45%
2046	8,428,924	1,241,491	1.42%	1.41%
2047	8,552,033	1,258,611	1.46%	1.38%
2048	8,673,963	1,275,579	1.43%	1.35%
2049	8,795,838	1,292,414	1.41%	1.32%
2050	8,910,539	1,309,098	1.3%	1.29%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of Liberia increased by 1,264,821 people (a 36.2% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 170,785 people (a 34.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, Liberia gained 1,099,801 (a 23.1% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 196,120 (a 29.6% growth).

Liberia was ranked 126th most populous country in 2006 and is 116th in 2026. The Solomon Islands was ranked 165th in 2006 and ranked 161st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) Liberia's population will grow by 52.2% to 8,910,539 people with a rank change from 116th to 107th. The population of the Solomon Islands will increase by 52.5% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.