Country or area · Melanesia · Oceania · UN WPP 2024

Solomon Islands population

Solomon Islands population now

863,119

A projection read at this second, not a count: the UN's totals for 1 January 2026 and 2027, joined by a straight line. 95% range for 31 December 2026: 849,131–890,236.

Mid-2023, UN estimate: 800,006

Year: 2026; projection · medium
Population, mid-2026: 858,285; 95% range, 31 Dec: 849,131–890,236
Median age: 21.9
Aged 65+: 3.7%

Move through time, 1950–2100

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male female projection · one cell = 200 people

How to read this: one row for each age, newborns at the bottom; men on the left, women on the right.

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries

SLB · 1950–2100 · in brief

Solomon Islands in numbers

800,006 people lived in The Solomon Islands in mid-2023: less than 0.01% of the world's people, and the 166th-largest population of the 236 countries and areas the UN reports. That is 7.4 times its 1950 population of 109 thousand.

In the UN's medium projection it is still growing in 2100, when it reaches 1.8 million. The projection is uncertain: on 1 January 2100 the UN's 95% range runs from 781 thousand to 4.7 million.

Births outnumber deaths in every year from 1950 to 2100, estimates and projection alike.

The median age was 17.6 in 1950 and 21.3 in 2023; the projection has 38.8 in 2100. 3.6% of people were 65 or older in 2023, against 17.9% projected for 2100. The working-age population (15–64) is still growing in 2100 in the medium projection.

By size it is the 166th country in 2023; the projection puts it 160th in 2050 and 146th in 2100. In the medium projection it overtakes Guyana in 2025, Réunion in 2028 and Fiji in 2031.

Population, mid-2023: 800,006
Rank by population, 2023: 166 of 236
Share of the world, 2023: less than 0.01%
Change in a year, mid-2022 to mid-2023: +2.42% · +18,940 people
People per km² of land, 2023: 29
Land area, 2023: 27,990 km²
Births, 2023: 21,548
Deaths, 2023: 4,113
Net migration, 2023: +1,636
Children per woman, 2023: 3.56
Median age, 2023: 21.3 years
Life expectancy at birth, 2023: 70.5 years
In a city, 2025: 16 of every 100
Population, mid-1950: 108,634
Projected, mid-2050: 1,309,110
Projected, mid-2100: 1,849,209

SLB · 1950–2100 · total population

Population, 1950–2100

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estimate projection, up to the bottom of the 95% range 95% range medium projection. One column is one year's population, read on 1 January; the paper rules divide it into equal cells.

