🇸🇧 Solomon Islands Demographics - Population, Culture & Society

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🇸🇧 Solomon Islands SB / SLB #139

Nomad Score 38.0

Cities 5

Region Malay Archipelago, Islands, Oceania, Oceania, Melanesia, Least Developed Countries

Currency SBD

📊 KEY DEMOGRAPHICS

Population 828.9K

Density 21.2/km²

HDI 0.584 (Medium)

Gini Index (2012) 37.1

Life Expectancy (2024) 70.7 yrs

Fertility Rate (2024) 3.51

Urban Population (2024) 30.7%

Labor Force (2025) 85.8%

Sources: REST Countries v4, World Bank, OWID

🗣 LANGUAGES & CULTURE

Languages

Language	Native Name
English	English

Religions

Religion	Percentage
Christianity	97.4%
Folk religion	1.2%
Others	1.4%

Ethnicities

Ethnicity	Percentage
Melanesian	95.3%
Polynesian	3.1%
Micronesian	1.2%
Others	0.4%

Demonym (male) Solomon Islander

Demonym (female) Solomon Islander

National Anthem God Save Our Solomon Islands

📈 POPULATION STRUCTURE

Age Group	Distribution	Share
0-14 Youth		37.0%
15-64 Working		59.4%
65+ Elderly		3.6%

Dependency Ratio 68.4%

Profile Very Young

Urban Pop. (2024) 30.7%

Birth Rate (2024) 26.7 /1000

Death Rate (2024) 5.1 /1000

Fertility Rate (2024) 3.51

Infant Mortality (2024) 16.4 /1000

Slum Pop. (2022) 2.0%

Tourism (2020) 4.4K

Source: World Bank

🏥 HEALTHCARE

Life Expectancy (2024) 70.7 yrs

HALE (2021) 57.4 yrs

Health Spending (2023) 5.4% of GDP

Infant Mortality (2024) 16.4/1000

UHC Index (2021) 47/100

Physicians (2023) 0.24/1000

Nurses (2023) 2.00/1000

Health Spending/cap (2023) $111

Out-of-Pocket (2023) 3.2%

Source: World Bank, WHO

🎓 EDUCATION & TECHNOLOGY

Education Spending (2023) 8.3% of GDP

Learning Outcomes (2020) 351

Internet Users (2024) 29.0%

Mobile Subscriptions (2022) 62.1/100

Broadband (2022) 0.1/100

Secure Servers (2024) 81/1M

Source: World Bank, OWID

🌐 BROADBAND CONNECTIVITY

Broadband per 100 (2022) 0.1

Source: ITU / World Bank via OWID. Fixed broadband subscriptions per 100 people.

🌍 GEOGRAPHY & PRACTICAL

Area 28,896 km²

Capital Honiara 📍

Continent Oceania

Region Oceania

Subregion Melanesia

Landlocked No

Driving Side Left

Timezones UTC+11:00

Calling Codes +677

TLD .sb

Maps Google Maps | OpenStreetMap

🏅 NATIONAL SYMBOLS

Flag The flag of Solomon Islands features a thin yellow diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. Five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X shape are situated on the hoist side of the upper blue triangle.