Country profile · Oceania · SLB
Solomon Islands: area, population and density
Solomon Islands has 27,990 sq km of land and a 2025 population estimate of 838,645; calculated population density is 30 people/km².
Sources: World Bank — Land area · 2023 · World Bank — Population, total · 2025.
Solomon Islands ranks 141st of 196 by land area, 161st by population and 154th by calculated population density among the the supported country set. Density uses the displayed population divided by land area converted to square kilometres.
- Land area
- 27,990 sq kmWorld Bank — Land area · 2023
- Population
- 838,645World Bank — Population, total · 2025
- Calculated density
- 30 people/km²Population ÷ land area in km²
Reading the figures
Solomon Islands in the country comparison set
Solomon Islands has 27,990 sq km of land area and a population value of 838,645 for 2025. In the 196-profile supported country set, it is 141st by land area, 161st by population, and 154th by calculated density.
Density is calculated from the two values above; it is not presented as an independent statistic. World Bank population and land-area series can refer to different years, so both years remain visible.
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