Show the numbers: Solomon Islands, 1950–2100

Solomon Islands: population on 1 January, births, deaths, fertility and life expectancy, 1950–2100
Year	Kind	Population, 1 Jan	95% range	Births	Deaths	Children per woman	Life expectancy
1950	estimate	107,528		4,869	2,655	7.15	41.4
1951	estimate	109,740		5,027	2,594	7.15	42.0
1952	estimate	112,175		5,196	2,557	7.16	42.6
1953	estimate	114,801		5,348	2,539	7.14	43.2
1954	estimate	117,620		5,513	2,521	7.13	43.7
1955	estimate	120,603		5,673	2,504	7.12	44.4
1956	estimate	123,777		5,834	2,700	7.10	42.8
1957	estimate	126,913		5,993	2,461	7.08	45.7
1958	estimate	130,442		6,173	2,447	7.08	46.3
1959	estimate	134,166		6,348	2,427	7.07	47.0
1960	estimate	138,085		6,533	2,413	7.07	47.7
1961	estimate	141,291		6,667	2,410	7.05	48.3
1962	estimate	144,533		6,805	2,397	7.04	49.0
1963	estimate	147,869		6,950	2,379	7.03	49.8
1964	estimate	151,309		7,112	2,365	7.05	50.6
1965	estimate	154,861		7,230	2,344	7.02	51.4
1966	estimate	158,512		7,352	2,324	7.00	52.3
1967	estimate	162,275		7,462	2,311	6.97	53.1
1968	estimate	166,215		7,559	2,273	6.95	54.1
1969	estimate	170,349		7,699	2,255	6.97	55.1
1970	estimate	174,604		7,812	2,238	6.98	56.1
1971	estimate	178,554		7,975	2,162	6.99	57.0
1972	estimate	182,719		8,166	2,092	6.99	57.9
1973	estimate	187,270		8,377	2,035	7.00	58.8
1974	estimate	192,279		8,600	1,987	7.01	59.6
1975	estimate	197,802		8,790	2,156	6.99	58.4
1976	estimate	203,687		8,975	1,916	6.95	61.1
1977	estimate	210,700		9,204	1,915	6.92	61.5
1978	estimate	218,137		9,451	1,853	6.87	62.5
1979	estimate	225,921		9,712	1,838	6.82	63.1
1980	estimate	233,985		9,987	1,831	6.77	63.7
1981	estimate	242,285		10,276	1,839	6.71	64.1
1982	estimate	250,826		10,573	1,853	6.64	64.5
1983	estimate	259,574		10,889	1,877	6.57	64.8
1984	estimate	268,563		11,208	1,908	6.49	65.0
1985	estimate	277,762		11,479	1,945	6.38	65.3
1986	estimate	287,149		11,753	2,097	6.26	64.7
1987	estimate	296,535		11,977	2,035	6.12	65.7
1988	estimate	306,293		12,201	2,060	5.99	65.9
1989	estimate	316,237		12,439	2,086	5.87	66.0
1990	estimate	326,327		12,681	2,119	5.74	66.2
1991	estimate	336,543		12,942	2,153	5.62	66.4
1992	estimate	346,934		13,224	2,195	5.51	66.5
1993	estimate	357,476		13,645	2,248	5.45	66.6
1994	estimate	368,201		14,070	2,300	5.40	66.7
1995	estimate	379,150		14,485	2,361	5.33	66.7
1996	estimate	390,317		14,755	2,428	5.22	66.7
1997	estimate	401,700		14,974	2,496	5.09	66.8
1998	estimate	413,249		15,211	2,553	4.98	66.9
1999	estimate	424,893		15,423	2,615	4.86	67.0
2000	estimate	436,108		15,612	2,674	4.76	67.1
2001	estimate	444,830		15,772	2,710	4.67	67.2
2002	estimate	453,420		15,946	2,750	4.60	67.3
2003	estimate	461,922		16,134	2,791	4.54	67.5
2004	estimate	470,385		16,273	2,830	4.47	67.6
2005	estimate	478,837		16,438	2,870	4.41	67.8
2006	estimate	487,324		16,711	2,911	4.39	68.0
2007	estimate	495,863		16,977	3,015	4.37	67.8
2008	estimate	504,448		17,221	2,997	4.36	68.3
2009	estimate	513,132		17,450	3,068	4.35	68.4
2010	estimate	523,150		17,696	3,092	4.34	68.7
2011	estimate	542,786		18,226	3,131	4.33	68.8
2012	estimate	563,104		18,776	3,191	4.33	69.0
2013	estimate	584,109		19,327	3,289	4.33	69.0
2014	estimate	605,781		20,083	3,430	4.36	69.0
2015	estimate	628,035		20,394	3,485	4.29	69.3
2016	estimate	650,795		20,624	3,598	4.20	69.5
2017	estimate	673,962		20,627	3,730	4.06	69.7
2018	estimate	697,381		20,668	3,879	3.93	69.8
2019	estimate	720,821		20,689	4,039	3.80	70.0
2020	estimate	735,473		20,820	4,333	3.75	69.3
2021	estimate	753,523		21,123	4,498	3.69	68.9
2022	estimate	771,660		21,310	4,057	3.62	70.4
2023	estimate	790,472		21,548	4,113	3.56	70.5
2024	estimate	809,539		21,878	4,164	3.51	70.7
2025	projection	828,857	822,978–835,227	22,160	4,227	3.46	70.8
2026	projection	848,434	836,516–861,678	22,440	4,297	3.42	71.0
2027	projection	868,141	849,131–890,236	22,687	4,376	3.37	71.1
2028	projection	888,065	860,547–919,945	22,961	4,463	3.32	71.3
2029	projection	908,087	871,963–950,280	23,237	4,552	3.28	71.4
2030	projection	928,225	880,886–981,348	23,563	4,651	3.24	71.5
2031	projection	948,472	0.9–1.0 million	23,850	4,759	3.20	71.7
2032	projection	968,771	0.9–1.0 million	24,158	4,869	3.16	71.8
2033	projection	989,195	0.9–1.1 million	24,409	4,989	3.12	72.0
2034	projection	1,009,448	0.9–1.1 million	24,657	5,113	3.08	72.1
