Which has higher rural population, Equatorial Guinea or Solomon Islands?

Solomon Islands, at 576,071 against 550,978 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.

What is the difference in rural population between Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands?

25,093, with Solomon Islands ahead.

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

66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.

Where does this data come from?

World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

Equatorial Guinea vs Solomon Islands: Rural population

Equatorial Guinea

550,978

in 2025

Solomon Islands

576,071

in 2025

Equatorial Guinea rank

150th

Solomon Islands rank

149th

Rural population over time

Equatorial Guinea
Solomon Islands

How they compare

Solomon Islands currently reports 576,071 against 550,978 in Equatorial Guinea, a difference of 25,093.

The two have swapped places 1 time across 66 shared years of data; in 1960 it was Equatorial Guinea ahead.

Equatorial Guinea ranks 150th and Solomon Islands ranks 149th of 215 countries.

Across the 7 decades both report, Equatorial Guinea averaged higher in 6 and Solomon Islands in 1.

Head to head by decade

Decade	Equatorial Guinea	Solomon Islands	Difference	Ahead
1960s	218,525	148,345	70,180	Equatorial Guinea
1970s	217,312	182,388	34,924	Equatorial Guinea
1980s	266,326	243,909	22,417	Equatorial Guinea
1990s	349,246	324,438	24,808	Equatorial Guinea
2000s	520,406	394,881	125,524	Equatorial Guinea
2010s	500,263	480,629	19,634	Equatorial Guinea
2020s	529,349	555,907	26,558	Solomon Islands

Averages of every year both report within each decade.

Frequently asked questions

Which has higher rural population, Equatorial Guinea or Solomon Islands?: Solomon Islands, at 576,071 against 550,978 in Equatorial Guinea as of 2025.
What is the difference in rural population between Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 25,093, with Solomon Islands ahead.
How many years of comparable data are there for Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands?: 66 years are reported by both, from 1960 to 2025.
How do Equatorial Guinea and Solomon Islands rank globally for rural population?: Equatorial Guinea ranks 150th and Solomon Islands ranks 149th of 215 countries.
Where does this data come from?: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN), published as Rural population. Statizoid refreshes it automatically from the source and publishes the full history for both places.

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About this data

Indicator: Rural population
Source: World Urbanization Prospects, United Nations (UN)
Licence: CC BY 4.0 (World Bank Open Data)
Coverage: 264 places, 17,394 data points, 1960–2025
Last refreshed: 06 August 2026

Rural population refers to people living in rural areas as defined by national statistical offices. It is calculated as the difference between total population and urban population. Aggregation of urban and rural population may not add up to total population because of different country coverages.