Demographics of Solomon Islands

Source UN (World Population Prospects 2019)
Date04 Nov 2021

As of 2021, the population of Solomon Islands is projected at 0.70 million, up by 2.49% compared with 0.69 million in 2020. Solomon Islands is ranked 166th in terms of population and 30th in terms of population growth rate.

There are 21.77 thousand births in Solomon Islands in 2021. That is 60 per day, which is ranked 153rd. The crude birth rate is 30.93 per 1000 people. There are 2.97 thousand deaths in Solomon Islands in 2021. That is 8 per day, which is ranked 174th. The crude death rate is 4.22 per 1000 people.

0.17 million people are living in urban areas, which is 25.13% of Solomon Islands population. Solomon Islands is ranked 212nd in terms of urbanization.

The Sex Ratio in Solomon Islands in 2021 is 103.45 males per 100 females. There are 0.36 million males and 0.35 million females in Solomon Islands. The percentage of female population is 49.15% compare to 50.85% male population. Solomon Islands has 11.95 thousand more males than females. Solomon Islands is at 178th position out of 201 countries/territories in terms of female to male ratio.

  • Population
  • Growth rate

Solomon Islands population

Year Population Growth (%)
195089,793-
1955102,0012.83
1960117,8472.98
1965136,8153.05
1970160,2403.49
1975193,4013.81
1980230,5503.46
1985270,7873.08
1990311,8692.83
1995359,2762.86
2000412,6652.76
2005469,9182.48
2010527,8612.46
2015603,1332.73
2016619,4382.70
2017636,0302.68
2018652,8562.65
2019669,8212.60
2020686,8782.55
2021703,9952.49
  • Total
  • Crude

Solomon Islands death and birth rate

Year Total Crude(per 1000)
DeathBirthCrude deathCrude birth
19501,8993,54420.8638.89
19551,9124,09618.6440.04
19601,9134,80916.1840.78
19651,9025,65613.8541.37
19701,9157,36211.8245.37
19751,8829,2099.7347.65
19801,85410,1948.0144.20
19851,95811,2787.2241.62
19902,12312,5096.7839.99
19952,24113,4796.2337.46
20002,29814,7025.5635.57
20052,40016,1285.1134.38
20102,52118,0414.7533.97
20152,64420,2684.3833.56
20202,90121,5894.2231.45
20212,97121,7674.2230.93
  • Population
  • Urbanization

Urban and rural population of Solomon Islands

Year Population Urbanization
UrbanRuralgrowth rate (%)Urban (%)
19503,41286,382-3.800
19554,77497,2507.184.679
19606,798111,0687.635.768
19659,914126,9337.837.245
197014,293145,9976.458.917
197517,651175,7944.309.125
198024,390206,2176.9110.576
198533,669237,1326.4412.433
199042,649269,1914.2913.677
199552,678306,5474.3014.664
200065,246347,3634.8615.813
200583,789386,0964.9917.832
2010105,810421,9804.6720.048
2015131,361456,1214.2422.360
2020159,686487,6113.8324.670
2021165,695493,7183.7625.128
  • Population pyramid
  • Gender ratio

Solomon Islands population by Age Group (2011)

Age group Male Female Total M per 100 F
PersonsShare (%)
00-04 53,536 50,490 104,026 14.78 106.033
05-09 49,323 46,303 95,626 13.58 106.522
10-14 41,900 39,269 81,169 11.53 106.700
15-19 36,841 34,500 71,341 10.13 106.786
20-24 32,583 29,997 62,580 8.89 108.621
25-29 27,249 25,296 52,545 7.46 107.721
30-34 21,836 21,815 43,651 6.20 100.096
35-39 19,170 20,529 39,699 5.64 93.380
40-44 18,169 19,402 37,571 5.34 93.645
45-49 16,305 16,545 32,850 4.67 98.549
50-54 12,128 12,032 24,160 3.43 100.798
55-59 9,273 9,259 18,532 2.63 100.151
60-64 7,038 7,006 14,044 1.99 100.457
65-69 4,943 5,006 9,949 1.41 98.742
70-74 3,465 3,832 7,297 1.04 90.423
75-79 2,349 2,658 5,007 0.71 88.375
80-84 1,179 1,272 2,451 0.35 92.689
85-89 511 602 1,113 0.16 84.884
90-94 148 178 326 0.05 83.146
95-99 24 30 54 0.01 80.000
100+ 2 2 4 0.00 100.000
Total 357,972 346,023 703,995 103.453