Official name
Solomon Islands
Name in local language
Solomon Islands (en)
Continent
Oceania
Subcontinent
Oceania
Population (ranking: 171e )
667,044 inhabitants (2018)
Population growth
2.11 % / year
Area
28,896 km²
Density
23.08 inhabitants / km²
GDP (ranking: 220e )1.412 billions $USD (2018)
GDP/capita (ranking )
2,163 $USD (2018)
GDP growth
3.40 % / year (2018)
Life expectancy (ranking )
72.80 years (2018)
Birth rate
26.33 ‰ (2014)
Fertility rate
3.36 children / woman (2014)
Death rate (ranking )
3.86 ‰ (2014)
Infant mortality rate (ranking )
16.17 ‰ (2014)
Literacy rate
84.10 % (2009)
Official languages
English
Currency
Solomon Islands dollar ($ SBD)
HDI (ranking: 192e )0.557 / 1 (2018)
EPI (ranking )43.22 (2018)
Government
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Head of State
Queen Elizabeth II ; Governor-General Frank Kabui
National Day
7 July (independence of 1978)
ISO Codes SB, SLB
Demonym
Solomon Islander
Tourists (ranking )
25,709 people (2017)
Hardly sustainable development that does not benefit all
The Solomon Islands Archipelago is a state in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea . The Solomon Islands is a monarchy member of the British Commonwealth . Made up of a dozen main islands and nearly a thousand smaller islands straddling two archipelagos: the Solomon Islands for the majority of the country and the Santa Cruz Islands in the northern province of Temotu from Vanuatu .
Solomon, heavenly islands Urban areas (2016)
Urban areas
Population
Honiara
216,275 inhabitants
Auki
8,798 inhabitants
Gizo
3,995 inhabitants
Munda
2,843 inhabitants
Administrative divisions
Provinces
Population
Area
Capitale (Territoire)
82,485 inhabitants
22 km²
Centrale
30,837 inhabitants
615 km²
Choiseul
33,370 inhabitants
3,837 km²
Guadalcanal
133,790 inhabitants
5,336 km²
Isabel
32,434 inhabitants
4,136 km²
Makira-Ulawa
50,625 inhabitants
3,188 km²
Malaita
155,457 inhabitants
4,225 km²
Occidentale
92,319 inhabitants
5,475 km²
Rennell et Bellona
3,823 inhabitants
671 km²
Temotu
24,278 inhabitants
895 km²
See also
