The latest officially reported population of the Solomon Islands was 819,198 in 2024 vs 68,560,157 people in Tanzania in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Solomon Islands' population is 854,419 people compared to 72,166,806 in Tanzania.
Population statistics:
- Tanzania's population is 84.5 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
- The Solomon Islands is ranked the 161st most populous country in the world, while Tanzania is the 20th.
- The countries together account for 0.88% of the world: 0.01% for the Solomon Islands vs 0.87% for Tanzania.
- For the last 10 years, the Solomon Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.95% per year vs +3.13% in Tanzania.
- Since 2005, the population of the Solomon Islands has increased from 483K people to 854K (76.9% growth), while Tanzania has grown from 39.2M to 72.2M (84.2% growth).
- The Solomon Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.85M people compared to the peak of 263M people in 2100 for Tanzania.
Solomon Islands vs Tanzania: live population counter
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| Current population |
854419
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72166806
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| Population rank | 161/197 | 20/197 |
| Percent of world population | 0.01% | 0.87% |
| One net population change |
27.4 minutes
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16.2 seconds
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| One birth every |
24.4 minutes
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13.4 seconds
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| One death every |
2.13 hours
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1.36 minutes
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| One migration net change every |
5.44 hours
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17.6 minutes
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| Annual migration change | +1,610 | -29,865 |
| Daily growth/decline | +53 | +5,322 |
| Annual growth/decline | +19,193 | +1,942,551 |
| Annual growth/decline rate | +2.4% | +2.92% |
| Population growth rate rank | 35/197 | 19/197 |
the Solomon Islands and Tanzania: population history and growth rate by year chart
| Year | Population | Growth rate | ||
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| 1960 | 139,688 | 9,901,419 | - | - |
| 1961 | 142,912 | 10,187,886 | 2.31% | 2.89% |
| 1962 | 146,201 | 10,487,756 | 2.3% | 2.94% |
| 1963 | 149,589 | 10,799,528 | 2.32% | 2.97% |
| 1964 | 153,085 | 11,127,826 | 2.34% | 3.04% |
| 1965 | 156,686 | 11,470,728 | 2.35% | 3.08% |
| 1966 | 160,393 | 11,827,459 | 2.37% | 3.11% |
| 1967 | 164,245 | 12,200,109 | 2.4% | 3.15% |
| 1968 | 168,282 | 12,602,076 | 2.46% | 3.29% |
| 1969 | 172,476 | 13,036,700 | 2.49% | 3.45% |
| 1970 | 176,579 | 13,492,677 | 2.38% | 3.5% |
| 1971 | 180,637 | 13,971,451 | 2.3% | 3.55% |
| 1972 | 184,994 | 14,479,308 | 2.41% | 3.63% |
| 1973 | 189,774 | 15,010,101 | 2.58% | 3.67% |
| 1974 | 195,041 | 15,561,630 | 2.78% | 3.67% |
| 1975 | 200,744 | 16,138,361 | 2.92% | 3.71% |
| 1976 | 207,194 | 16,736,211 | 3.21% | 3.7% |
| 1977 | 214,418 | 17,352,929 | 3.49% | 3.68% |
| 1978 | 222,029 | 17,976,566 | 3.55% | 3.59% |
| 1979 | 229,953 | 18,592,038 | 3.57% | 3.42% |
| 1980 | 238,135 | 19,189,769 | 3.56% | 3.21% |
| 1981 | 246,555 | 19,784,703 | 3.54% | 3.1% |
| 1982 | 255,200 | 20,398,571 | 3.51% | 3.1% |
| 1983 | 264,068 | 21,079,874 | 3.47% | 3.34% |
| 1984 | 273,163 | 21,779,066 | 3.44% | 3.32% |
| 1985 | 282,455 | 22,501,693 | 3.4% | 3.32% |
| 1986 | 291,842 | 23,258,959 | 3.32% | 3.37% |
| 1987 | 301,414 | 24,030,378 | 3.28% | 3.32% |
| 1988 | 311,265 | 24,769,686 | 3.27% | 3.08% |
| 1989 | 321,282 | 25,438,759 | 3.22% | 2.7% |
| 1990 | 331,435 | 26,110,207 | 3.16% | 2.64% |
| 1991 | 341,738 | 26,780,436 | 3.11% | 2.57% |
| 1992 | 352,205 | 27,457,588 | 3.06% | 2.53% |
| 1993 | 362,839 | 28,332,692 | 3.02% | 3.19% |
| 1994 | 373,675 | 29,442,356 | 2.99% | 3.92% |
