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| Statistical Resource for Pacific Islands

 

With its 27,556-square-km area, the Solomons are the second-largest insular nation of the South Pacific (after Papua New Guinea) with 5,313 km of coastline. This thickly forested, mountainous country, 1,860 km northeast of Australia, is make up of six large islands in a double chain (Choiseul, Isabel, Malaita, and New Georgia, Guadalcanal, Makira), about 20 medium-size ones, and numerous smaller islets and reefs—922 islands in all, 347 of them inhabited. The group stretches more than 1,800 km from the Shortlands in the west to Tikopia and Anuta in the east, and nearly 900 km from Ontong Java in the north to Rennell Island is the south. (Rennell is one of the world’s largest uplifted atolls, while Ontong Java is the South Pacific’s largest true atoll.) The following are links to tables put together using data from Censuses, Surveys and other data sources. Any questions or comments can be emailed to Pacific Web

Quick Facts

2009 Males: 264,455
Urban Percentage: 19.8%
2009 Unemployed: 23.8%
2009 Median Age: 19.7

Source: Solomon Island National Statistics Office

Solomon Islands Historical Data

Group Population
Melanesian 687,894
Polynesian 20,411
Micronesian 8,703
Chinese 1,454
European 351
Micronesian-Melanesian 217
Melanesian-Polynesian 190
Australian 322
New Zealander/Maori 59
PNG 21
Fijians 61
Others 15

Dominance of Melanesians:

The Melanesian group has the largest population, 687,894, which accounts for approximately 95.6% of the total.

This dominance suggests a strong demographic presence compared to other groups.

Other Major Groups:

Polynesians (20,411) and Micronesians (8,703) follow, contributing approximately 2.8% and 1.2%, respectively.

Combined, these three groups (Melanesian, Polynesian, and Micronesian) make up 99.6% of the total population.

Smaller Groups:

Groups such as Chinese, Europeans, Australians, and Fijians have small populations in the range of 15 to 1,454.

Together, they make up less than 1% of the total population.

Mixed Groups:

Micronesian-Melanesian (217) and Melanesian-Polynesian (190) populations represent cultural or ethnic blending. Combined, they account for only 0.06% of the total.

Rare Groups:

The populations of New Zealander/Maori (59), PNG (21), and Others (15) are particularly low, reflecting their minimal demographic representation in the data.

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