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 (2025)
- 31.3%
- Labor force (2025)
- 85.8%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 67.3%
- Profile
- Very Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 31.3%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 26.7 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 5.1 /1000
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.51
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 16.4 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 2.0%
- Tourism (2020)
- 4.4K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 97.4% |
| Folk religion | 1.2% |
| Others | 1.4% |
| 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
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 (2023)
- 47/100
- Physicians (2023)
- 0.24/1000
- Nurses (2023)
- 2.00/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $111
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 3.2%
Education and 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
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2022)
- 0.1
Geography and practical
- Area
- 28,896 km²
- 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.
- National anthem
- God Save Our Solomon Islands