Solomon Islands
Population in Solomon Islands
Population in Solomon Islands: 108,600 people in 1950 and 800,000 people in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 800,000 people
- Since 1950
- +691,400 people
- Rank, 2023
- 165 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 8.09 billion people
- Projected, 2100
- 1.85 million people
- UN projection (medium variant)
people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 1.85 million people in 2100, between 777,100 people and 4.69 million people (95% prediction interval).
- Older estimates from HYDE and Gapminder reach back to 1800: 57,000 people.
Every year
people · UN
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 800,000 | 8.09 billion |
| 2022 | 781,100 | 8.02 billion |
| 2021 | 762,600 | 7.95 billion |
| 2020 | 744,500 | 7.89 billion |
| 2019 | 728,100 | 7.81 billion |
| 2018 | 709,100 | 7.73 billion |
| 2017 | 685,700 | 7.65 billion |
| 2016 | 662,400 | 7.56 billion |
| 2015 | 639,400 | 7.47 billion |
| 2014 | 616,900 | 7.38 billion |
| 2013 | 594,900 | 7.29 billion |
| 2012 | 573,600 | 7.2 billion |
| 2011 | 552,900 | 7.11 billion |
| 2010 | 533,000 | 7.02 billion |
| 2009 | 518,100 | 6.93 billion |
| 2008 | 508,800 | 6.84 billion |
| 2007 | 500,200 | 6.76 billion |
| 2006 | 491,600 | 6.67 billion |
| 2005 | 483,100 | 6.59 billion |
| 2004 | 474,600 | 6.5 billion |
| 2003 | 466,200 | 6.42 billion |
| 2002 | 457,700 | 6.34 billion |
| 2001 | 449,100 | 6.26 billion |
| 2000 | 440,500 | 6.17 billion |
| 1999 | 430,500 | 6.09 billion |
| 1998 | 419,100 | 6.01 billion |
| 1997 | 407,500 | 5.93 billion |
| 1996 | 396,000 | 5.84 billion |
| 1995 | 384,700 | 5.76 billion |
| 1994 | 373,700 | 5.68 billion |
| 1993 | 362,800 | 5.59 billion |
| 1992 | 352,200 | 5.51 billion |
| 1991 | 341,700 | 5.42 billion |
| 1990 | 331,400 | 5.33 billion |
| 1989 | 321,300 | 5.23 billion |
| 1988 | 311,300 | 5.14 billion |
| 1987 | 301,400 | 5.05 billion |
| 1986 | 291,800 | 4.96 billion |
| 1985 | 282,500 | 4.87 billion |
| 1984 | 273,200 | 4.78 billion |
| 1983 | 264,100 | 4.7 billion |
| 1982 | 255,200 | 4.61 billion |
| 1981 | 246,600 | 4.53 billion |
| 1980 | 238,100 | 4.45 billion |
| 1979 | 230,000 | 4.37 billion |
| 1978 | 222,000 | 4.29 billion |
| 1977 | 214,400 | 4.22 billion |
| 1976 | 207,200 | 4.14 billion |
| 1975 | 200,700 | 4.07 billion |
| 1974 | 195,000 | 4 billion |
| 1973 | 189,800 | 3.92 billion |
| 1972 | 185,000 | 3.85 billion |
| 1971 | 180,600 | 3.77 billion |
| 1970 | 176,600 | 3.7 billion |
| 1969 | 172,500 | 3.62 billion |
| 1968 | 168,300 | 3.55 billion |
| 1967 | 164,200 | 3.47 billion |
| 1966 | 160,400 | 3.4 billion |
| 1965 | 156,700 | 3.34 billion |
| 1964 | 153,100 | 3.26 billion |
| 1963 | 149,600 | 3.19 billion |
| 1962 | 146,200 | 3.12 billion |
| 1961 | 142,900 | 3.07 billion |
| 1960 | 139,700 | 3.02 billion |
| 1959 | 136,100 | 2.97 billion |
| 1958 | 132,300 | 2.91 billion |
| 1957 | 128,700 | 2.85 billion |
| 1956 | 125,300 | 2.8 billion |
| 1955 | 122,200 | 2.74 billion |
| 1954 | 119,100 | 2.69 billion |
| 1953 | 116,200 | 2.63 billion |
| 1952 | 113,500 | 2.58 billion |
| 1951 | 111,000 | 2.54 billion |
| 1950 | 108,600 | 2.49 billion |
| 1949 | 103,800 | – |
| 1948 | 102,500 | – |
| 1947 | 101,300 | – |
| 1946 | 100,100 | – |
| 1945 | 98,970 | – |
| 1944 | 97,830 | – |
| 1943 | 96,710 | – |
| 1942 | 95,600 | – |
| 1941 | 94,690 | – |
| 1940 | 93,990 | – |
| 1939 | 93,500 | – |
| 1938 | 93,200 | – |
| 1937 | 93,100 | – |
| 1936 | 93,000 | – |
| 1935 | 92,900 | – |
| 1934 | 92,810 | – |
| 1933 | 92,710 | – |
| 1932 | 92,610 | – |
| 1931 | 93,430 | – |
| 1930 | 95,210 | – |
| 1929 | 97,990 | – |
| 1928 | 101,800 | – |
| 1927 | 106,800 | – |
| 1926 | 112,000 | – |
| 1925 | 117,400 | – |
| 1924 | 123,100 | – |
| 1923 | 129,100 | – |
| 1922 | 135,300 | – |
| 1921 | 140,400 | – |
| 1920 | 144,300 | – |
| 1919 | 147,000 | – |
| 1918 | 148,300 | – |
| 1917 | 148,200 | – |
| 1916 | 148,100 | – |
| 1915 | 148,000 | – |
| 1914 | 148,000 | – |
| 1913 | 147,900 | – |
| 1912 | 147,900 | – |
| 1911 | 147,500 | – |
| 1910 | 146,800 | – |
| 1909 | 145,900 | – |
| 1908 | 144,700 | – |
| 1907 | 143,200 | – |