2035	projection	1,029,640	0.9–1.2 million	24,876	5,242	3.04	72.2
2036	projection	1,049,673	0.9–1.2 million	25,066	5,375	3.00	72.4
2037	projection	1,069,389	0.9–1.2 million	25,238	5,516	2.97	72.5
2038	projection	1,088,797	0.9–1.3 million	25,381	5,657	2.94	72.6
2039	projection	1,107,797	1.0–1.3 million	25,505	5,805	2.91	72.8
2040	projection	1,126,393	1.0–1.3 million	25,587	5,953	2.88	72.9
2041	projection	1,144,517	1.0–1.4 million	25,597	6,107	2.84	73.0
2042	projection	1,162,402	1.0–1.4 million	25,671	6,260	2.82	73.2
2043	projection	1,180,269	1.0–1.5 million	25,677	6,417	2.79	73.3
2044	projection	1,197,984	1.0–1.5 million	25,698	6,585	2.76	73.4
2045	projection	1,215,500	1.0–1.5 million	25,724	6,750	2.73	73.5
2046	projection	1,232,898	1.0–1.6 million	25,738	6,922	2.71	73.7
2047	projection	1,250,092	1.0–1.6 million	25,754	7,098	2.68	73.8
2048	projection	1,267,140	1.0–1.7 million	25,801	7,275	2.66	73.9
2049	projection	1,284,047	1.0–1.7 million	25,808	7,452	2.63	74.1
2050	projection	1,300,802	1.0–1.7 million	25,825	7,643	2.61	74.2
2051	projection	1,317,418	1.0–1.8 million	25,828	7,825	2.59	74.3
2052	projection	1,333,789	1.0–1.8 million	25,848	8,007	2.56	74.4
2053	projection	1,350,082	1.0–1.9 million	25,891	8,196	2.54	74.6
2054	projection	1,366,127	1.0–1.9 million	25,908	8,379	2.52	74.7
2055	projection	1,381,952	1.0–2.0 million	25,939	8,569	2.50	74.8
2056	projection	1,397,645	1.0–2.0 million	25,966	8,756	2.48	75.0
2057	projection	1,413,107	1.0–2.1 million	25,987	8,951	2.46	75.1
2058	projection	1,428,343	1.0–2.1 million	26,041	9,136	2.45	75.2
2059	projection	1,443,592	1.0–2.2 million	26,068	9,330	2.43	75.3
2060	projection	1,458,625	1.0–2.2 million	26,068	9,519	2.41	75.5
2061	projection	1,473,356	1.0–2.3 million	26,075	9,708	2.39	75.6
2062	projection	1,488,038	1.0–2.3 million	26,068	9,897	2.37	75.7
2063	projection	1,502,425	1.0–2.4 million	26,081	10,085	2.35	75.9
2064	projection	1,516,765	1.0–2.4 million	26,062	10,273	2.34	76.0
2065	projection	1,530,796	1.0–2.5 million	26,048	10,459	2.32	76.1
2066	projection	1,544,576	1.0–2.5 million	26,037	10,653	2.31	76.3
2067	projection	1,558,126	1.0–2.6 million	25,997	10,835	2.29	76.4
2068	projection	1,571,554	1.0–2.7 million	25,940	11,018	2.27	76.5
2069	projection	1,584,771	1.0–2.7 million	25,866	11,200	2.26	76.7
2070	projection	1,597,674	1.0–2.8 million	25,825	11,397	2.25	76.8
2071	projection	1,610,255	1.0–2.8 million	25,771	11,587	2.23	76.9
2072	projection	1,622,683	0.9–2.9 million	25,689	11,784	2.22	77.0
2073	projection	1,634,759	0.9–3.0 million	25,602	11,965	2.21	77.2
2074	projection	1,646,540	0.9–3.0 million	25,501	12,164	2.19	77.3
2075	projection	1,657,807	0.9–3.1 million	25,377	12,359	2.18	77.5
2076	projection	1,668,963	0.9–3.1 million	25,303	12,553	2.17	77.6
2077	projection	1,679,999	0.9–3.2 million	25,181	12,755	2.15	77.7
2078	projection	1,690,614	0.9–3.3 million	25,095	12,960	2.14	77.9
2079	projection	1,700,853	0.9–3.3 million	25,009	13,168	2.13	78.0
2080	projection	1,710,699	0.9–3.4 million	24,910	13,374	2.12	78.1
2081	projection	1,720,425	0.9–3.4 million	24,806	13,587	2.11	78.3
2082	projection	1,729,794	0.9–3.5 million	24,726	13,800	2.10	78.4
2083	projection	1,738,854	0.9–3.5 million	24,658	14,013	2.10	78.5
2084	projection	1,747,593	0.9–3.6 million	24,562	14,236	2.08	78.7
2085	projection	1,756,061	0.9–3.6 million	24,466	14,458	2.08	78.8
2086	projection	1,764,160	0.9–3.7 million	24,346	14,673	2.06	78.9
2087	projection	1,771,994	0.9–3.7 million	24,270	14,897	2.06	79.1
2088	projection	1,779,509	0.8–3.7 million	24,215	15,115	2.05	79.2
2089	projection	1,786,785	0.8–3.8 million	24,143	15,328	2.04	79.3
2090	projection	1,793,751	0.8–3.9 million	24,037	15,525	2.04	79.5
2091	projection	1,800,519	0.8–4.0 million	23,946	15,720	2.03	79.6
2092	projection	1,806,985	0.8–4.0 million	23,854	15,914	2.02	79.7
2093	projection	1,813,247	0.8–4.1 million	23,744	16,117	2.01	79.8
2094	projection	1,819,095	0.8–4.2 million	23,615	16,299	2.00	80.0
2095	projection	1,824,461	0.8–4.2 million	23,491	16,481	1.99	80.1
2096	projection	1,829,754	0.8–4.3 million	23,390	16,642	1.99	80.2
2097	projection	1,834,533	0.8–4.4 million	23,280	16,803	1.98	80.3
2098	projection	1,839,104	0.8–4.5 million	23,122	16,968	1.97	80.5
2099	projection	1,843,284	0.8–4.6 million	22,982	17,125	1.96	80.6
2100	projection	1,847,317	0.8–4.7 million	22,856	17,273	1.96	80.7

