Table    Population of Provinces, Solomon Islands: 1931 and 1999
	Population		Population
	1931	1999	1931	1999
Total	93,415	409,042	100.0	100.0
Central	5,300	21,577	5.7	5.3
Choiseul	4,051	20,008	4.3	4.9
Guadalcanal	14,215	60,275	15.2	14.7
Isabel	5,700	20,421	6.1	5.0
Makira	5,080	31,006	5.4	7.6
Malaita	41,052	122,620	43.9	30.0
Rennell & Bellona	1,500	2,377	1.6	0.6
Temotu	7,560	18,912	8.1	4.6
Western	8,474	62,739	9.1	15.3
(unclassified)	483		0.5	0.0
Honiara		49,107	0.0	12.0
Sources: British Solomon Islands Annual Rewport, 1931:5; Government of Solomon Islands,
National Census, 1999