| 1906 | 141,700 | – |
| 1905 | 140,200 | – |
| 1904 | 138,700 | – |
| 1903 | 137,300 | – |
| 1902 | 135,900 | – |
| 1901 | 134,400 | – |
| 1900 | 133,000 | – |
| 1899 | 131,600 | – |
| 1898 | 130,300 | – |
| 1897 | 128,900 | – |
| 1896 | 127,600 | – |
| 1895 | 126,200 | – |
| 1894 | 124,900 | – |
| 1893 | 123,600 | – |
| 1892 | 122,300 | – |
| 1891 | 121,000 | – |
| 1890 | 119,800 | – |
| 1889 | 118,500 | – |
| 1888 | 117,300 | – |
| 1887 | 116,100 | – |
| 1886 | 114,800 | – |
| 1885 | 113,600 | – |
| 1884 | 112,500 | – |
| 1883 | 111,300 | – |
| 1882 | 110,100 | – |
| 1881 | 109,000 | – |
| 1880 | 107,800 | – |
| 1879 | 106,700 | – |
| 1878 | 105,600 | – |
| 1877 | 104,500 | – |
| 1876 | 103,400 | – |
| 1875 | 102,300 | – |
| 1874 | 101,300 | – |
| 1873 | 100,200 | – |
| 1872 | 99,150 | – |
| 1871 | 98,120 | – |
| 1870 | 97,090 | – |
| 1869 | 96,080 | – |
| 1868 | 95,070 | – |
| 1867 | 94,080 | – |
| 1866 | 93,100 | – |
| 1865 | 92,130 | – |
| 1864 | 91,160 | – |
| 1863 | 90,210 | – |
| 1862 | 89,270 | – |
| 1861 | 88,340 | – |
| 1860 | 87,420 | – |
| 1859 | 86,500 | – |
| 1858 | 85,600 | – |
| 1857 | 84,700 | – |
| 1856 | 83,820 | – |
| 1855 | 82,940 | – |
| 1854 | 82,080 | – |
| 1853 | 81,220 | – |
| 1852 | 80,370 | – |
| 1851 | 79,530 | – |
| 1850 | 78,700 | – |
| 1849 | 77,860 | – |
| 1848 | 77,030 | – |
| 1847 | 76,200 | – |
| 1846 | 75,390 | – |
| 1845 | 74,580 | – |
| 1844 | 73,790 | – |
| 1843 | 73,000 | – |
| 1842 | 72,220 | – |
| 1841 | 71,440 | – |
| 1840 | 70,680 | – |
| 1839 | 69,920 | – |
| 1838 | 69,180 | – |
| 1837 | 68,440 | – |
| 1836 | 67,710 | – |
| 1835 | 66,980 | – |
| 1834 | 66,260 | – |
| 1833 | 65,560 | – |
| 1832 | 64,860 | – |
| 1831 | 64,160 | – |
| 1830 | 63,480 | – |
| 1829 | 62,800 | – |
| 1828 | 62,130 | – |
| 1827 | 61,460 | – |
| 1826 | 60,800 | – |
| 1825 | 60,150 | – |
| 1824 | 59,510 | – |
| 1823 | 58,870 | – |
| 1822 | 58,240 | – |
| 1821 | 57,740 | – |
| 1820 | 57,370 | – |
| 1819 | 57,120 | – |
| 1818 | 57,000 | – |
| 1817 | 57,000 | – |
| 1816 | 57,000 | – |
| 1815 | 57,000 | – |
| 1814 | 57,000 | – |
| 1813 | 57,000 | – |
| 1812 | 57,000 | – |
| 1811 | 57,000 | – |
| 1810 | 57,000 | – |
| 1809 | 57,000 | – |
| 1808 | 57,000 | – |
| 1807 | 57,000 | – |
| 1806 | 57,000 | – |
| 1805 | 57,000 | – |
| 1804 | 57,000 | – |
| 1803 | 57,000 | – |
| 1802 | 57,000 | – |
| 1801 | 57,000 | – |
| 1800 | 57,000 | – |
- 12.3Estimates, HYDE and Gapminder
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 819,200816,300–822,400 | 8.16 billion |
| 2025 | 838,600829,700–848,500 | 8.23 billion |
| 2026 | 858,300842,800–876,000 | 8.3 billion |
| 2027 | 878,100854,800–905,100 | 8.37 billion |
| 2028 | 898,100866,300–935,100 | 8.44 billion |
| 2029 | 918,200876,400–965,800 | 8.5 billion |
| 2030 | 938,300886,200–997,700 | 8.57 billion |
| 2031 | 958,600897,000–1.03 million | 8.63 billion |
| 2032 | 979,000907,600–1.07 million | 8.7 billion |
| 2033 | 999,300917,000–1.1 million | 8.76 billion |
| 2034 | 1.02 million925,600–1.14 million | 8.82 billion |
| 2035 | 1.04 million932,800–1.17 million | 8.89 billion |
| 2036 | 1.06 million939,200–1.21 million | 8.95 billion |
| 2037 | 1.08 million946,200–1.24 million | 9.01 billion |
| 2038 | 1.1 million952,600–1.28 million | 9.06 billion |
| 2039 | 1.12 million957,000–1.32 million | 9.12 billion |
| 2040 | 1.14 million960,800–1.35 million | 9.18 billion |
| 2041 | 1.15 million964,500–1.39 million | 9.23 billion |
| 2042 | 1.17 million967,200–1.43 million | 9.29 billion |
| 2043 | 1.19 million969,300–1.48 million | 9.34 billion |
| 2044 | 1.21 million972,900–1.51 million | 9.39 billion |
| 2045 | 1.22 million974,700–1.55 million | 9.44 billion |
| 2046 | 1.24 million977,600–1.59 million | 9.49 billion |
| 2047 | 1.26 million982,200–1.63 million | 9.54 billion |
| 2048 | 1.28 million985,900–1.68 million | 9.58 billion |
| 2049 | 1.29 million990,800–1.72 million | 9.62 billion |
| 2050 | 1.31 million993,700–1.77 million | 9.66 billion |
| 2051 | 1.33 million991,700–1.82 million | 9.7 billion |
| 2052 | 1.34 million989,300–1.86 million | 9.74 billion |
| 2053 | 1.36 million991,900–1.91 million | 9.78 billion |
