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

Updated on by Georank team

The latest officially reported population of the Solomon Islands was 819,198 in 2024 vs 40,583,164 people in Yemen in 2024. In 2025, based on the adjusted UN estimation, the current Solomon Islands' population is 854,419 people compared to 42,727,988 in Yemen.

Population statistics:

  • Yemen's population is 50 times bigger than the Solomon Islands'.
  • The Solomon Islands is ranked the 161st most populous country in the world, while Yemen is the 37th.
  • The countries together account for 0.53% of the world: 0.01% for the Solomon Islands vs 0.52% for Yemen.
  • For the last 10 years, the Solomon Islands has had an average growth rate of +2.95% per year vs +3% in Yemen.
  • Since 2005, the population of the Solomon Islands has increased from 483K people to 854K (76.9% growth), while Yemen has grown from 22.8M to 42.7M (87.5% growth).
  • The Solomon Islands is projected to reach its peak in 2100 at 1.85M people compared to the peak of 110M people in 2100 for Yemen.

Solomon Islands vs Yemen: live population counter

Solomon Islands Yemen
Current population
854419
42727988
Population rank 161/197 37/197
Percent of world population 0.01% 0.52%
One net population change
27.4 minutes
26.4 seconds
One birth every
24.4 minutes
22.7 seconds
One death every
2.13 hours
2.78 minutes
One migration net change every
5.44 hours
50.1 minutes
Annual migration change +1,610 -10,482
Daily growth/decline +53 +3,267
Annual growth/decline +19,193 +1,192,365
Annual growth/decline rate +2.4% +3.03%
Population growth rate rank 35/197 14/197

