Which has higher population, Bhutan or Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands, at 800,014 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan as of 2023.

What is the difference in population between Bhutan and Solomon Islands?

13,628 people, with Solomon Islands ahead.

How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Solomon Islands?

241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.

Where does this data come from?

HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Bhutan vs Solomon Islands: Population

Bhutan

786,386 people

in 2023

Solomon Islands

800,014 people

in 2023

Bhutan rank

166th

Solomon Islands rank

165th

Population over time

Bhutan
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 800,014 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan, a difference of 13,628 people.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 241 shared years of data; in 1000 it was Bhutan ahead.

Bhutan ranks 166th and Solomon Islands ranks 165th of 238 countries.

Bhutan has averaged higher in every one of the 40 decades both report.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Bhutan	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1000s	10,000 people	190 people	9,810 people	Bhutan
1100s	10,000 people	286 people	9,714 people	Bhutan
1200s	10,000 people	429 people	9,571 people	Bhutan
1300s	11,000 people	643 people	10,357 people	Bhutan
1400s	12,000 people	965 people	11,035 people	Bhutan
1500s	15,000 people	1,448 people	13,552 people	Bhutan
1600s	20,000 people	2,173 people	17,827 people	Bhutan
1700s	25,000 people	3,259 people	21,741 people	Bhutan
1710s	27,619 people	4,074 people	23,545 people	Bhutan
1720s	28,130 people	5,093 people	23,037 people	Bhutan
1730s	28,651 people	6,366 people	22,285 people	Bhutan
1740s	29,182 people	7,958 people	21,224 people	Bhutan
1750s	29,722 people	9,947 people	19,775 people	Bhutan
1760s	30,273 people	12,434 people	17,839 people	Bhutan
1770s	30,833 people	15,543 people	15,290 people	Bhutan
1780s	31,404 people	19,429 people	11,975 people	Bhutan
1790s	31,986 people	24,287 people	7,699 people	Bhutan
1800s	392,287 people	56,998 people	335,289 people	Bhutan
1810s	392,248 people	57,010 people	335,238 people	Bhutan
1820s	383,440 people	59,908 people	323,533 people	Bhutan
1830s	364,868 people	66,653 people	298,215 people	Bhutan
1840s	347,053 people	74,219 people	272,834 people	Bhutan
1850s	330,813 people	82,547 people	248,265 people	Bhutan
1860s	316,166 people	91,685 people	224,480 people	Bhutan
1870s	302,160 people	101,834 people	200,326 people	Bhutan
1880s	288,768 people	113,105 people	175,662 people	Bhutan
1890s	275,963 people	125,623 people	150,340 people	Bhutan
1900s	263,747 people	139,496 people	124,251 people	Bhutan
1910s	257,797 people	147,759 people	110,038 people	Bhutan
1920s	258,029 people	120,820 people	137,209 people	Bhutan
1930s	257,816 people	93,246 people	164,570 people	Bhutan
1940s	214,720 people	98,543 people	116,177 people	Bhutan
1950s	192,832 people	121,318 people	71,514 people	Bhutan
1960s	258,696 people	155,367 people	103,329 people	Bhutan
1970s	361,369 people	200,149 people	161,220 people	Bhutan
1980s	501,792 people	278,551 people	223,240 people	Bhutan
1990s	568,357 people	379,977 people	188,380 people	Bhutan
2000s	651,199 people	478,989 people	172,210 people	Bhutan
2010s	735,419 people	629,618 people	105,801 people	Bhutan
2020s	778,192 people	772,047 people	6,146 people	Bhutan

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher population, Bhutan or Solomon Islands?: Solomon Islands, at 800,014 people against 786,386 people in Bhutan as of 2023.
What is the difference in population between Bhutan and Solomon Islands?: 13,628 people, with Solomon Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Bhutan and Solomon Islands?: 241 years are reported by both, from 1000 to 2023.
How do Bhutan and Solomon Islands rank globally for population?: Bhutan ranks 166th and Solomon Islands ranks 165th of 238 countries.
Where does this data come from?: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data, published as Population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Population
Unit: people
Source: HYDE (2023); Gapminder (2022); UN WPP (2024) – with major processing by Our World in Data
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (Our World in Data)
Coverage: 239 places, 51,002 data points, 1000–2023
Last refreshed: 07 August 2026

Population by country, available from 10,000 BCE to 2023, based on data and estimates from different sources.