Solomon Islands's population rose from 396,009 in 1996 to 838,645 in 2025.
Solomon Islands · Population & demographics
Size, growth, ages, births, deaths, urbanisation and migration.
23 indicators · 23 with data
Solomon Islands's population growth fell from 2.9 % in 1996 to 2.3 % in 2025.
Solomon Islands's population density rose from 13.4 in 1994 to 28.6 in 2023.
Solomon Islands's population, female (% of total) rose from 48.0 % in 1996 to 48.9 % in 2025.
Solomon Islands's urbanisation rose from 14.8 % in 1996 to 31.3 % in 2025.
Solomon Islands's urban population rose from 58,631 in 1996 to 262,574 in 2025.
Solomon Islands's rural population rose from 337,378 in 1996 to 576,071 in 2025.
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- Fertilitydown −1.2 %44th of 217
- Birth rate, crudedown −0.8 %44th of 217
- Death rate, crudedown −1.1 %191st of 217
- Adolescent fertility ratedown −2.0 %148th of 217
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- Median ageup +0.2 yrs175th of 216
- Children (0–14)down −0.4 pts45th of 217
- Working age (15–64)up +0.4 pts168th of 217
- Seniors (65+)up +0.0 pts174th of 217
- Age dependency ratiodown −1.1 pts50th of 217
- Old-age dependency ratioup +0.0 pts177th of 217
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- Net migrationup +1.3 %60th of 217
- Migrant stockunchanged +0.0 pts201st of 216
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- Refugees hostedunchanged +0.0169th of 178
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- Life expectancyup +0.2 yrs149th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, femaleup +0.2 yrs155th of 217
- Life expectancy at birth, maleup +0.1 yrs137th of 217