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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Solomon Islands was 819,198 in 2024 vs 3,386,588 people in Uruguay in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Solomon Islands' population is 854,419 people compared to 3,384,690 in Uruguay.

Population statistics:

  • Uruguay's population is 3.96 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
  • The Solomon Islands is ranked the 161st most populous country in the world, while Uruguay is the 133rd.
  • The countries together account for 0.05% of the world: 0.01% for the Solomon Islands vs 0.04% for Uruguay.
  • For the last 10 years, the Solomon Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.95% per year vs +0.11% in Uruguay.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Solomon Islands has increased from 483K people to 854K (76.9% growth), while Uruguay has grown from 3.29M to 3.38M (3.01% growth).
  • The Solomon Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.85M people, while Uruguay's population already peaked in 2020 at 3.4M people and is projected to decrease to 2.25M people by 2100.

Solomon Islands vs Uruguay: live population counter

Solomon Islands Uruguay
Current population
854419
3384690
Population rank 161/197 133/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.04%
One net population change
27.4 minutes
5.87 hours
One birth every
24.4 minutes
15.7 minutes
One death every
2.13 hours
15.9 minutes
One migration net change every
5.44 hours
6.5 hours
Annual migration change +1,610 -1,348
Daily growth/decline +53 -4
Annual growth/decline +19,193 -1,493
Annual growth/decline rate +2.4% -0.04%
Population growth rate rank 35/197 169/197

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

Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Uruguay
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Solomon Islands Uruguay Solomon Islands Uruguay
1960 139,688 2,529,957 - -
1961 142,912 2,562,044 2.31% 1.27%
1962 146,201 2,593,298 2.3% 1.22%
1963 149,589 2,623,766 2.32% 1.17%
1964 153,085 2,653,180 2.34% 1.12%
1965 156,686 2,681,169 2.35% 1.05%
1966 160,393 2,707,646 2.37% 0.99%
1967 164,245 2,732,277 2.4% 0.91%
1968 168,282 2,754,606 2.46% 0.82%
1969 172,476 2,773,974 2.49% 0.7%
1970 176,579 2,790,807 2.38% 0.61%
1971 180,637 2,806,462 2.3% 0.56%
1972 184,994 2,821,644 2.41% 0.54%
1973 189,774 2,837,133 2.58% 0.55%
1974 195,041 2,853,944 2.78% 0.59%
1975 200,744 2,872,320 2.92% 0.64%
1976 207,194 2,891,392 3.21% 0.66%
1977 214,418 2,909,461 3.49% 0.62%
1978 222,029 2,925,715 3.55% 0.56%
1979 229,953 2,939,903 3.57% 0.48%
1980 238,135 2,951,953 3.56% 0.41%
1981 246,555 2,963,246 3.54% 0.38%
1982 255,200 2,975,492 3.51% 0.41%
1983 264,068 2,988,778 3.47% 0.45%
1984 273,163 3,002,488 3.44% 0.46%
1985 282,455 3,017,037 3.4% 0.48%
1986 291,842 3,032,845 3.32% 0.52%
1987 301,414 3,049,896 3.28% 0.56%
1988 311,265 3,067,961 3.27% 0.59%
1989 321,282 3,086,255 3.22% 0.6%
1990 331,435 3,104,403 3.16% 0.59%
1991 341,738 3,122,354 3.11% 0.58%
1992 352,205 3,139,702 3.06% 0.56%
1993 362,839 3,156,345 3.02% 0.53%
1994 373,675 3,172,834 2.99% 0.52%
1995 384,733 3,189,440 2.96% 0.52%
1996 396,009 3,206,324 2.93% 0.53%
1997 407,474 3,223,345 2.9% 0.53%
1998 419,071 3,239,280 2.85% 0.49%
1999 430,500 3,254,015 2.73% 0.45%
2000 440,469 3,266,206 2.32% 0.37%
2001 449,125 3,274,251 1.97% 0.25%
2002 457,671 3,278,867 1.9% 0.14%
2003 466,154 3,281,186 1.85% 0.07%
2004 474,611 3,283,148 1.81% 0.06%
2005 483,080 3,285,771 1.78% 0.08%
2006 491,594 3,289,506 1.76% 0.11%
2007 500,156 3,295,153 1.74% 0.17%
2008 508,790 3,302,177 1.73% 0.21%
2009 518,141 3,310,091 1.84% 0.24%
2010 532,968 3,318,580 2.86% 0.26%
2011 552,945 3,326,825 3.75% 0.25%
2012 573,606 3,335,401 3.74% 0.26%
2013 594,945 3,345,337 3.72% 0.3%
2014 616,908 3,356,334 3.69% 0.33%
2015 639,415 3,368,017 3.65% 0.35%
2016 662,379 3,379,283 3.59% 0.33%
2017 685,672 3,388,438 3.52% 0.27%
2018 709,101 3,394,534 3.42% 0.18%
2019 728,147 3,397,206 2.69% 0.08%
2020 744,498 3,398,968 2.25% 0.05%
2021 762,591 3,396,695 2.43% -0.07%
2022 781,066 3,390,913 2.42% -0.17%
2023 800,005 3,388,081 2.42% -0.08%
2024 819,198 3,386,588 2.4% -0.04%
2025 838,646 3,384,690 2.37% -0.06%
2026 858,283 3,382,543 2.34% -0.06%
2027 878,097 3,380,245 2.31% -0.07%
2028 898,073 3,377,893 2.27% -0.07%
2029 918,152 3,375,428 2.24% -0.07%
2030 938,340 3,372,892 2.2% -0.08%
2031 958,614 3,370,285 2.16% -0.08%
2032 978,977 3,367,544 2.12% -0.08%
2033 999,314 3,364,654 2.08% -0.09%
2034 1,019,534 3,361,591 2.02% -0.09%
2035 1,039,655 3,358,284 1.97% -0.1%
2036 1,059,521 3,354,682 1.91% -0.11%
2037 1,079,088 3,350,735 1.85% -0.12%
2038 1,098,284 3,346,431 1.78% -0.13%
2039 1,117,085 3,341,676 1.71% -0.14%
2040 1,135,445 3,336,469 1.64% -0.16%
2041 1,153,450 3,330,804 1.59% -0.17%
2042 1,171,334 3,324,643 1.55% -0.18%
2043 1,189,113 3,317,939 1.52% -0.2%
2044 1,206,729 3,310,611 1.48% -0.22%
2045 1,224,188 3,302,680 1.45% -0.24%
2046 1,241,491 3,294,196 1.41% -0.26%
2047 1,258,611 3,285,160 1.38% -0.27%
2048 1,275,579 3,275,507 1.35% -0.29%
2049 1,292,414 3,265,260 1.32% -0.31%
2050 1,309,098 3,254,361 1.29% -0.33%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Solomon Islands increased by 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth), while Uruguay gained 82,246 people (a 2.5% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Solomon Islands gained 215,004 (a 33.6% growth), while Uruguay's population increased by 16,673 (a 0.5% growth).

The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th most populous country in 2005 and is 161st in 2025. Uruguay was ranked 130th in 2005 and ranked 133rd 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 Uruguay will decrease by 3.85% to 3,254,361 people and rank change from 133rd to 138th.

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