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

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

Table

Year	Population		Growth rate
	Solomon Islands	United Kingdom	Solomon Islands	United Kingdom
1960	139,688	52,400,000	-	-
1961	142,912	52,800,000	2.31%	0.76%
1962	146,201	53,250,000	2.3%	0.85%
1963	149,589	53,650,000	2.32%	0.75%
1964	153,085	54,000,000	2.34%	0.65%
1965	156,686	54,348,050	2.35%	0.64%
1966	160,393	54,648,500	2.37%	0.55%
1967	164,245	54,943,600	2.4%	0.54%
1968	168,282	55,211,700	2.46%	0.49%
1969	172,476	55,441,750	2.49%	0.42%
1970	176,579	55,663,250	2.38%	0.4%
1971	180,637	55,896,223	2.3%	0.42%
1972	184,994	56,086,065	2.41%	0.34%
1973	189,774	56,194,527	2.58%	0.19%
1974	195,041	56,229,974	2.78%	0.06%
1975	200,744	56,225,800	2.92%	-0.007%
1976	207,194	56,211,968	3.21%	-0.02%
1977	214,418	56,193,492	3.49%	-0.03%
1978	222,029	56,196,504	3.55%	0.005%
1979	229,953	56,246,951	3.57%	0.09%
1980	238,135	56,314,216	3.56%	0.12%
1981	246,555	56,333,829	3.54%	0.03%
1982	255,200	56,313,641	3.51%	-0.04%
1983	264,068	56,332,848	3.47%	0.03%
1984	273,163	56,422,072	3.44%	0.16%
1985	282,455	56,550,268	3.4%	0.23%
1986	291,842	56,681,396	3.32%	0.23%
1987	301,414	56,802,050	3.28%	0.21%
1988	311,265	56,928,327	3.27%	0.22%
1989	321,282	57,076,711	3.22%	0.26%
1990	331,435	57,247,586	3.16%	0.3%
1991	341,738	57,424,897	3.11%	0.31%
1992	352,205	57,580,402	3.06%	0.27%
1993	362,839	57,718,614	3.02%	0.24%
1994	373,675	57,865,745	2.99%	0.25%
1995	384,733	58,019,030	2.96%	0.26%
1996	396,009	58,166,950	2.93%	0.25%
1997	407,474	58,316,954	2.9%	0.26%
1998	419,071	58,487,141	2.85%	0.29%
1999	430,500	58,682,466	2.73%	0.33%
2000	440,469	58,892,514	2.32%	0.36%
2001	449,125	59,119,673	1.97%	0.39%
2002	457,671	59,370,479	1.9%	0.42%
2003	466,154	59,647,577	1.85%	0.47%
2004	474,611	59,987,905	1.81%	0.57%
2005	483,080	60,401,206	1.78%	0.69%
2006	491,594	60,846,820	1.76%	0.74%
2007	500,156	61,322,463	1.74%	0.78%
2008	508,790	61,806,995	1.73%	0.79%
2009	518,141	62,276,270	1.84%	0.76%
2010	532,968	62,766,365	2.86%	0.79%
2011	552,945	63,258,810	3.75%	0.78%
2012	573,606	63,711,000	3.74%	0.71%
2013	594,945	64,139,000	3.72%	0.67%
2014	616,908	64,620,000	3.69%	0.75%
2015	639,415	65,088,000	3.65%	0.72%
2016	662,379	65,607,000	3.59%	0.8%
2017	685,672	65,966,000	3.52%	0.55%
2018	709,101	66,289,000	3.42%	0.49%
2019	728,147	66,631,000	2.69%	0.52%
2020	744,498	66,744,000	2.25%	0.17%
2021	762,591	66,984,000	2.43%	0.36%
2022	781,066	67,604,000	2.42%	0.93%
2023	800,005	68,492,000	2.42%	1.31%
2024	819,198	69,226,000	2.4%	1.07%
2025	838,646	69,639,673	2.37%	0.6%
2026	858,283	70,020,350	2.34%	0.55%
2027	878,097	70,382,853	2.31%	0.52%
2028	898,073	70,732,699	2.27%	0.5%
2029	918,152	71,061,482	2.24%	0.46%
2030	938,340	71,377,535	2.2%	0.44%
2031	958,614	71,678,351	2.16%	0.42%
2032	978,977	71,959,934	2.12%	0.39%
2033	999,314	72,234,509	2.08%	0.38%
2034	1,019,534	72,497,650	2.02%	0.36%
2035	1,039,655	72,749,096	1.97%	0.35%
2036	1,059,521	72,990,847	1.91%	0.33%
2037	1,079,088	73,218,850	1.85%	0.31%
2038	1,098,284	73,441,349	1.78%	0.3%
2039	1,117,085	73,658,392	1.71%	0.3%
2040	1,135,445	73,868,334	1.64%	0.29%
2041	1,153,450	74,074,316	1.59%	0.28%
2042	1,171,334	74,275,779	1.55%	0.27%
2043	1,189,113	74,475,035	1.52%	0.27%
2044	1,206,729	74,667,284	1.48%	0.26%
2045	1,224,188	74,848,605	1.45%	0.24%
2046	1,241,491	75,020,949	1.41%	0.23%
2047	1,258,611	75,184,478	1.38%	0.22%
2048	1,275,579	75,337,543	1.35%	0.2%
2049	1,292,414	75,476,141	1.32%	0.18%
2050	1,309,098	75,600,588	1.29%	0.16%

From 2006 to 2016, the population of the Solomon Islands increased by 170,785 people (a 34.7% growth), while the United Kingdom gained 4,760,180 people (a 7.82% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2016 to 2026, the Solomon Islands gained 196,120 (a 29.6% growth), while the United Kingdom's population increased by 4,417,311 (a 6.73% growth).

The Solomon Islands was ranked 165th most populous country in 2006 and is 161st in 2026. The United Kingdom was ranked 21st in 2006 and ranked 22nd 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 the United Kingdom will increase by 7.96% to 75,600,588 people and rank change from 22nd to 26th.