Solomon Islands
Population growth in Solomon Islands
Population growth in Solomon Islands: 2.04% a year in 1950 and 2.38% a year in 2023, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2023
- 2.38% a year
- Since 1950
- +0.35 percentage points
- Rank, 2023
- 31 of 229
- counting from the highest
- World, 2023
- 0.87% a year
- Projected, 2100
- 0.21% a year
- UN projection (medium variant)
% a year · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (medium variant) puts it at 0.21% a year in 2100, between -2.51% a year and 2.32% a year (95% prediction interval).
- The highest was 3.69% a year in 2010, the lowest 1.71% a year in 2008.
Every year
% a year · UN
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 2.38 | 0.87 |
| 2022 | 2.41 | 0.88 |
| 2021 | 2.38 | 0.8 |
| 2020 | 2.43 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 2.01 | 1.03 |
| 2018 | 3.31 | 1.07 |
| 2017 | 3.42 | 1.13 |
| 2016 | 3.5 | 1.17 |
| 2015 | 3.56 | 1.18 |
| 2014 | 3.61 | 1.22 |
| 2013 | 3.64 | 1.23 |
| 2012 | 3.66 | 1.27 |
| 2011 | 3.68 | 1.26 |
| 2010 | 3.69 | 1.27 |
| 2009 | 1.93 | 1.28 |
| 2008 | 1.71 | 1.28 |
| 2007 | 1.72 | 1.28 |
| 2006 | 1.74 | 1.28 |
| 2005 | 1.76 | 1.27 |
| 2004 | 1.78 | 1.28 |
| 2003 | 1.82 | 1.29 |
| 2002 | 1.86 | 1.3 |
| 2001 | 1.91 | 1.33 |
| 2000 | 1.98 | 1.35 |
| 1999 | 2.61 | 1.35 |
| 1998 | 2.78 | 1.37 |
| 1997 | 2.83 | 1.39 |
| 1996 | 2.88 | 1.42 |
| 1995 | 2.9 | 1.45 |
| 1994 | 2.93 | 1.47 |
| 1993 | 2.96 | 1.52 |
| 1992 | 2.99 | 1.57 |
| 1991 | 3.04 | 1.63 |
| 1990 | 3.08 | 1.76 |
| 1989 | 3.14 | 1.78 |
| 1988 | 3.2 | 1.79 |
| 1987 | 3.24 | 1.84 |
| 1986 | 3.22 | 1.83 |
| 1985 | 3.32 | 1.8 |
| 1984 | 3.37 | 1.8 |
| 1983 | 3.4 | 1.78 |
| 1982 | 3.43 | 1.86 |
| 1981 | 3.46 | 1.82 |
| 1980 | 3.49 | 1.8 |
| 1979 | 3.51 | 1.79 |
| 1978 | 3.51 | 1.74 |
| 1977 | 3.47 | 1.75 |
| 1976 | 3.39 | 1.78 |
| 1975 | 2.93 | 1.8 |
| 1974 | 2.83 | 1.88 |
| 1973 | 2.64 | 1.94 |
| 1972 | 2.46 | 1.97 |
| 1971 | 2.31 | 1.97 |
| 1970 | 2.24 | 2.06 |
| 1969 | 2.47 | 2.06 |
| 1968 | 2.46 | 2.09 |
| 1967 | 2.4 | 2 |
| 1966 | 2.35 | 2.04 |
| 1965 | 2.33 | 2.09 |
| 1964 | 2.32 | 2.16 |
| 1963 | 2.3 | 2.28 |
| 1962 | 2.28 | 2.11 |
| 1961 | 2.27 | 1.67 |
| 1960 | 2.3 | 1.58 |
| 1959 | 2.88 | 1.73 |
| 1958 | 2.82 | 2 |
| 1957 | 2.74 | 2.07 |
| 1956 | 2.5 | 1.98 |
| 1955 | 2.6 | 2.01 |
| 1954 | 2.51 | 1.99 |
| 1953 | 2.43 | 1.9 |
| 1952 | 2.31 | 1.94 |
| 1951 | 2.2 | 1.75 |
| 1950 | 2.04 | 1.74 |
UN projection (medium variant) · 2024–2100
| Year | Solomon Islands | World |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 2.361.65–3.12 | 0.86 |
| 2025 | 2.331.5–3.22 | 0.84 |
| 2026 | 2.31.29–3.34 | 0.83 |
| 2027 | 2.271.13–3.4 | 0.81 |
| 2028 | 2.231.04–3.42 | 0.8 |
| 2029 | 2.190.99–3.53 | 0.78 |