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

Solomon Islands
Population

Growth rate
Yemen
Population

Growth rate
Year Population Growth rate
Solomon Islands Yemen Solomon Islands Yemen
1960 139,688 5,532,301 - -
1961 142,912 5,655,232 2.31% 2.22%
1962 146,201 5,782,221 2.3% 2.25%
1963 149,589 5,911,135 2.32% 2.23%
1964 153,085 6,048,006 2.34% 2.32%
1965 156,686 6,195,593 2.35% 2.44%
1966 160,393 6,351,494 2.37% 2.52%
1967 164,245 6,516,444 2.4% 2.6%
1968 168,282 6,690,524 2.46% 2.67%
1969 172,476 6,875,859 2.49% 2.77%
1970 176,579 7,065,279 2.38% 2.75%
1971 180,637 7,257,462 2.3% 2.72%
1972 184,994 7,460,068 2.41% 2.79%
1973 189,774 7,672,796 2.58% 2.85%
1974 195,041 7,896,783 2.78% 2.92%
1975 200,744 8,133,598 2.92% 3%
1976 207,194 8,384,113 3.21% 3.08%
1977 214,418 8,648,222 3.49% 3.15%
1978 222,029 8,926,586 3.55% 3.22%
1979 229,953 9,224,194 3.57% 3.33%
1980 238,135 9,543,358 3.56% 3.46%
1981 246,555 9,882,362 3.54% 3.55%
1982 255,200 10,241,006 3.51% 3.63%
1983 264,068 10,621,499 3.47% 3.72%
1984 273,163 11,025,597 3.44% 3.8%
1985 282,455 11,453,825 3.4% 3.88%
1986 291,842 11,901,040 3.32% 3.9%
1987 301,414 12,369,912 3.28% 3.94%
1988 311,265 12,859,708 3.27% 3.96%
1989 321,282 13,364,174 3.22% 3.92%
1990 331,435 13,887,862 3.16% 3.92%
1991 341,738 14,430,201 3.11% 3.91%
1992 352,205 14,989,494 3.06% 3.88%
1993 362,839 15,563,914 3.02% 3.83%
1994 373,675 16,149,147 2.99% 3.76%
1995 384,733 16,740,058 2.96% 3.66%
1996 396,009 17,313,177 2.93% 3.42%
1997 407,474 17,873,936 2.9% 3.24%
1998 419,071 18,446,013 2.85% 3.2%
1999 430,500 19,029,420 2.73% 3.16%
2000 440,469 19,624,141 2.32% 3.13%
2001 449,125 20,226,147 1.97% 3.07%
2002 457,671 20,835,086 1.9% 3.01%
2003 466,154 21,456,379 1.85% 2.98%
2004 474,611 22,095,167 1.81% 2.98%
2005 483,080 22,790,085 1.78% 3.15%
2006 491,594 23,543,083 1.76% 3.3%
2007 500,156 24,318,082 1.74% 3.29%
2008 508,790 25,111,941 1.73% 3.26%
2009 518,141 25,927,724 1.84% 3.25%
2010 532,968 26,754,387 2.86% 3.19%
2011 552,945 27,582,897 3.75% 3.1%
2012 573,606 28,433,647 3.74% 3.08%
2013 594,945 29,312,952 3.72% 3.09%
2014 616,908 30,226,309 3.69% 3.12%
2015 639,415 31,159,379 3.65% 3.09%
2016 662,379 32,109,010 3.59% 3.05%
2017 685,672 33,090,921 3.52% 3.06%
2018 709,101 34,085,182 3.42% 3%
2019 728,147 35,111,408 2.69% 3.01%
2020 744,498 36,134,863 2.25% 2.91%
2021 762,591 37,140,230 2.43% 2.78%
2022 781,066 38,222,876 2.42% 2.92%
2023 800,005 39,390,799 2.42% 3.06%
2024 819,198 40,583,164 2.4% 3.03%
2025 838,646 41,773,871 2.37% 2.93%
2026 858,283 42,961,650 2.34% 2.84%
2027 878,097 44,145,620 2.31% 2.76%
2028 898,073 45,323,685 2.27% 2.67%
2029 918,152 46,497,573 2.24% 2.59%
2030 938,340 47,667,649 2.2% 2.52%
2031 958,614 48,827,503 2.16% 2.43%
2032 978,977 49,979,089 2.12% 2.36%
2033 999,314 51,129,867 2.08% 2.3%
2034 1,019,534 52,279,989 2.02% 2.25%
2035 1,039,655 53,429,308 1.97% 2.2%
2036 1,059,521 54,578,046 1.91% 2.15%
2037 1,079,088 55,724,259 1.85% 2.1%
2038 1,098,284 56,872,152 1.78% 2.06%
2039 1,117,085 58,024,713 1.71% 2.03%
2040 1,135,445 59,181,514 1.64% 1.99%
2041 1,153,450 60,345,667 1.59% 1.97%
2042 1,171,334 61,517,965 1.55% 1.94%
2043 1,189,113 62,696,517 1.52% 1.92%
2044 1,206,729 63,880,172 1.48% 1.89%
2045 1,224,188 65,066,344 1.45% 1.86%
2046 1,241,491 66,253,578 1.41% 1.82%
2047 1,258,611 67,438,796 1.38% 1.79%
2048 1,275,579 68,620,844 1.35% 1.75%
2049 1,292,414 69,799,794 1.32% 1.72%
2050 1,309,098 70,976,389 1.29% 1.69%

From 2005 to 2015, the population of the Solomon Islands increased by 156,335 people (a 32.4% growth), while Yemen gained 8,369,294 people (a 36.7% growth).

For the next 10 years, from 2015 to 2025, the Solomon Islands gained 215,004 (a 33.6% growth), while Yemen's population increased by 11,568,609 (a 37.1% growth).

The Solomon Islands was ranked 166th most populous country in 2005 and is 161st in 2025. Yemen was ranked 47th in 2005 and ranked 37th 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 Yemen will increase by 66.1% to 70,976,389 people and rank change from 37th to 29th.

Biggest cities by population

Solomon Islands
City Population
Honiara 84.5K
Auki 6.81K
Yemen
City Population
Sanaa 2.96M
Al Hudaydah 618K
Taiz 615K
Aden 507K
Ibb 351K
Dhamar 160K
Mukalla 144K
Sa'dah 70.2K
Sayyan 70K
Zabid 50.8K

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