Population · Oceania · 2025 data
Solomon Islands Population
Solomon Islands had a population of 838,645 in 2025, ranking #163 of 216 countries and territories (0.01% of the world). The population grew by 31.2% over the past ten years.
Population of Solomon Islands, 1960–2025
Values in people · World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0)
Population by year (table)
| Year | Population | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 838,645 | +2.37% |
| 2024 | 819,198 | +2.40% |
| 2023 | 800,005 | +2.42% |
| 2022 | 781,066 | +2.42% |
| 2021 | 762,591 | +2.43% |
| 2020 | 744,498 | +2.25% |
| 2019 | 728,147 | +2.69% |
| 2018 | 709,101 | +3.42% |
| 2017 | 685,672 | +3.52% |
| 2016 | 662,379 | +3.59% |
| 2015 | 639,415 | +3.65% |
| 2014 | 616,908 | +3.69% |
| 2013 | 594,945 | +3.72% |
| 2012 | 573,606 | +3.74% |
| 2011 | 552,945 | +3.75% |
| 2010 | 532,968 | +2.86% |
| 2009 | 518,141 | +1.84% |
| 2008 | 508,790 | +1.73% |
| 2007 | 500,156 | +1.74% |
| 2006 | 491,594 | +1.76% |
| 2005 | 483,080 | +1.78% |
| 2004 | 474,611 | +1.81% |
| 2003 | 466,154 | +1.85% |
| 2002 | 457,671 | +1.90% |
| 2001 | 449,125 | +1.97% |
| 2000 | 440,469 | +2.32% |
| 1999 | 430,500 | +2.73% |
| 1998 | 419,071 | +2.85% |
| 1997 | 407,474 | +2.90% |
| 1996 | 396,009 | +2.93% |
| 1995 | 384,733 | +2.96% |
| 1994 | 373,675 | +2.99% |
| 1993 | 362,839 | +3.02% |
| 1992 | 352,205 | +3.06% |
| 1991 | 341,738 | +3.11% |
| 1990 | 331,435 | +3.16% |
| 1989 | 321,282 | +3.22% |
| 1988 | 311,265 | +3.27% |
| 1987 | 301,414 | +3.28% |
| 1986 | 291,842 | +3.32% |
| 1985 | 282,455 | +3.40% |
| 1984 | 273,163 | +3.44% |
| 1983 | 264,068 | +3.47% |
| 1982 | 255,200 | +3.51% |
| 1981 | 246,555 | +3.54% |
| 1980 | 238,135 | +3.56% |
| 1979 | 229,953 | +3.57% |
| 1978 | 222,029 | +3.55% |
| 1977 | 214,418 | +3.49% |
| 1976 | 207,194 | +3.21% |
| 1975 | 200,744 | +2.92% |
| 1974 | 195,041 | +2.78% |
| 1973 | 189,774 | +2.58% |
| 1972 | 184,994 | +2.41% |
| 1971 | 180,637 | +2.30% |
| 1970 | 176,579 | +2.38% |
| 1969 | 172,476 | +2.49% |
| 1968 | 168,282 | +2.46% |
| 1967 | 164,245 | +2.40% |
| 1966 | 160,393 | +2.37% |
| 1965 | 156,686 | +2.35% |
| 1964 | 153,085 | +2.34% |
| 1963 | 149,589 | +2.32% |
| 1962 | 146,201 | +2.30% |
| 1961 | 142,912 | +2.31% |
| 1960 | 139,688 | — |
Demographics of Solomon Islands
Ethnic groups
Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.)
Languages
Melanesian pidgin (lingua franca in much of the country), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
Religions
Protestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.5%), Roman Catholic 19.6%, other Christian 2.9%, other 4%, unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.)
Where people live
Urban population: 26% of total population (2023).
Largest cities
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Population and demographics: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0). Cities, ethnic groups, languages and religions: CIA World Factbook (public domain).