| Table A. Numbers in the component populatiion of B.S.I.P. | ||||
| at the Censuses of 1931 and 1959 | ||||
| Component Popula | April 1931 | November 1959 | Change | Percent |
| Total | 94,066 | 123,956 | 29,890 | 31.8 |
| Melnesian | 89,568 | 117,500 | 27,932 | 31.2 |
| Polynesian | 3,847 | 4,625 | 778 | 20.2 |
| European | 478 | 781 | 303 | 63.4 |
| Chinese | 164 | 366 | 202 | 123.2 |
| Others | 9 | 684 | 675 | 7500.0 |
| Source: 1959 Solomon Islands Report | ||||
| Annual Report on the Social anmd Economic | ||||
| Progress of the People of the BSIP for the year 1931 | ||||