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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Solomon Islands	Thailand	Solomon Islands	Thailand
1960	139,688	26,851,747	-	-
1961	142,912	27,650,334	2.31%	2.97%
1962	146,201	28,481,040	2.3%	3%
1963	149,589	29,342,322	2.32%	3.02%
1964	153,085	30,232,141	2.34%	3.03%
1965	156,686	31,149,337	2.35%	3.03%
1966	160,393	32,086,071	2.37%	3.01%
1967	164,245	33,037,801	2.4%	2.97%
1968	168,282	34,002,560	2.46%	2.92%
1969	172,476	34,973,782	2.49%	2.86%
1970	176,579	35,954,408	2.38%	2.8%
1971	180,637	36,937,387	2.3%	2.73%
1972	184,994	37,933,929	2.41%	2.7%
1973	189,774	38,947,787	2.58%	2.67%
1974	195,041	39,952,891	2.78%	2.58%
1975	200,744	40,940,005	2.92%	2.47%
1976	207,194	41,896,504	3.21%	2.34%
1977	214,418	42,843,974	3.49%	2.26%
1978	222,029	43,788,976	3.55%	2.21%
1979	229,953	44,718,434	3.57%	2.12%
1980	238,135	45,650,022	3.56%	2.08%
1981	246,555	46,575,855	3.54%	2.03%
1982	255,200	47,494,577	3.51%	1.97%
1983	264,068	48,423,309	3.47%	1.96%
1984	273,163	49,351,708	3.44%	1.92%
1985	282,455	50,270,753	3.4%	1.86%
1986	291,842	51,177,834	3.32%	1.8%
1987	301,414	52,074,105	3.28%	1.75%
1988	311,265	52,969,595	3.27%	1.72%
1989	321,282	53,848,956	3.22%	1.66%
1990	331,435	54,738,329	3.16%	1.65%
1991	341,738	55,637,434	3.11%	1.64%
1992	352,205	56,528,834	3.06%	1.6%
1993	362,839	57,408,198	3.02%	1.56%
1994	373,675	58,260,854	2.99%	1.49%
1995	384,733	59,098,232	2.96%	1.44%
1996	396,009	59,920,064	2.93%	1.39%
1997	407,474	60,724,584	2.9%	1.34%
1998	419,071	61,522,630	2.85%	1.31%
1999	430,500	62,299,043	2.73%	1.26%
2000	440,469	63,007,815	2.32%	1.14%
2001	449,125	63,651,141	1.97%	1.02%
2002	457,671	64,266,437	1.9%	0.97%
2003	466,154	64,868,166	1.85%	0.94%
2004	474,611	65,452,047	1.81%	0.9%
2005	483,080	66,017,420	1.78%	0.86%
2006	491,594	66,567,687	1.76%	0.83%
2007	500,156	67,102,394	1.74%	0.8%
2008	508,790	67,619,830	1.73%	0.77%
2009	518,141	68,121,080	1.84%	0.74%
2010	532,968	68,579,447	2.86%	0.67%
2011	552,945	69,007,208	3.75%	0.62%
2012	573,606	69,436,098	3.74%	0.62%
2013	594,945	69,845,114	3.72%	0.59%
2014	616,908	70,216,367	3.69%	0.53%
2015	639,415	70,540,795	3.65%	0.46%
2016	662,379	70,859,841	3.59%	0.45%
2017	685,672	71,160,187	3.52%	0.42%
2018	709,101	71,376,079	3.42%	0.3%
2019	728,147	71,522,271	2.69%	0.2%
2020	744,498	71,641,484	2.25%	0.17%
2021	762,591	71,727,332	2.43%	0.12%
2022	781,066	71,735,329	2.42%	0.01%
2023	800,005	71,702,435	2.42%	-0.05%
2024	819,198	71,668,011	2.4%	-0.05%
2025	838,646	71,619,867	2.37%	-0.07%
2026	858,283	71,559,621	2.34%	-0.08%
2027	878,097	71,488,156	2.31%	-0.1%
2028	898,073	71,406,996	2.27%	-0.11%
2029	918,152	71,316,195	2.24%	-0.13%
2030	938,340	71,215,017	2.2%	-0.14%
2031	958,614	71,104,025	2.16%	-0.16%
2032	978,977	70,982,286	2.12%	-0.17%
2033	999,314	70,847,947	2.08%	-0.19%
2034	1,019,534	70,701,651	2.02%	-0.21%
2035	1,039,655	70,540,884	1.97%	-0.23%
2036	1,059,521	70,366,496	1.91%	-0.25%
2037	1,079,088	70,180,031	1.85%	-0.26%
2038	1,098,284	69,979,034	1.78%	-0.29%
2039	1,117,085	69,763,928	1.71%	-0.31%
2040	1,135,445	69,535,003	1.64%	-0.33%
2041	1,153,450	69,288,477	1.59%	-0.35%
2042	1,171,334	69,025,348	1.55%	-0.38%
2043	1,189,113	68,748,075	1.52%	-0.4%
2044	1,206,729	68,456,533	1.48%	-0.42%
2045	1,224,188	68,150,148	1.45%	-0.45%
2046	1,241,491	67,827,309	1.41%	-0.47%
2047	1,258,611	67,489,358	1.38%	-0.5%
2048	1,275,579	67,136,737	1.35%	-0.52%
2049	1,292,414	66,767,316	1.32%	-0.55%
2050	1,309,098	66,382,732	1.29%	-0.58%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Solomon Islands increased by 170,785 people (a 34.7% growth), while Thailand gained 4,292,154 people (a 6.45% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Solomon Islands gained 196,120 (a 29.6% growth), while Thailand's population increased by 699,780 (a 0.99% growth).

The Solomon Islands was ranked 165th most populous country in 2006 and is 161st in 2026. Thailand was ranked 19th in 2006 and ranked 21st now.

The UN's World Population Prospects forecasts that with changing growth rate trends in 24 years (in 2050) the Solomon Islands' population will grow by 52.5% to 1,309,098 people with a rank change from 161st to 156th. The population of Thailand will decrease by 7.23% to 66,382,732 people and rank change from 21st to 31st.