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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Mauritius	Solomon Islands	Mauritius	Solomon Islands
1960	680,331	139,688	-	-
1961	680,757	142,912	0.06%	2.31%
1962	700,349	146,201	2.88%	2.3%
1963	718,861	149,589	2.64%	2.32%
1964	736,381	153,085	2.44%	2.34%
1965	753,000	156,686	2.26%	2.35%
1966	768,813	160,393	2.1%	2.37%
1967	783,917	164,245	1.96%	2.4%
1968	798,413	168,282	1.85%	2.46%
1969	812,405	172,476	1.75%	2.49%
1970	826,000	176,579	1.67%	2.38%
1971	839,230	180,637	1.6%	2.3%
1972	852,053	184,994	1.53%	2.41%
1973	864,819	189,774	1.5%	2.58%
1974	878,042	195,041	1.53%	2.78%
1975	892,000	200,744	1.59%	2.92%
1976	906,507	207,194	1.63%	3.21%
1977	921,379	214,418	1.64%	3.49%
1978	933,499	222,029	1.32%	3.55%
1979	949,888	229,953	1.76%	3.57%
1980	966,039	238,135	1.7%	3.56%
1981	980,462	246,555	1.49%	3.54%
1982	992,521	255,200	1.23%	3.51%
1983	1,001,691	264,068	0.92%	3.47%
1984	1,012,221	273,163	1.05%	3.44%
1985	1,020,528	282,455	0.82%	3.4%
1986	1,028,360	291,842	0.77%	3.32%
1987	1,036,082	301,414	0.75%	3.28%
1988	1,043,239	311,265	0.69%	3.27%
1989	1,051,260	321,282	0.77%	3.22%
1990	1,058,775	331,435	0.71%	3.16%
1991	1,070,266	341,738	1.09%	3.11%
1992	1,084,441	352,205	1.32%	3.06%
1993	1,097,374	362,839	1.19%	3.02%
1994	1,112,846	373,675	1.41%	2.99%
1995	1,122,457	384,733	0.86%	2.96%
1996	1,133,996	396,009	1.03%	2.93%
1997	1,148,284	407,474	1.26%	2.9%
1998	1,160,421	419,071	1.06%	2.85%
1999	1,175,267	430,500	1.28%	2.73%
2000	1,186,873	440,469	0.99%	2.32%
2001	1,196,287	449,125	0.79%	1.97%
2002	1,204,621	457,671	0.7%	1.9%
2003	1,213,370	466,154	0.73%	1.85%
2004	1,221,003	474,611	0.63%	1.81%
2005	1,228,254	483,080	0.59%	1.78%
2006	1,233,996	491,594	0.47%	1.76%
2007	1,239,630	500,156	0.46%	1.74%
2008	1,244,121	508,790	0.36%	1.73%
2009	1,247,429	518,141	0.27%	1.84%
2010	1,250,400	532,968	0.24%	2.86%
2011	1,252,404	552,945	0.16%	3.75%
2012	1,255,882	573,606	0.28%	3.74%
2013	1,258,927	594,945	0.24%	3.72%
2014	1,261,208	616,908	0.18%	3.69%
2015	1,262,879	639,415	0.13%	3.65%
2016	1,263,747	662,379	0.07%	3.59%
2017	1,264,887	685,672	0.09%	3.52%
2018	1,265,577	709,101	0.05%	3.42%
2019	1,265,985	728,147	0.03%	2.69%
2020	1,266,014	744,498	0.002%	2.25%
2021	1,266,334	762,591	0.03%	2.43%
2022	1,262,523	781,066	-0.3%	2.42%
2023	1,261,041	800,005	-0.12%	2.42%
2024	1,259,509	819,198	-0.12%	2.4%
2025	1,256,649	838,646	-0.23%	2.37%
2026	1,253,457	858,283	-0.25%	2.34%
2027	1,250,062	878,097	-0.27%	2.31%
2028	1,246,502	898,073	-0.28%	2.27%
2029	1,242,774	918,152	-0.3%	2.24%
2030	1,238,963	938,340	-0.31%	2.2%
2031	1,234,965	958,614	-0.32%	2.16%
2032	1,230,623	978,977	-0.35%	2.12%
2033	1,225,970	999,314	-0.38%	2.08%
2034	1,220,995	1,019,534	-0.41%	2.02%
2035	1,215,701	1,039,655	-0.43%	1.97%
2036	1,210,085	1,059,521	-0.46%	1.91%
2037	1,204,158	1,079,088	-0.49%	1.85%
2038	1,197,926	1,098,284	-0.52%	1.78%
2039	1,191,299	1,117,085	-0.55%	1.71%
2040	1,184,262	1,135,445	-0.59%	1.64%
2041	1,176,870	1,153,450	-0.62%	1.59%
2042	1,169,165	1,171,334	-0.65%	1.55%
2043	1,161,119	1,189,113	-0.69%	1.52%
2044	1,152,733	1,206,729	-0.72%	1.48%
2045	1,144,071	1,224,188	-0.75%	1.45%
2046	1,135,101	1,241,491	-0.78%	1.41%
2047	1,125,881	1,258,611	-0.81%	1.38%
2048	1,116,431	1,275,579	-0.84%	1.35%
2049	1,106,794	1,292,414	-0.86%	1.32%
2050	1,097,042	1,309,098	-0.88%	1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Mauritius increased by 34,625 people (a 2.82% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Mauritius lost -6,230 (a 0.49% decline), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Mauritius was ranked 151st most populous country in 2005 and is 157th 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) Mauritius' population will shrink by 12.7% to 1,097,042 people with a rank change from 157th to 160th. The population of the Solomon Islands will increase by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people and rank change from 161st to 156th.