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🇸🇧 Solomon Islands

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3SLB
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2SB
UN M49 numeric090
IOC codeSOL
Official nameSolomon Islands
Native name(s)eng: official: Solomon Islands; common: Solomon Islands
Alt spellingsSB
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionMelanesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalHoniara
Area (km²)28,896
Lat / Lng-8.0000, 159.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)
Top-level domain.sb
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 77

Demographics

Population (World Bank)838,645 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)70.694 (2024)
Languageseng: English
Demonymseng: f: Solomon Islander; m: Solomon Islander; fra: f: Salomonienne; m: Salomonien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)1,749,572,442.95 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)2,086.19 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)1.431 (2025)
CurrenciesSBD: name: Solomon Islands dollar; symbol: $

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
1950108,634
1951110,957
1952113,488
1953116,210
1954119,112
1955122,190
1956125,345
1957128,678
1958132,304
1959136,125
1960139,688
1961142,912
1962146,201
1963149,589
1964153,085
1965156,686
1966160,393
1967164,245
1968168,282
1969172,476
1970176,579
1971180,637
1972184,994
1973189,774
1974195,041
1975200,744
1976207,194
1977214,418
1978222,029
1979229,953
1980238,135
1981246,555
1982255,200
1983264,068
1984273,163
1985282,455
1986291,842
1987301,414
1988311,265
1989321,282
1990331,435
1991341,738
1992352,205
1993362,839
1994373,675
1995384,733
1996396,009
1997407,474
1998419,071
1999430,500
2000440,469
2001449,125
2002457,671
2003466,154
2004474,611
2005483,080
2006491,594
2007500,156
2008508,790
2009518,141
2010532,968
2011552,945
2012573,606
2013594,945
2014616,908
2015639,415
2016662,379
2017685,672
2018709,101
2019728,147
2020744,498
2021762,591
2022781,066
2023800,005

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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}