Table 17. Indenpendence island by Province, Solomon Islands: 1986
Independence Total Western Isabel Central Guadalcanal Honiara Malaita Makira/Ulawa Temotu
     Total 304,683 59,510 15,932 19,837 53,013 33,370 83,602 23,543 15,876
Shortlands 2,240 2,048 5 6 24 136 17 2 2
Simbo/Ranongga 4,025 3,810 3 13 28 144 21 2 4
Vella Lavella 4,886 4,551 5 14 57 196 57 2 4
Gizo 3,563 2,661 44 56 121 467 177 22 15
Choiseul 10,502 9,826 45 73 59 424 59 7 9
Kolombangara 3,314 2,593 42 43 162 269 146 42 17
Vona Vona 1,776 1,669 18 2 12 56 7 12 0
Roviana 7,866 6,925 27 56 148 517 143 26 24
Marovo 4,827 4,305 8 39 50 361 47 14 3
Undefined 1 96 43 2 1 4 28 16 2 0
Isabel 11,516 212 9,911 261 251 739 54 39 49
Rennell 1,088 10 4 846 36 178 14 0 0
Bellona 627 8 0 488 13 116 1 1 0
Russell 3,187 163 73 2,007 182 281 266 64 151
Savo 1,621 4 2 1,317 177 109 6 3 3
Nggela 8,204 228 114 6,769 216 563 147 76 91
Undefined 2 63 2 1 6 21 26 2 1 4
Guadalcanal 35,298 551 227 371 30,782 2,148 935 154 130
Honiara 19,514 2,057 628 877 1,535 9,673 3,716 601 427
Auki 3,403 102 16 73 288 881 1,990 20 33
Malaita 59,873 678 89 802 3,318 5,093 49,707 153 33
Ontong Java 1,141 11 0 0 9 227 885 5 4
Sikaiana 191 8 9 24 10 51 85 4 0
Undefined 3 74 8 0 5 20 24 13 3 1
Ulawa 1,837 24 4 53 32 81 22 1,614 7
Ugi 608 11 2 6 12 26 20 523 8
Kirakira 1,919 18 13 29 40 143 60 1,545 71
Santa Ana/Cata 1,311 9 3 6 6 139 6 1,130 12
Makira 10,890 26 20 75 117 322 66 10,184 80
Undefined 4 33 5 0 0 1 0 2 23 2
Reef Island 3,783 54 23 52 130 237 9 69 3,209
Santa Cruz 5,110 103 27 60 139 206 34 97 4,444
Duff Island 284 3 0 19 5 15 6 3 233
Utupua 340 5 0 9 5 6 0 2 313
Vanikoro 315 2 1 3 5 13 1 1 289
Tikopia 1,326 11 0 57 5 118 2 49 1,084
Temotu Neo 709 2 4 3 40 9 1 0 650
Undefined 5 368 85 17 33 43 104 51 15 20
Kiribati 72 9 5 5 6 35 12 0 0
Tuvalu 28 0 20 1 1 4 2 0 0
Fiji 184 16 1 3 26 114 20 4 0
Vanuatu 96 34 2 1 15 31 3 3 7
PNG 548 173 13 13 62 197 71 11 8
Other Pac Is 58 7 4 1 10 33 2 1 0
Australia 372 54 2 9 43 230 21 13 0
New Zealand 132 27 3 8 12 61 20 0 1
UK 184 16 3 6 17 127 8 3 4
Other Europe 32 4 0 0 1 27 0 0 0
North America 101 35 4 1 4 40 11 2 4
China 46 8 0 1 9 27 1 0 0
Other Asia 287 74 5 11 29 141 13 10 4
All Others 59 6 1 4 10 35 3 0 0
Unknown 355 44 17 17 128 41 75 16 17
Not Born 84,400 16,172 4,465 5,202 14,537 8,100 24,549 6,970 4,405
Source: 1986 Solomon Islands Census