How many people live in the Solomon Islands right now?
Right now, according to UN estimates
864,515
| Today | In 2026 | |
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| Births | · | · |
| Deaths | · | · |
| Net migration | · | · |
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2026 figures
- Rank by population
- 165 of 237
- Share of world population
- 0.01%
- Median age
- 20.9 years
- Children per woman
- 3.42
- Life expectancy
- 71.0 years
- People per km²
- 30
According to UN estimates, about 864,515 people live in the Solomon Islands right now. It ranks 165th out of 237 countries and territories by population, between Réunion and Guyana, and it is home to 0.010% of the world's population.
Every day, about 60 people are born there and about 12 die. More people arrive than leave: net migration adds about 1,600 people a year. Overall, the population grows by about 50 people a day (2.30% a year).
In 1950, about 108,634 people lived there. Today there are 8.0 times as many. The UN expects it to keep growing for the rest of the century. By 2050 it is projected to have about 1.3 million people (51% more than today), and by 2100 about 1.8 million.
Half of its people are younger than 21 (worldwide, 31). Women have an average of 3.42 children each, above the 2.1 needed for each generation to replace the one before, and life expectancy at birth is 71 years (worldwide, 74). There are 30 people per square kilometer.
UN estimates up to today and projections (medium variant) from today onward.
Frequently asked questions
- What is the population of the Solomon Islands in 2026?
- The Solomon Islands has about 864,515 people right now, according to the UN's World Population Prospects 2024. On July 1, 2026, there were 858,288.
- How many people are born each day in the Solomon Islands?
- About 60 a day (22,400 a year). About 12 people die each day (4,300 a year).
- Is the population of the Solomon Islands growing?
- Yes: it grows by 2.30% a year, or about 19,700 people.
- What will the population of the Solomon Islands be in 2050?
- According to the UN projection (medium variant), about 1.3 million.
- Why doesn't this figure match the country's official statistics?
- The UN estimates the population of every country with the same method, based on censuses, surveys and registers, and projects it year by year. Each national statistics office uses its own censuses and registers, which may be more up to date or count foreign residents differently. That is why the figures can differ slightly.
Countries with a similar population
More countries in Oceania
- Australia 27,305,145
- Papua New Guinea 11,005,616
- New Zealand 5,298,033
- Fiji 938,561
- Vanuatu 344,892
- New Caledonia 298,674
- French Polynesia 283,264
- Samoa 220,922
- Guam 170,550
- Kiribati 139,061
- Micronesia 114,346
- Tonga 103,166
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Where these figures come from
The figures are estimates from the United Nations Population Division, published in World Population Prospects 2024 (medium variant): the reference used by international organizations and by most population counters. The UN estimates how many people there are on July 1 of each year and how many are born, die and migrate; between one date and the next, this counter spreads the change continuously, second by second.
It is not a real-time headcount: nobody can count every person in a country at once. It is the best available estimate, and it may differ slightly from the figures of each country's statistics office, which use their own censuses and population registers.