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

Updated on by Georank team

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

Solomon Islands Tanzania
Current population
854419
72166806
Population rank 161/197 20/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.87%
One net population change
27.4 minutes
16.2 seconds
One birth every
24.4 minutes
13.4 seconds
One death every
2.13 hours
1.36 minutes
One migration net change every
5.44 hours
17.6 minutes
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

Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Tanzania
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Solomon Islands Tanzania Solomon Islands Tanzania
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.

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