| 2054 | 1.37 million994,800–1.96 million | 9.81 billion |
| 2055 | 1.39 million995,100–2.01 million | 9.85 billion |
| 2056 | 1.41 million995,100–2.04 million | 9.88 billion |
| 2057 | 1.42 million995,900–2.09 million | 9.91 billion |
| 2058 | 1.44 million994,200–2.14 million | 9.94 billion |
| 2059 | 1.45 million991,100–2.19 million | 9.96 billion |
| 2060 | 1.47 million988,600–2.23 million | 9.99 billion |
| 2061 | 1.48 million988,100–2.29 million | 10 billion |
| 2062 | 1.5 million987,400–2.34 million | 10 billion |
| 2063 | 1.51 million983,900–2.39 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2064 | 1.52 million980,700–2.45 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2065 | 1.54 million977,400–2.51 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2066 | 1.55 million972,200–2.58 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2067 | 1.57 million970,100–2.64 million | 10.1 billion |
| 2068 | 1.58 million968,800–2.7 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2069 | 1.59 million961,400–2.76 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2070 | 1.6 million953,500–2.82 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2071 | 1.62 million946,100–2.88 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2072 | 1.63 million938,000–2.94 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2073 | 1.64 million932,000–3.01 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2074 | 1.65 million924,700–3.07 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2075 | 1.66 million922,300–3.11 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2076 | 1.67 million920,400–3.16 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2077 | 1.69 million914,100–3.23 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2078 | 1.7 million906,800–3.29 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2079 | 1.71 million898,200–3.35 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2080 | 1.72 million891,700–3.38 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2081 | 1.73 million889,000–3.42 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2082 | 1.73 million888,700–3.48 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2083 | 1.74 million881,400–3.54 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2084 | 1.75 million874,100–3.6 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2085 | 1.76 million870,600–3.65 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2086 | 1.77 million864,400–3.69 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2087 | 1.78 million853,000–3.73 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2088 | 1.78 million843,000–3.8 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2089 | 1.79 million838,300–3.87 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2090 | 1.8 million836,200–3.94 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2091 | 1.8 million834,200–4.01 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2092 | 1.81 million825,300–4.06 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2093 | 1.82 million815,300–4.14 million | 10.3 billion |
| 2094 | 1.82 million809,000–4.22 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2095 | 1.83 million802,300–4.28 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2096 | 1.83 million798,500–4.37 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2097 | 1.84 million796,600–4.47 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2098 | 1.84 million791,400–4.54 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2099 | 1.85 million784,400–4.61 million | 10.2 billion |
| 2100 | 1.85 million777,100–4.69 million | 10.2 billion |
Good to know
- Everyone living in the country on 1 July of each year.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- Before 1950: HYDE (2023), Gapminder (2022) and UN WPP (2024), via Our World in Data.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (medium variant), a scenario rather than a forecast; the band is its 95% prediction interval.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2023, highest first.
- The faint line is the world as a whole, as the same source counts it.
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