| 2030 | 2.160.86–3.52 | 0.76 |
| 2031 | 2.120.81–3.5 | 0.75 |
| 2032 | 2.090.69–3.55 | 0.73 |
| 2033 | 2.030.56–3.5 | 0.72 |
| 2034 | 1.980.39–3.5 | 0.7 |
| 2035 | 1.930.28–3.47 | 0.69 |
| 2036 | 1.860.18–3.53 | 0.67 |
| 2037 | 1.80.06–3.34 | 0.65 |
| 2038 | 1.730.06–3.32 | 0.64 |
| 2039 | 1.67-0.01–3.27 | 0.62 |
| 2040 | 1.6-0.07–3.29 | 0.61 |
| 2041 | 1.55-0.15–3.16 | 0.59 |
| 2042 | 1.53-0.09–3.21 | 0.57 |
| 2043 | 1.49-0.22–3.19 | 0.56 |
| 2044 | 1.45-0.28–3.17 | 0.54 |
| 2045 | 1.42-0.34–3.12 | 0.52 |
| 2046 | 1.39-0.45–3.16 | 0.5 |
| 2047 | 1.36-0.52–3.25 | 0.48 |
| 2048 | 1.33-0.59–3.1 | 0.46 |
| 2049 | 1.3-0.56–3.15 | 0.44 |
| 2050 | 1.27-0.56–3.08 | 0.42 |
| 2051 | 1.24-0.58–3.06 | 0.4 |
| 2052 | 1.21-0.72–3.02 | 0.38 |
| 2053 | 1.18-0.61–3.14 | 0.36 |
| 2054 | 1.15-0.62–3.05 | 0.34 |
| 2055 | 1.13-0.69–3.04 | 0.33 |
| 2056 | 1.1-0.73–2.96 | 0.31 |
| 2057 | 1.07-0.74–2.99 | 0.3 |
| 2058 | 1.06-0.78–2.87 | 0.28 |
| 2059 | 1.04-0.79–2.88 | 0.27 |
| 2060 | 1.01-0.82–2.79 | 0.25 |
| 2061 | 0.99-0.94–2.8 | 0.24 |
| 2062 | 0.96-0.89–2.9 | 0.23 |
| 2063 | 0.95-0.78–2.91 | 0.22 |
| 2064 | 0.92-0.9–2.9 | 0.21 |
| 2065 | 0.9-0.94–2.91 | 0.2 |
| 2066 | 0.87-0.99–2.96 | 0.19 |
| 2067 | 0.86-1.15–2.88 | 0.18 |
| 2068 | 0.84-1.07–2.87 | 0.17 |
| 2069 | 0.81-1.16–2.93 | 0.16 |
| 2070 | 0.78-1.22–2.89 | 0.15 |
| 2071 | 0.77-1.24–2.8 | 0.14 |
| 2072 | 0.74-1.29–2.84 | 0.13 |
| 2073 | 0.72-1.42–2.83 | 0.12 |
| 2074 | 0.68-1.45–2.87 | 0.1 |
| 2075 | 0.67-1.4–2.81 | 0.09 |
| 2076 | 0.66-1.6–2.78 | 0.08 |
| 2077 | 0.63-1.66–2.72 | 0.07 |
| 2078 | 0.6-1.52–2.75 | 0.06 |
| 2079 | 0.58-1.69–2.68 | 0.05 |
| 2080 | 0.57-1.71–2.64 | 0.04 |
| 2081 | 0.54-1.77–2.66 | 0.03 |
| 2082 | 0.52-1.69–2.7 | 0.02 |
| 2083 | 0.5-1.82–2.7 | 0.01 |
| 2084 | 0.48-1.93–2.67 | -0 |
| 2085 | 0.46-1.88–2.59 | -0.01 |
| 2086 | 0.44-1.86–2.55 | -0.02 |
| 2087 | 0.42-1.95–2.64 | -0.03 |
| 2088 | 0.41-2.03–2.65 | -0.04 |
| 2089 | 0.39-2.11–2.59 | -0.05 |
| 2090 | 0.38-2.08–2.58 | -0.05 |
| 2091 | 0.36-1.99–2.67 | -0.06 |
| 2092 | 0.35-2.09–2.63 | -0.07 |
| 2093 | 0.32-2.11–2.66 | -0.07 |
| 2094 | 0.3-2.16–2.65 | -0.08 |
| 2095 | 0.29-2.16–2.64 | -0.09 |
| 2096 | 0.26-2.23–2.57 | -0.1 |
| 2097 | 0.25-2.55–2.54 | -0.11 |
| 2098 | 0.23-2.52–2.41 | -0.11 |
| 2099 | 0.22-2.61–2.39 | -0.12 |
| 2100 | 0.21-2.51–2.32 | -0.13 |
Good to know
- How fast the population grew or shrank in a year: births minus deaths, plus people moving in minus people moving out.
- Source: UN DESA, World Population Prospects 2024.
- 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.
How the layers work, where their data comes from and what they can’t tell you: Countries through time
Solomon Islands in numbers
Every measure for Solomon Islands on one page