Solomon Islands Population
Solomon Islands had an estimated population of 838,645 in mid-2025 (World Bank), making it the 163rd most populous of 217 countries and territories, with 0.01% of everyone alive. The counter above projects that figure forward at the current growth rate of +2.35% a year.
Solomon Islands at a glance
How Solomon Islands's population is changing
Solomon Islands's population is growing fast: +2.35% a year, which works out to about +19,676 people per year, or +54 a day. Births (26.7 per 1,000) and deaths (5.1 per 1,000) alone would give +2.16% a year; net migration adds about 1,631 people a year (+0.19%). Roughly one in every 9,796 people on Earth lives in Solomon Islands.
Population of Solomon Islands since 1960
In 1960, Solomon Islands had 139,688 people. By 2025 that was 838,645 — 6.0× larger. The fastest growth came between 1976 and 1986, when the population rose by 41%.
| Year | Population | Change vs previous row |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 139,688 | — |
| 1970 | 176,579 | +26.4% |
| 1980 | 238,135 | +34.9% |
| 1990 | 331,435 | +39.2% |
| 2000 | 440,469 | +32.9% |
| 2010 | 532,968 | +21.0% |
| 2020 | 744,498 | +39.7% |
| 2025 | 838,645 | +12.6% |
Solomon Islands from 1800 to 2100
Modelled estimates put Solomon Islands at about 56,998 people in 1800; the UN estimates 838,655 in 2025 (15× 1800) and projects 1,849,206 for 2100 in its medium scenario. That is still 120% growth over the rest of this century.
| Year | Population | Kind |
|---|---|---|
| 1800 | 56,998 | modelled estimate |
| 1850 | 78,702 | modelled estimate |
| 1900 | 133,028 | modelled estimate |
| 1950 | 108,650 | UN estimate |
| 2000 | 440,481 | UN estimate |
| 2025 | 838,655 | UN projection |
| 2050 | 1,309,112 | UN projection |
| 2075 | 1,663,389 | UN projection |
| 2100 | 1,849,206 | UN projection |
Country live/base figures use World Bank estimates; this historical/future chart uses a separate UN series and need not match the World Bank base in overlapping years. Before 1950: HYDE 3.3 / Gapminder reconstructions via Our World in Data — historical modelling, not censuses. 1950–2023: UN World Population Prospects 2024. 2024–2100: UN medium projection. Open the time machine to see the whole map in any year.
Largest listed places in Solomon Islands
7 records sorted by displayed base population. Definitions vary (province/administrative unit, UN urban centre or GeoNames settlement); this is not a harmonised city ranking. Shares use World Bank 2025 country population 838,645. Dates and boundaries may differ. Overlapping entities are not summed.
| # | Place | Population | Definition | Share | Source / reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Honiara | 131,149 | UN urban centre | 15.64% | UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025; 2025 annual estimate |
| 2 | Tandai | 24,592 | GeoNames settlement | 2.93% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 3 | Malango | 15,560 | GeoNames settlement | 1.86% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 4 | Malango | 10,532 | GeoNames settlement | 1.26% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 5 | Noro | 7,204 | GeoNames settlement | 0.86% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 6 | Gizo | 7,177 | GeoNames settlement | 0.86% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
| 7 | Auki | 7,020 | GeoNames settlement | 0.84% | GeoNames settlement record; Population reference date not supplied in local record |
How Solomon Islands compares
Solomon Islands has almost the same population as Guyana (835,986).
| Rank | Country | Population | vs Solomon Islands | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #161 |  Fiji | 933,154 | +11% | compare → |
| #162 |  Comoros | 882,847 | +5% | compare → |
| #164 |  Guyana | 835,986 | −0% | compare → |
| #165 |  Bhutan | 796,682 | −5% | compare → |
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Same region (East Asia & Pacific): China, Indonesia, Japan, Philippines, Vietnam, Thailand.
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Nearest countries
Solomon Islands has no land border. Closest by distance:
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In its region
Solomon Islands is the 21st most populous of the 37 economies in East Asia & Pacific, holding 0.0% of the region's 2,367,527,180 people.
Rankings
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Cities
Honiara, Tandai, Malango, Malango, Noro, Gizo, Auki — all Solomon Islands's cities on the map.
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Population, growth, birth and death rates, migration, density, age structure, life expectancy, fertility and GDP per capita come from the World Bank Indicators API (latest available year shown beside each figure). The live counter applies the annual growth rate continuously from 1 July 2025 — a model, not a measurement. City populations are the latest census or official estimate held by GeoNames and are not projected. Sub-city units are folded into their parent city.
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