Show the numbers: Solomon Islands, mid-2026, by single year of age

Solomon Islands: population by single year of age, mid-2026
Age	Male	Female
0	11,390	10,675
1	11,244	10,539
2	11,089	10,394
3	10,938	10,253
4	10,820	10,146
5	10,684	10,022
6	10,550	9,895
7	10,585	9,914
8	10,637	9,965
9	10,578	9,933
10	10,522	9,894
11	10,439	9,826
12	10,320	9,718
13	10,158	9,558
14	9,950	9,346
15	9,696	9,079
16	9,394	8,760
17	9,089	8,443
18	8,823	8,183
19	8,596	7,986
20	8,409	7,851
21	8,279	7,792
22	8,146	7,740
23	7,966	7,634
24	7,770	7,507
25	7,558	7,360
26	7,330	7,192
27	7,087	6,998
28	6,830	6,768
29	6,561	6,506
30	6,280	6,211
31	5,994	5,893
32	5,734	5,600
33	5,532	5,382
34	5,400	5,256
35	5,335	5,221
36	5,331	5,266
37	5,344	5,329
38	5,328	5,345
39	5,268	5,294
40	5,162	5,174
41	5,016	4,992
42	4,852	4,782
43	4,696	4,582
44	4,552	4,404
45	4,422	4,245
46	4,306	4,107
47	4,195	3,979
48	4,084	3,853
49	3,970	3,726
50	3,854	3,597
51	3,734	3,466
52	3,602	3,332
53	3,452	3,190
54	3,280	3,042
55	3,087	2,884
56	2,876	2,721
57	2,665	2,556
58	2,472	2,400
59	2,302	2,252
60	2,156	2,114
61	2,031	1,983
62	1,916	1,859
63	1,800	1,735
64	1,680	1,612
65	1,555	1,490
66	1,428	1,369
67	1,307	1,258
68	1,199	1,164
69	1,105	1,088
70	1,026	1,031
71	960	989
72	897	948
73	828	895
74	753	828
75	672	748
76	586	658
77	504	568
78	432	487
79	372	420
80	322	364
81	282	319
82	248	279
83	216	243
84	188	210
85	163	179
86	140	151
87	119	126
88	97	104
89	76	84
90	57	65
91	41	49
92	28	36
93	19	26
94	12	18
95	8	12
96	5	8
97	3	5
98	2	3
99	1	2
100+	1	2

