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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Solomon Islands was 819,198 in 2024 vs 24,672,760 people in Syria in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Solomon Islands' population is 854,419 people compared to 26,304,877 in Syria.

Population statistics:

  • Syria's population is 30.8 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
  • The Solomon Islands is ranked the 161st most populous country in the world, while Syria is the 57th.
  • The countries together account for 0.33% of the world: 0.01% for the Solomon Islands vs 0.32% for Syria.
  • For the last 10 years, the Solomon Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.95% per year vs +1.25% in Syria.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Solomon Islands has increased from 483K people to 854K (76.9% growth), while Syria has grown from 18.8M to 26.3M (39.8% growth).
  • The Solomon Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.85M people compared to the peak of 44.1M people in 2086 for Syria.

Solomon Islands vs Syria: live population counter

Solomon Islands Syria
Current population
854419
26304877
Population rank 161/197 57/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.32%
One net population change
27.4 minutes
29.3 seconds
One birth every
24.4 minutes
1.01 minutes
One death every
2.13 hours
4.42 minutes
One migration net change every
5.44 hours
57.7 seconds
Annual migration change +1,610 +546,494
Daily growth/decline +53 +2,954
Annual growth/decline +19,193 +1,078,137
Annual growth/decline rate +2.4% +4.57%
Population growth rate rank 35/197 5/197

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

Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Syria
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Solomon Islands Syria Solomon Islands Syria
1960 139,688 4,673,500 - -
1961 142,912 4,815,466 2.31% 3.04%
1962 146,201 4,959,340 2.3% 2.99%
1963 149,589 5,110,467 2.32% 3.05%
1964 153,085 5,269,087 2.34% 3.1%
1965 156,686 5,435,267 2.35% 3.15%
1966 160,393 5,609,047 2.37% 3.2%
1967 164,245 5,790,198 2.4% 3.23%
1968 168,282 5,978,742 2.46% 3.26%
1969 172,476 6,175,166 2.49% 3.29%
1970 176,579 6,380,609 2.38% 3.33%
1971 180,637 6,598,094 2.3% 3.41%
1972 184,994 6,826,024 2.41% 3.45%
1973 189,774 7,060,321 2.58% 3.43%
1974 195,041 7,302,160 2.78% 3.43%
1975 200,744 7,554,364 2.92% 3.45%
1976 207,194 7,817,320 3.21% 3.48%
1977 214,418 8,090,501 3.49% 3.49%
1978 222,029 8,372,759 3.55% 3.49%
1979 229,953 8,661,909 3.57% 3.45%
1980 238,135 8,957,663 3.56% 3.41%
1981 246,555 9,260,189 3.54% 3.38%
1982 255,200 9,572,511 3.51% 3.37%
1983 264,068 9,904,809 3.47% 3.47%
1984 273,163 10,258,398 3.44% 3.57%
1985 282,455 10,625,672 3.4% 3.58%
1986 291,842 11,002,844 3.32% 3.55%
1987 301,414 11,388,923 3.28% 3.51%
1988 311,265 11,782,264 3.27% 3.45%
1989 321,282 12,179,060 3.22% 3.37%
1990 331,435 12,579,208 3.16% 3.29%
1991 341,738 12,980,821 3.11% 3.19%
1992 352,205 13,385,571 3.06% 3.12%
1993 362,839 13,795,686 3.02% 3.06%
1994 373,675 14,208,583 2.99% 2.99%
1995 384,733 14,616,801 2.96% 2.87%
1996 396,009 15,018,104 2.93% 2.75%
1997 407,474 15,417,542 2.9% 2.66%
1998 419,071 15,820,413 2.85% 2.61%
1999 430,500 16,228,061 2.73% 2.58%
2000 440,469 16,637,888 2.32% 2.53%
2001 449,125 17,051,338 1.97% 2.48%
2002 457,671 17,468,332 1.9% 2.45%
2003 466,154 17,889,296 1.85% 2.41%
2004 474,611 18,336,875 1.81% 2.5%
2005 483,080 18,814,091 1.78% 2.6%
2006 491,594 19,637,022 1.76% 4.37%
2007 500,156 20,884,125 1.74% 6.35%
2008 508,790 21,636,564 1.73% 3.6%
2009 518,141 21,976,969 1.84% 1.57%
2010 532,968 22,482,421 2.86% 2.3%
2011 552,945 22,878,098 3.75% 1.76%
2012 573,606 22,759,763 3.74% -0.52%
2013 594,945 21,666,917 3.72% -4.8%
2014 616,908 20,273,659 3.69% -6.43%
2015 639,415 19,424,618 3.65% -4.19%
2016 662,379 19,193,834 3.59% -1.19%
2017 685,672 19,224,668 3.52% 0.16%
2018 709,101 19,577,845 3.42% 1.84%
2019 728,147 20,353,534 2.69% 3.96%
2020 744,498 21,049,429 2.25% 3.42%
2021 762,591 21,628,839 2.43% 2.75%
2022 781,066 22,462,173 2.42% 3.85%
2023 800,005 23,594,623 2.42% 5.04%
2024 819,198 24,672,760 2.4% 4.57%
2025 838,646 25,620,422 2.37% 3.84%
2026 858,283 26,472,499 2.34% 3.33%
2027 878,097 27,261,544 2.31% 2.98%
2028 898,073 28,006,558 2.27% 2.73%
2029 918,152 28,719,309 2.24% 2.54%
2030 938,340 29,395,545 2.2% 2.35%
2031 958,614 30,029,824 2.16% 2.16%
2032 978,977 30,633,661 2.12% 2.01%
2033 999,314 31,212,478 2.08% 1.89%
2034 1,019,534 31,768,138 2.02% 1.78%
2035 1,039,655 32,294,792 1.97% 1.66%
2036 1,059,521 32,788,153 1.91% 1.53%
2037 1,079,088 33,258,407 1.85% 1.43%
2038 1,098,284 33,710,718 1.78% 1.36%
2039 1,117,085 34,131,238 1.71% 1.25%
2040 1,135,445 34,533,185 1.64% 1.18%
2041 1,153,450 34,916,936 1.59% 1.11%
2042 1,171,334 35,279,863 1.55% 1.04%
2043 1,189,113 35,623,325 1.52% 0.97%
2044 1,206,729 35,944,394 1.48% 0.9%
2045 1,224,188 36,265,295 1.45% 0.89%
2046 1,241,491 36,583,260 1.41% 0.88%
2047 1,258,611 36,878,640 1.38% 0.81%
2048 1,275,579 37,171,029 1.35% 0.79%
2049 1,292,414 37,477,690 1.32% 0.83%
2050 1,309,098 37,793,378 1.29% 0.84%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Solomon Islands increased by 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth), while Syria gained 610,527 people (a 3.25% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Solomon Islands gained 215,004 (a 33.6% growth), while Syria's population increased by 6,880,259 (a 35.4% growth).

The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th most populous country in 2005 and is 161st in 2025. Syria was ranked 58th in 2005 and ranked 57th now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 25 years (in 2050) the Solomon Islands' population will grow by 53.2% to 1,309,098 people with a rank change from 161st to 156th. The population of Syria will increase by 43.7% to 37,793,378 people and rank change from 57th to 54th.

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