| 1995 | 384,733 | 30,383,497 | 2.96% | 3.2% |
| 1996 | 396,009 | 30,945,762 | 2.93% | 1.85% |
| 1997 | 407,474 | 31,578,089 | 2.9% | 2.04% |
| 1998 | 419,071 | 32,420,458 | 2.85% | 2.67% |
| 1999 | 430,500 | 33,300,330 | 2.73% | 2.71% |
| 2000 | 440,469 | 34,260,139 | 2.32% | 2.88% |
| 2001 | 449,125 | 35,198,299 | 1.97% | 2.74% |
| 2002 | 457,671 | 36,121,304 | 1.9% | 2.62% |
| 2003 | 466,154 | 37,089,555 | 1.85% | 2.68% |
| 2004 | 474,611 | 38,109,668 | 1.81% | 2.75% |
| 2005 | 483,080 | 39,182,076 | 1.78% | 2.81% |
| 2006 | 491,594 | 40,294,902 | 1.76% | 2.84% |
| 2007 | 500,156 | 41,435,512 | 1.74% | 2.83% |
| 2008 | 508,790 | 42,570,728 | 1.73% | 2.74% |
| 2009 | 518,141 | 43,633,982 | 1.84% | 2.5% |
| 2010 | 532,968 | 44,758,488 | 2.86% | 2.58% |
| 2011 | 552,945 | 46,029,367 | 3.75% | 2.84% |
| 2012 | 573,606 | 47,374,260 | 3.74% | 2.92% |
| 2013 | 594,945 | 48,824,128 | 3.72% | 3.06% |
| 2014 | 616,908 | 50,351,512 | 3.69% | 3.13% |
| 2015 | 639,415 | 52,020,962 | 3.65% | 3.32% |
| 2016 | 662,379 | 53,824,013 | 3.59% | 3.47% |
| 2017 | 685,672 | 55,652,890 | 3.52% | 3.4% |
| 2018 | 709,101 | 57,437,145 | 3.42% | 3.21% |
| 2019 | 728,147 | 59,174,891 | 2.69% | 3.03% |
| 2020 | 744,498 | 60,972,798 | 2.25% | 3.04% |
| 2021 | 762,591 | 62,830,412 | 2.43% | 3.05% |
| 2022 | 781,066 | 64,711,821 | 2.42% | 2.99% |
| 2023 | 800,005 | 66,617,606 | 2.42% | 2.95% |
| 2024 | 819,198 | 68,560,157 | 2.4% | 2.92% |
| 2025 | 838,646 | 70,545,858 | 2.37% | 2.9% |
| 2026 | 858,283 | 72,563,773 | 2.34% | 2.86% |
| 2027 | 878,097 | 74,604,804 | 2.31% | 2.81% |
| 2028 | 898,073 | 76,670,483 | 2.27% | 2.77% |
| 2029 | 918,152 | 78,773,192 | 2.24% | 2.74% |
| 2030 | 938,340 | 80,913,118 | 2.2% | 2.72% |
| 2031 | 958,614 | 83,087,927 | 2.16% | 2.69% |
| 2032 | 978,977 | 85,293,126 | 2.12% | 2.65% |
| 2033 | 999,314 | 87,520,491 | 2.08% | 2.61% |
| 2034 | 1,019,534 | 89,788,673 | 2.02% | 2.59% |
| 2035 | 1,039,655 | 92,091,418 | 1.97% | 2.56% |
| 2036 | 1,059,521 | 94,420,808 | 1.91% | 2.53% |
| 2037 | 1,079,088 | 96,775,766 | 1.85% | 2.49% |
| 2038 | 1,098,284 | 99,156,465 | 1.78% | 2.46% |
| 2039 | 1,117,085 | 101,567,525 | 1.71% | 2.43% |
| 2040 | 1,135,445 | 103,999,350 | 1.64% | 2.39% |
| 2041 | 1,153,450 | 106,448,475 | 1.59% | 2.35% |
| 2042 | 1,171,334 | 108,926,272 | 1.55% | 2.33% |
| 2043 | 1,189,113 | 111,433,788 | 1.52% | 2.3% |
| 2044 | 1,206,729 | 113,966,263 | 1.48% | 2.27% |
| 2045 | 1,224,188 | 116,525,463 | 1.45% | 2.25% |
| 2046 | 1,241,491 | 119,109,670 | 1.41% | 2.22% |
| 2047 | 1,258,611 | 121,721,018 | 1.38% | 2.19% |
| 2048 | 1,275,579 | 124,351,294 | 1.35% | 2.16% |
| 2049 | 1,292,414 | 126,981,394 | 1.32% | 2.12% |
| 2050 | 1,309,098 | 129,621,083 | 1.29% | 2.08% |
From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Solomon Islands increased by 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth), while Tanzania gained 12,838,886 people (a 32.8% growth).
For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Solomon Islands gained 215,004 (a 33.6% growth), while Tanzania's population increased by 20,145,844 (a 38.7% growth).
The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th most populous country in 2005 and is 161st in 2025. Tanzania was ranked 31st in 2005 and ranked 20th 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 Tanzania will increase by 79.6% to 129,621,083 people and rank change from 20th to 15th.
Biggest cities by population
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| City | Population |
| Honiara | 84.5K |
| Auki | 6.81K |
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Population differences between the Solomon Islands and Tanzania
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| Life expectancy | 70.8 years | 67.4 years |
| Average age | 25.5 years | 22.7 years |
| Median age | 21.5 years | 18.4 years |
| Male:Female ratio | 51.1:48.9 | 49.6:50.4 |
| Fertility rate | 3.56 births per woman | 4.61 births per woman |
| Population density | 75.8 ppl/mi² | 200.5 ppl/mi² |
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