SLB · 1950–2100 · every age, every year

Solomon Islands, every age in every year

Each column is a year and each row an age; the denser the ink in a cell, the more people. Everyone born in the same year climbs one 45° diagonal, so famines, baby booms and migration show up as streaks. Select a cell to follow its generation.

SLB · ages 15–64

Who does the work in Solomon Islands

In the Solomon Islands the number of people aged 15–64 is still growing in 2100, the last year the UN projects. In 2023 there were 472,086 of them.

100 aged 15–64

63 children

6 aged 65+

aged 15–64 children under 15 aged 65 and over

How to read this: take 100 people of working age — the orange row — and the two rows under it are the children (teal) and the people of 65 and over (violet) who lived alongside them in 2023.

At no point between 1950 and 2100 do fewer than 50 dependants live alongside every 100 people aged 15–64 here.

fewer than 50 dependants per 100 the same, projected 50 or more

How to read this: 1950 on the left, 2100 on the right; coloured in the years with fewer than 50 dependants per 100 working-age people, grey in the rest, hatched where that is a projection.

How every country compares

SLB · arrivals minus departures

Who arrives in Solomon Islands, and who leaves

In 2020–2025 the Solomon Islands gains 1,577 people a year: everyone who arrives, minus everyone who leaves. The age at which that happens most is 25–29, at 292 a year more arriving than leaving.

one square = 50 people a year

020406080+

more arrive than leave more leave than arrive

How to read this: age runs left to right, babies to 100. A blue square above the line means arrivals outnumber departures at that age, an orange square below it means the opposite. The figures are the UN's projection for 2020–2025; nobody recorded migration by age before 2020.

In the years that were counted, 1950–2023, the most it gained in one year was 6,653 (2018) and the most it lost was 5,538 (2008).

In 2024, 2,469 people living in the Solomon Islands had been born in another country, fewer than 1 of every 100 people there, against 1 in 1990.

How migration works everywhere

SLB · births by the mother's age · 1950–2100

Who has the babies in Solomon Islands

Of every 100 babies born in the Solomon Islands in 2023, 9 had a mother under 20, 74 a mother aged 20 to 34 and 17 a mother aged 35 or older. In 1950 it was 10 under 20 and 16 aged 35 or older.

1950
10 · 74 · 16

2023
9 · 74 · 17

2050 · projected
7 · 75 · 18

The mother's age: under 20 20 to 34 35 or older projected

How to read this: one block a year, 100 squares in each, a square for every hundredth baby. The colour is the mother's age group, and the three numbers underneath are those groups in order, youngest first.

