| Population | 690,598 (July 2021 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Solomon Islander(s) adjective: Solomon Islander |
| Ethnic groups | Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.) |
| Languages | Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), 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.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 32.99% (male 116,397/female 109,604) 15-24 years: 19.82% (male 69,914/female 65,874) 25-54 years: 37.64% (male 131,201/female 126,681) 55-64 years: 5.04% (male 17,844/female 16,704) 65 years and over: 4.51% (male 14,461/female 16,417) (2020 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 77.6 youth dependency ratio: 71.1 elderly dependency ratio: 6.5 potential support ratio: 15.3 (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 23.5 years male: 23.2 years female: 23.7 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.75% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 23.07 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.97 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.57 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Population distribution | 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 |
| Urbanization | urban population: 25.1% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 3.57% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 82,000 HONIARA (capital) (2018) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.88 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 22.6 years (2015 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 |
| Maternal mortality rate | 104 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 20.52 deaths/1,000 live births male: 24.49 deaths/1,000 live births female: 16.36 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 76.45 years male: 73.78 years female: 79.25 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.92 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 29.3% (2015) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 95% of population rural: 67.1% of population total: 73.6% of population unimproved: urban: 5% of population rural: 32.9% of population total: 26.4% of population (2017 est.) |
| Health expenditures | 4.5% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.19 physicians/1,000 population (2016) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.4 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 95.6% of population rural: 22% of population total: 39.1% of population unimproved: urban: 4.4% of population rural: 78% of population total: 60.9% of population (2017 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea vectorborne diseases: malaria |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 22.5% (2016) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 16.2% (2015) |
| Education expenditures | 9.9% of GDP (2010) |
Source: CIA World Factbook
This page was last updated on September 18, 2021
