Solomon Islands Country Overview
Where is Solomon Islands located? The archipelago of the Solomon Islands, or Solomon Islands, is located in the Southwest Pacific near New Guinea. According to the time zone map, the world time zone in which the Solomon Islands are located is called “Solomon Islands Time”. There is a general time shift of +11 hours to Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). This standard difference does not change in daylight saving time, since a time changeover to daylight saving time is not common.
Population Distribution
As of 2023, the latest population of Solomon Islands is 685,097, based on our calculation of the current data from UN (United Nations).
| Total population | 685,097 |
| Population growth rate | 1.84% |
| Birth rate | 24.90 births per 1,000 people |
| Life expectancy | |
| Overall life expectancy | 74.66 years |
| Men life expectancy | 72.05 years |
| Women life expectancy | 77.39 years |
| Age structure | |
| 0-14 years | 34.05% |
| 15-64 years | 61.61% |
| 65 years and above | 4.34% |
| Median age | 21.90 years |
| Gender ratio (Male to Female) | 1.04 |
| Population density | 23.71 residents per km² |
| Urbanization | 16.50% |
| Ethnicities | |
| 95% Melanesians, 3% Polynesians, 1% Micronesians; also Europeans and Chinese | |
| Religions | |
| Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Catholics (Roman Catholic) 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17% Seventh-day Adventists 11.2% Uniate Church 10.3% Christian Fellowship Church 2.4% Members of other Christian denominations 4.4% Members of other religions 2.4% not specified 0.3% non-denominational 0.2% [1999 census] | |
| Human Development Index (HDI) | 0.557 |
| HDI ranking | 153rd out of 194 |
People in Solomon Islands
Most of the people in the Solomon Islands are Melanesians, plus a few Polynesians and one in 100 residents has ancestors from Micronesia. A few immigrants come from China, India, Australia or Europe. Two thirds of them live on the larger islands of the Solomon Islands, namely on Guadalcanal, New Georgia and Malaita.
Languages in Solomon Islands
The official language is English, but very few people actually speak English as their first language. So-called pidgin English is widely used. There are also many other dialects from Melanesia and Polynesia. The language density in the Solomon Islands is very high. Only 62 out of 100 people in the Solomon Islands can read and write.
Incidentally, it is said that the Solomon Islands has the highest malaria rate in the world and one in three residents gets malaria every year. Dengue fever has also been spreading more and more on the Solomon Islands for several years.
Religions in Solomon Islands
20 out of 100 people are Catholics. Then there is a large proportion of Anglicans, followed by Adventists and Methodists. There are also other smaller religious groups.