714,766 (2023 est.)
noun: Solomon Islander(s)
adjective: Solomon Islander
Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.)
Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
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.)
0-14 years: 31.06% (male 114,104/female 107,900)
15-64 years: 63.82% (male 233,501/female 222,640)
65 years and over: 5.12% (2023 est.) (male 17,238/female 19,383)
total dependency ratio: 74.8
youth dependency ratio: 68.8
elderly dependency ratio: 6
potential support ratio: 16.5 (2021 est.)
total: 23.5 years
male: 23.2 years
female: 23.7 years (2020 est.)
1.69% (2023 est.)
22.34 births/1,000 population (2023 est.)
3.95 deaths/1,000 population (2023 est.)
-1.52 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2023 est.)
most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these some two-thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port
urban population: 26% of total population (2023)
rate of urbanization: 3.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2023 est.)
22.6 years (2015 est.)
note: data represents median age at first birth among women 25-29
122 deaths/100,000 live births (2020 est.)
total: 19.53 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 23.3 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.58 deaths/1,000 live births (2023 est.)
total population: 76.96 years
male: 74.32 years
female: 79.73 years (2023 est.)
2.82 children born/woman (2023 est.)
1.38 (2023 est.)
29.3% (2015)
improved: urban: 95% of population
rural: 65.9% of population
total: 73.1% of population
unimproved: urban: 5% of population
rural: 34.1% of population
total: 26.9% of population (2020 est.)
4.4% of GDP (2020)
0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2016)
1.4 beds/1,000 population (2012)
improved: urban: 95.6% of population
rural: 22.6% of population
total: 40.6% of population
unimproved: urban: 4.4% of population
rural: 77.4% of population
total: 59.4% of population (2020 est.)
22.5% (2016)
total: 1.19 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
beer: 1.1 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
wine: 0.06 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
spirits: 0.02 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
other alcohols: 0 liters of pure alcohol (2019 est.)
total: 36.5% (2020 est.)
male: 53.8% (2020 est.)
female: 19.2% (2020 est.)
16.2% (2015)
64.1% (2023 est.)
12.8% of GDP (2020 est.)
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA
total: 1.9%
male: 1.6%
female: 2.3% (2021 est.)