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Population in the Solomon Islands compared to the United Arab Emirates: Trends, Charts, Rankings

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Solomon Islands was 819,198 in 2024 vs 10,876,981 people in the United Arab Emirates in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Solomon Islands' population is 854,419 people compared to 11,372,700 in the United Arab Emirates.

Population statistics:

  • The United Arab Emirates' population is 13.3 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
  • The Solomon Islands is ranked the 161st most populous country in the world, while the United Arab Emirates is the 86th.
  • The countries together account for 0.15% of the world: 0.01% for the Solomon Islands vs 0.14% for the United Arab Emirates.
  • For the last 10 years, the Solomon Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.95% per year vs +3.22% in the United Arab Emirates.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Solomon Islands has increased from 483K people to 854K (76.9% growth), while the United Arab Emirates has grown from 4.66M to 11.4M (143.8% growth).
  • The Solomon Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.85M people compared to the peak of 25.8M people in 2100 for the United Arab Emirates.

Solomon Islands vs United Arab Emirates: live population counter

Solomon Islands UAE
Current population
854419
11372700
Population rank 161/197 86/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.14%
One net population change
27.4 minutes
1.34 minutes
One birth every
24.4 minutes
5.13 minutes
One death every
2.13 hours
53.8 minutes
One migration net change every
5.44 hours
1.89 minutes
Annual migration change +1,610 +278,439
Daily growth/decline +53 +1,077
Annual growth/decline +19,193 +393,230
Annual growth/decline rate +2.4% +3.75%
Population growth rate rank 35/197 8/197

the Solomon Islands and the United Arab Emirates: population history and growth rate by year chart

Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
United Arab Emirates
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Solomon Islands UAE Solomon Islands UAE
1960 139,688 131,334 - -
1961 142,912 137,989 2.31% 5.07%
1962 146,201 144,946 2.3% 5.04%
1963 149,589 152,211 2.32% 5.01%
1964 153,085 159,692 2.34% 4.91%
1965 156,686 167,103 2.35% 4.64%
1966 160,393 173,976 2.37% 4.11%
1967 164,245 179,700 2.4% 3.29%
1968 168,282 199,416 2.46% 11%
1969 172,476 239,660 2.49% 20.2%
1970 176,579 286,536 2.38% 19.6%
1971 180,637 335,027 2.3% 16.9%
1972 184,994 385,014 2.41% 14.9%
1973 189,774 436,399 2.58% 13.3%
1974 195,041 489,087 2.78% 12.1%
1975 200,744 542,856 2.92% 11%
1976 207,194 615,866 3.21% 13.4%
1977 214,418 710,209 3.49% 15.3%
1978 222,029 809,274 3.55% 13.9%
1979 229,953 912,010 3.57% 12.7%
1980 238,135 1,015,700 3.56% 11.4%
1981 246,555 1,099,855 3.54% 8.29%
1982 255,200 1,166,370 3.51% 6.05%
1983 264,068 1,235,305 3.47% 5.91%
1984 273,163 1,305,996 3.44% 5.72%
1985 282,455 1,377,911 3.4% 5.51%
1986 291,842 1,467,383 3.32% 6.49%
1987 301,414 1,574,244 3.28% 7.28%
1988 311,265 1,681,788 3.27% 6.83%
1989 321,282 1,789,851 3.22% 6.43%
1990 331,435 1,898,220 3.16% 6.05%
1991 341,738 2,006,626 3.11% 5.71%
1992 352,205 2,114,730 3.06% 5.39%
1993 362,839 2,222,093 3.02% 5.08%
1994 373,675 2,328,188 2.99% 4.77%
1995 384,733 2,434,662 2.96% 4.57%
1996 396,009 2,597,564 2.93% 6.69%
1997 407,474 2,817,410 2.9% 8.46%
1998 419,071 3,040,421 2.85% 7.92%
1999 430,500 3,266,009 2.73% 7.42%
2000 440,469 3,493,575 2.32% 6.97%
2001 449,125 3,723,590 1.97% 6.58%
2002 457,671 3,956,826 1.9% 6.26%
2003 466,154 4,192,457 1.85% 5.96%
2004 474,611 4,428,967 1.81% 5.64%
2005 483,080 4,664,790 1.78% 5.32%
2006 491,594 5,009,100 1.76% 7.38%
2007 500,156 5,624,635 1.74% 12.3%
2008 508,790 6,302,664 1.73% 12.1%
2009 518,141 6,707,058 1.84% 6.42%
2010 532,968 6,869,838 2.86% 2.43%
2011 552,945 7,104,538 3.75% 3.42%
2012 573,606 7,391,448 3.74% 4.04%
2013 594,945 7,693,031 3.72% 4.08%
2014 616,908 8,059,440 3.69% 4.76%
2015 639,415 8,505,237 3.65% 5.53%
2016 662,379 8,935,095 3.59% 5.05%
2017 685,672 9,223,225 3.52% 3.22%
2018 709,101 9,346,701 3.42% 1.34%
2019 728,147 9,445,785 2.69% 1.06%
2020 744,498 9,401,038 2.25% -0.47%
2021 762,591 9,575,152 2.43% 1.85%
2022 781,066 10,074,977 2.42% 5.22%
2023 800,005 10,483,751 2.42% 4.06%
2024 819,198 10,876,981 2.4% 3.75%
2025 838,646 11,191,510 2.37% 2.89%
2026 858,283 11,417,074 2.34% 2.02%
2027 878,097 11,595,528 2.31% 1.56%
2028 898,073 11,750,055 2.27% 1.33%
2029 918,152 11,890,496 2.24% 1.2%
2030 938,340 12,024,613 2.2% 1.13%
2031 958,614 12,159,255 2.16% 1.12%
2032 978,977 12,298,043 2.12% 1.14%
2033 999,314 12,440,531 2.08% 1.16%
2034 1,019,534 12,586,327 2.02% 1.17%
2035 1,039,655 12,734,906 1.97% 1.18%
2036 1,059,521 12,885,831 1.91% 1.19%
2037 1,079,088 13,038,803 1.85% 1.19%
2038 1,098,284 13,193,613 1.78% 1.19%
2039 1,117,085 13,349,897 1.71% 1.18%
2040 1,135,445 13,507,317 1.64% 1.18%
2041 1,153,450 13,665,875 1.59% 1.17%
2042 1,171,334 13,825,473 1.55% 1.17%
2043 1,189,113 13,986,029 1.52% 1.16%
2044 1,206,729 14,147,509 1.48% 1.15%
2045 1,224,188 14,309,823 1.45% 1.15%
2046 1,241,491 14,473,950 1.41% 1.15%
2047 1,258,611 14,641,700 1.38% 1.16%
2048 1,275,579 14,812,411 1.35% 1.17%
2049 1,292,414 14,984,754 1.32% 1.16%
2050 1,309,098 15,158,142 1.29% 1.16%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Solomon Islands increased by 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth), while the United Arab Emirates gained 3,840,447 people (a 82.3% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Solomon Islands gained 215,004 (a 33.6% growth), while the United Arab Emirates' population increased by 2,867,463 (a 33.7% growth).

The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th most populous country in 2005 and is 161st in 2025. The United Arab Emirates was ranked 115th in 2005 and ranked 86th 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 the United Arab Emirates will increase by 33.3% to 15,158,142 people and rank change from 86th to 84th.

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