Solomon Islands
Urban population in Solomon Islands
Urban population in Solomon Islands: 1% in 1950 and 31.3% in 2025, by UN estimates.
- Latest, 2025
- 31.3%
- Since 1950
- +30.3 percentage points
- Rank, 2025
- 203 of 229
- counting from the highest
- Projected, 2050
- 44.7%
- UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025)
% of people · UN
What the numbers say
- The UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) puts it at 44.7% in 2050.
Every year
% of people · UN
| Year | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|
| 2025 | 31.3 |
| 2024 | 30.7 |
| 2023 | 30 |
| 2022 | 29.4 |
| 2021 | 28.7 |
| 2020 | 28 |
| 2019 | 27.3 |
| 2018 | 26.3 |
| 2017 | 25.4 |
| 2016 | 24.5 |
| 2015 | 23.7 |
| 2014 | 22.9 |
| 2013 | 22.1 |
| 2012 | 21.4 |
| 2011 | 20.7 |
| 2010 | 20.1 |
| 2009 | 19.6 |
| 2008 | 19 |
| 2007 | 18.5 |
| 2006 | 18.1 |
| 2005 | 17.6 |
| 2004 | 17.2 |
| 2003 | 16.8 |
| 2002 | 16.4 |
| 2001 | 16.1 |
| 2000 | 15.8 |
| 1999 | 15.5 |
| 1998 | 15.2 |
| 1997 | 15 |
| 1996 | 14.8 |
| 1995 | 14.6 |
| 1994 | 14.5 |
| 1993 | 14.3 |
| 1992 | 14.1 |
| 1991 | 14 |
| 1990 | 13.8 |
| 1989 | 13.6 |
| 1988 | 13.4 |
| 1987 | 13.2 |
| 1986 | 12.9 |
| 1985 | 12.6 |
| 1984 | 12.3 |
| 1983 | 12 |
| 1982 | 11.6 |
| 1981 | 11.2 |
| 1980 | 10.8 |
| 1979 | 10.4 |
| 1978 | 10.1 |
| 1977 | 9.7 |
| 1976 | 9.3 |
| 1975 | 8.9 |
| 1974 | 8.6 |
| 1973 | 8.3 |
| 1972 | 7.9 |
| 1971 | 7.5 |
| 1970 | 7.1 |
| 1969 | 6.6 |
| 1968 | 6.1 |
| 1967 | 5.5 |
| 1966 | 4.9 |
| 1965 | 4.5 |
| 1964 | 4 |
| 1963 | 3.7 |
| 1962 | 3.3 |
| 1961 | 3 |
| 1960 | 2.7 |
| 1959 | 2.5 |
| 1958 | 2.2 |
| 1957 | 2 |
| 1956 | 1.8 |
| 1955 | 1.6 |
| 1954 | 1.5 |
| 1953 | 1.3 |
| 1952 | 1.2 |
| 1951 | 1.1 |
| 1950 | 1 |
UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025) · 2026–2050
| Year | Solomon Islands |
|---|---|
| 2026 | 32 |
| 2027 | 32.6 |
| 2028 | 33.2 |
| 2029 | 33.8 |
| 2030 | 34.5 |
| 2031 | 35.1 |
| 2032 | 35.7 |
| 2033 | 36.3 |
| 2034 | 36.8 |
| 2035 | 37.4 |
| 2036 | 38 |
| 2037 | 38.5 |
| 2038 | 39.1 |
| 2039 | 39.6 |
| 2040 | 40.2 |
| 2041 | 40.7 |
| 2042 | 41.2 |
| 2043 | 41.7 |
| 2044 | 42.1 |
| 2045 | 42.6 |
| 2046 | 43.1 |
| 2047 | 43.5 |
| 2048 | 43.9 |
| 2049 | 44.3 |
| 2050 | 44.7 |
Good to know
- The share of people living in places the country itself counts as urban.
- Source: UN DESA, World Urbanization Prospects 2025.
- The dashed line is the UN projection (World Urbanization Prospects 2025), a scenario rather than a forecast.
- Ranks count the 229 countries with a value in 2025, highest first.
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