Solomon Islands Population Pyramid 2024
Year
2024Solomon Islands in 2024
In 2024, the Solomon Islands had a total population of 819,198 people. Over the previous ten years the population grew by 32.8%, up from 616,908 in 2014.
With a median age of 21.5 years, the Solomon Islands had a youth dependency ratio of 62.2 and an old-age dependency ratio of 6.1 per 100 people of working age. This is an expansive pyramid — each cohort of children is larger than the one above it, the signature of high birth rates and rapid growth.
Data source: United Nations World Population Prospects, 2024 revision (medium variant) — last updated July 2024.
In 2023 women in the Solomon Islands had on average 3.56 children, above the replacement level of 2.1.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
Life expectancy at birth was 70.5 years in 2023: 72.0 for women and 69.2 for men.
Source: World Bank World Development Indicators, latest available year.
1,910 immigrants live in Solomon Islands, 0.2% of the population.
| Papua New Guinea | 538 |
| Australia | 266 |
| Kiribati | 253 |
| China | 188 |
| Philippines | 114 |
8,267 people born in Solomon Islands live in other countries.
| Australia | 7,161 |
| Fiji | 732 |
| Papua New Guinea | 221 |
| Vanuatu | 124 |
| Guinea | 10 |
Source: United Nations International Migrant Stock 2024.
| Country | Population | Median age | Relative size |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solomon Islands | 819,198 | 21.5 | |
| Fiji | 928,784 | 28.9 | |
| Vanuatu | 327,778 | 21.3 | |
| New Caledonia | 292,640 | 35.2 | |
| Papua New Guinea | 10,576,502 | 23.6 |





