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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of Saudi Arabia was 35,300,280 in 2024 vs 819,198 people in the Solomon Islands in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Saudi Arabia's population is 36,428,123 people compared to 854,419 in the Solomon Islands.

Population statistics:

  • Saudi Arabia's population is 42.6 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
  • Saudi Arabia is ranked the 44th most populous country in the world, while the Solomon Islands is the 161st.
  • The countries together account for 0.45% of the world: 0.44% for Saudi Arabia vs 0.01% for the Solomon Islands.
  • For the last 10 years, Saudi Arabia has had an average growth rate of +2.3% per year vs +2.95% in the Solomon Islands.
  • Since 2005, the population of Saudi Arabia has increased from 20.6M people to 36.4M (77.2% growth), while the Solomon Islands has grown from 483K to 854K (76.9% growth).
  • Saudi Arabia is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 73.8M people compared to the peak of 1.85M people in 2100 for the Solomon Islands.

Saudi Arabia vs Solomon Islands: live population counter

Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands
Current population
36428123
854419
Population rank 44/197 161/197
Percent of world population 0.44% 0.01%
One net population change
19.7 seconds
27.4 minutes
One birth every
57 seconds
24.4 minutes
One death every
6.66 minutes
2.13 hours
One migration net change every
4.3 minutes
5.44 hours
Annual migration change +122,170 +1,610
Daily growth/decline +4,377 +53
Annual growth/decline +1,597,549 +19,193
Annual growth/decline rate +4.74% +2.4%
Population growth rate rank 3/197 35/197

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

Saudi Arabia
Population

Growth rate
Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands Saudi Arabia Solomon Islands
1960 2,435,403 139,688 - -
1961 2,526,347 142,912 3.73% 2.31%
1962 2,620,910 146,201 3.74% 2.3%
1963 2,719,341 149,589 3.76% 2.32%
1964 2,821,968 153,085 3.77% 2.34%
1965 2,928,771 156,686 3.78% 2.35%
1966 3,039,887 160,393 3.79% 2.37%
1967 3,157,242 164,245 3.86% 2.4%
1968 3,282,711 168,282 3.97% 2.46%
1969 3,417,114 172,476 4.09% 2.49%
1970 3,562,470 176,579 4.25% 2.38%
1971 3,724,031 180,637 4.54% 2.3%
1972 3,905,722 184,994 4.88% 2.41%
1973 4,106,344 189,774 5.14% 2.58%
1974 4,323,632 195,041 5.29% 2.78%
1975 4,556,287 200,744 5.38% 2.92%
1976 4,807,933 207,194 5.52% 3.21%
1977 5,083,048 214,418 5.72% 3.49%
1978 5,381,902 222,029 5.88% 3.55%
1979 5,703,698 229,953 5.98% 3.57%
1980 6,047,997 238,135 6.04% 3.56%
1981 6,420,551 246,555 6.16% 3.54%
1982 6,824,486 255,200 6.29% 3.51%
1983 7,252,941 264,068 6.28% 3.47%
1984 7,697,307 273,163 6.13% 3.44%
1985 8,151,779 282,455 5.9% 3.4%
1986 8,628,639 291,842 5.85% 3.32%
1987 9,130,194 301,414 5.81% 3.28%
1988 9,629,165 311,265 5.47% 3.27%
1989 10,128,394 321,282 5.18% 3.22%
1990 10,640,691 331,435 5.06% 3.16%
1991 11,160,744 341,738 4.89% 3.11%
1992 11,686,676 352,205 4.71% 3.06%
1993 12,215,862 362,839 4.53% 3.02%
1994 12,750,040 373,675 4.37% 2.99%
1995 13,289,245 384,733 4.23% 2.96%
1996 13,831,009 396,009 4.08% 2.93%
1997 14,374,943 407,474 3.93% 2.9%
1998 14,922,185 419,071 3.81% 2.85%
1999 15,472,075 430,500 3.69% 2.73%
2000 16,177,722 440,469 4.56% 2.32%
2001 17,041,397 449,125 5.34% 1.97%
2002 17,910,910 457,671 5.1% 1.9%
2003 18,786,767 466,154 4.89% 1.85%
2004 19,669,480 474,611 4.7% 1.81%
2005 20,559,890 483,080 4.53% 1.78%
2006 21,459,144 491,594 4.37% 1.76%
2007 22,368,313 500,156 4.24% 1.74%
2008 23,287,877 508,790 4.11% 1.73%
2009 24,217,654 518,141 3.99% 1.84%
2010 23,978,487 532,968 -0.99% 2.86%
2011 25,091,867 552,945 4.64% 3.75%
2012 26,168,861 573,606 4.29% 3.74%
2013 27,624,004 594,945 5.56% 3.72%
2014 28,309,273 616,908 2.48% 3.69%
2015 29,816,382 639,415 5.32% 3.65%
2016 30,954,198 662,379 3.82% 3.59%
2017 30,977,355 685,672 0.07% 3.52%
2018 30,196,281 709,101 -2.52% 3.42%
2019 30,063,799 728,147 -0.44% 2.69%
2020 31,552,510 744,498 4.95% 2.25%
2021 30,784,383 762,591 -2.43% 2.43%
2022 32,175,224 781,066 4.52% 2.42%
2023 33,702,731 800,005 4.75% 2.42%
2024 35,300,280 819,198 4.74% 2.4%
2025 35,927,625 838,646 1.78% 2.37%
2026 36,550,694 858,283 1.73% 2.34%
2027 37,167,513 878,097 1.69% 2.31%
2028 37,775,810 898,073 1.64% 2.27%
2029 38,364,377 918,152 1.56% 2.24%
2030 38,918,375 938,340 1.44% 2.2%
2031 39,450,880 958,614 1.37% 2.16%
2032 39,983,934 978,977 1.35% 2.12%
2033 40,517,599 999,314 1.33% 2.08%
2034 41,052,423 1,019,534 1.32% 2.02%
2035 41,588,429 1,039,655 1.31% 1.97%
2036 42,125,184 1,059,521 1.29% 1.91%
2037 42,661,908 1,079,088 1.27% 1.85%
2038 43,198,420 1,098,284 1.26% 1.78%
2039 43,734,316 1,117,085 1.24% 1.71%
2040 44,269,571 1,135,445 1.22% 1.64%
2041 44,804,338 1,153,450 1.21% 1.59%
2042 45,338,111 1,171,334 1.19% 1.55%
2043 45,870,896 1,189,113 1.18% 1.52%
2044 46,403,116 1,206,729 1.16% 1.48%
2045 46,934,822 1,224,188 1.15% 1.45%
2046 47,465,267 1,241,491 1.13% 1.41%
2047 47,993,976 1,258,611 1.11% 1.38%
2048 48,521,364 1,275,579 1.1% 1.35%
2049 49,047,461 1,292,414 1.08% 1.32%
2050 49,572,202 1,309,098 1.07% 1.29%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of Saudi Arabia increased by 9,256,492 people (a 45% growth), while the Solomon Islands gained 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, Saudi Arabia gained 6,611,741 (a 22.2% growth), while the Solomon Islands' population increased by 215,004 (a 33.6% growth).

Saudi Arabia was ranked 51st most populous country in 2005 and is 44th 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) Saudi Arabia's population will grow by 36.1% to 49,572,202 people with a rank change from 44th to 43rd. 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

Solomon Islands
City Population
Honiara 84.5K
Auki 6.81K

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