Babies born, 2023: 21,548
Average age when women have a baby: 29.2 years; 29.7 in 1950
Babies a year per 1,000 girls aged 15–19: 50; 94 in 1950

Babies by the mother's age, 1950–2100

Babies born in the Solomon Islands by the mother's age
Mother's age	1950	1975	2000	2023	2050 projected	2100 projected
10–14	16	34	69	40	23	7
15–19	500	1,078	1,810	1,985	1,933	917
20–24	1,513	2,513	4,709	6,096	6,488	4,139
25–29	1,265	2,165	4,290	5,775	7,104	6,628
30–34	808	1,465	2,707	4,084	5,697	6,379
35–39	521	997	1,325	2,530	3,433	3,749
40–44	200	430	520	856	985	937
45–49	44	103	171	173	155	98
50–54	2	5	11	9	7	2
All babies	4,869	8,790	15,612	21,548	25,825	22,856

The UN's births for each year, split by the mother's age in the UN's own proportions.

SLB · healthy years · 2021

Years in good health in Solomon Islands

Of the 64.8 years a baby born in the Solomon Islands in 2021 could expect, about 57.4 would be lived in full health (95% range 56.3–58.4). That leaves 7.4 years in less than full health, fewer than the world's 9.5, which mostly means lives are shorter here, with fewer years in which to be ill.

Women

58.5 in full health, 8.8 not: 67.3 years

Men

56.3 in full health, 6.3 not: 62.6 years

a year in full health a year in less than full health

How to read this: each square is a year of life, each row ten years; filled squares are years in full health, rounded to whole years.

Women: 58.5 healthy years of 67.3. Men: 56.3 of 62.6. In 2019, before the pandemic, the healthy years were 58.1.

SLB · forced from home · end of 2025

Displacement in Solomon Islands

UNHCR publishes no refugees, asylum-seekers or displaced people in or from the Solomon Islands at the end of 2025.

An empty row is not the same as a zero. These figures cover the people one agency works with, so a country it has no operation in has nothing to report here.

In 2025, 214 people from the Solomon Islands asked for asylum in another country. Of every 100 people from the Solomon Islands whose claims were decided that year, 10 were given protection. Who asks for asylum, and who is given it

How the world's displacement is counted

SLB · of every 100 people

How people live in Solomon Islands

Of every 100 people in the Solomon Islands in 2025, 16 lived in a city, 8 in a town or suburb and 76 in the countryside.

cities towns and suburbs rural areas

18.5 of every 100 have no electricity at home (2024). 71 of every 100 do not use the internet (2024).

How to read this: everyone here, shrunk to 100 squares, with the colour saying whether that hundredth person lives in a city, a town or the countryside. Every country is measured by the same rule.

How the world's people live

SLB · adults 25 and over · 2020

How far people in Solomon Islands went in school

Of every 100 adults in the Solomon Islands in 2020, 15 never went to school and 22 finished upper secondary or went further.

15 never went to school 20 some primary 29 finished primary 14 finished lower secondary 14 finished upper secondary 8 studied after school

The young went further: 8.8 of every 100 women aged 25–29 never went to school, against 38.8 of every 100 aged 60–64 (men: 7.1 against 14.4).

The middle projection has its working-age people most numerous in 2085; those among them who finished upper secondary are still growing in 2100.

How to read this: the row is the adults (25 and over) shrunk to 100 people, coloured by how far each went in school, least schooling on the left. The Wittgenstein Centre's count, 2020.

How far the world's people went in school

SLB · cities · 2025

Cities in Solomon Islands

The Solomon Islands had 1 city in 2025, home to 131,149 people.

Honiara131,149

How to read this: one bar for the city, 2025, all on the same scale. "City" here means the built-up area the UN measures, not the boundary the city draws itself.

All the world's cities

Apparatus

Sources and method

Every figure on this page comes from the UN's World Population Prospects 2024: the annual country tables (estimates to 2023, projections with 95% intervals from 2024), and the population by single year of age and sex for the pyramid.

The censuses, surveys and registers behind the UN's estimates for the Solomon Islands are listed, source by source, on the UN's own data sources page.

Sources: UN WPP 2024 · World Bank · UNHCR · country code lists · UN WUP 2025 · Wittgenstein Centre · WHO GHO · flag-icons · Natural Earth. Every source, its licence and how to cite it →

Checked before it was drawn

Verified 2026-09-30 · 73 canaries The pyramid for every year was checked against the published total. What that stamp counts, and what every page here has to pass before it can be built: how this site checks its figures.