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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Mali was 24,478,595 in 2024 vs 819,198 people in the Solomon Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Mali's population is 25,787,988 people compared to 854,419 in the Solomon Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Mali's population is 30.2 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
  • Mali is ranked the 58th most populous country in the world, while the Solomon Islands is the 161st.
  • The countries together account for 0.32% of the world: 0.31% for Mali vs 0.01% for the Solomon Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Mali has had an average growth rate of +3.12% per year vs +2.95% in the Solomon Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Mali has increased from 13.5M people to 25.8M (90.5% growth), while the Solomon Islands has grown from 483K to 854K (76.9% growth).
  • Mali is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 79.4M people compared to the peak of 1.85M people in 2100 for the Solomon Islands.

Mali vs Solomon Islands: live population counter

Mali Solomon Islands
Current population
25787988
854419
Population rank 58/197 161/197
Percent of world population 0.31% 0.01%
One net population change
44.5 seconds
27.4 minutes
One birth every
33.1 seconds
24.4 minutes
One death every
2.56 minutes
2.13 hours
One migration net change every
11.2 minutes
5.44 hours
Annual migration change -46,880 +1,610
Daily growth/decline +1,944 +53
Annual growth/decline +709,468 +19,193
Annual growth/decline rate +2.98% +2.4%
Population growth rate rank 16/197 35/197

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

Mali
Population

Growth rate
Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Mali Solomon Islands Mali Solomon Islands
1960 5,402,550 139,688 - -
1961 5,482,283 142,912 1.48% 2.31%
1962 5,563,917 146,201 1.49% 2.3%
1963 5,646,605 149,589 1.49% 2.32%
1964 5,730,125 153,085 1.48% 2.34%
1965 5,815,487 156,686 1.49% 2.35%
1966 5,902,204 160,393 1.49% 2.37%
1967 5,990,906 164,245 1.5% 2.4%
1968 6,082,979 168,282 1.54% 2.46%
1969 6,177,704 172,476 1.56% 2.49%
1970 6,276,472 176,579 1.6% 2.38%
1971 6,377,944 180,637 1.62% 2.3%
1972 6,483,726 184,994 1.66% 2.41%
1973 6,597,106 189,774 1.75% 2.58%
1974 6,715,436 195,041 1.79% 2.78%
1975 6,837,261 200,744 1.81% 2.92%
1976 6,960,979 207,194 1.81% 3.21%
1977 7,090,979 214,418 1.87% 3.49%
1978 7,229,651 222,029 1.96% 3.55%
1979 7,375,266 229,953 2.01% 3.57%
1980 7,530,515 238,135 2.1% 3.56%
1981 7,692,766 246,555 2.15% 3.54%
1982 7,860,194 255,200 2.18% 3.51%
1983 8,034,400 264,068 2.22% 3.47%
1984 8,208,599 273,163 2.17% 3.44%
1985 8,374,663 282,455 2.02% 3.4%
1986 8,531,277 291,842 1.87% 3.32%
1987 8,681,164 301,414 1.76% 3.28%
1988 8,833,996 311,265 1.76% 3.27%
1989 8,999,938 321,282 1.88% 3.22%
1990 9,178,830 331,435 1.99% 3.16%
1991 9,362,888 341,738 2.01% 3.11%
1992 9,553,540 352,205 2.04% 3.06%
1993 9,754,786 362,839 2.11% 3.02%
1994 9,967,031 373,675 2.18% 2.99%
1995 10,185,365 384,733 2.19% 2.96%
1996 10,407,278 396,009 2.18% 2.93%
1997 10,646,495 407,474 2.3% 2.9%
1998 10,919,573 419,071 2.56% 2.85%
1999 11,227,415 430,500 2.82% 2.73%
2000 11,559,290 440,469 2.96% 2.32%
2001 11,912,158 449,125 3.05% 1.97%
2002 12,288,050 457,671 3.16% 1.9%
2003 12,684,955 466,154 3.23% 1.85%
2004 13,102,409 474,611 3.29% 1.81%
2005 13,538,647 483,080 3.33% 1.78%
2006 13,990,139 491,594 3.33% 1.76%
2007 14,457,775 500,156 3.34% 1.74%
2008 14,940,782 508,790 3.34% 1.73%
2009 15,435,539 518,141 3.31% 1.84%
2010 15,945,198 532,968 3.3% 2.86%
2011 16,469,049 552,945 3.29% 3.75%
2012 16,957,033 573,606 2.96% 3.74%
2013 17,459,615 594,945 2.96% 3.72%
2014 18,020,267 616,908 3.21% 3.69%
2015 18,593,022 639,415 3.18% 3.65%
2016 19,191,289 662,379 3.22% 3.59%
2017 19,813,011 685,672 3.24% 3.52%
2018 20,442,030 709,101 3.17% 3.42%
2019 21,068,405 728,147 3.06% 2.69%
2020 21,713,836 744,498 3.06% 2.25%
2021 22,388,630 762,591 3.11% 2.43%
2022 23,072,640 781,066 3.06% 2.42%
2023 23,769,127 800,005 3.02% 2.42%
2024 24,478,595 819,198 2.98% 2.4%
2025 25,198,817 838,646 2.94% 2.37%
2026 25,932,275 858,283 2.91% 2.34%
2027 26,679,171 878,097 2.88% 2.31%
2028 27,440,613 898,073 2.85% 2.27%
2029 28,215,513 918,152 2.82% 2.24%
2030 29,002,864 938,340 2.79% 2.2%
2031 29,804,545 958,614 2.76% 2.16%
2032 30,618,893 978,977 2.73% 2.12%
2033 31,442,801 999,314 2.69% 2.08%
2034 32,276,672 1,019,534 2.65% 2.02%
2035 33,118,344 1,039,655 2.61% 1.97%
2036 33,967,889 1,059,521 2.57% 1.91%
2037 34,823,450 1,079,088 2.52% 1.85%
2038 35,685,576 1,098,284 2.48% 1.78%
2039 36,549,487 1,117,085 2.42% 1.71%
2040 37,413,641 1,135,445 2.36% 1.64%
2041 38,280,868 1,153,450 2.32% 1.59%
2042 39,151,280 1,171,334 2.27% 1.55%
2043 40,026,317 1,189,113 2.24% 1.52%
2044 40,902,500 1,206,729 2.19% 1.48%
2045 41,778,984 1,224,188 2.14% 1.45%
2046 42,655,642 1,241,491 2.1% 1.41%
2047 43,530,852 1,258,611 2.05% 1.38%
2048 44,405,715 1,275,579 2.01% 1.35%
2049 45,279,772 1,292,414 1.97% 1.32%
2050 46,154,079 1,309,098 1.93% 1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mali increased by 5,054,375 people (a 37.3% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mali gained 7,194,966 (a 38.7% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Mali was ranked 66th most populous country in 2005 and is 58th 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) Mali's population will grow by 79% to 46,154,079 people with a rank change from 58th to 46th. 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

Mali
City Population
Bamako 4.23M
Sikasso 226K
Segou 131K
Bougouni 59.7K
Markala 46K
Koulikoro 43.2K
Banamba 30.6K
Solomon Islands
City Population
Honiara 84.5K
Auki 6.81K

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