Urban population share — all countries

Urban population share — Solomon Islands

Urban population share in the Solomon Islands in 2025 — 31.3%. Ranked 194 in the world out of 217. Since 1960, the indicator has risen by 28.6 pp.

2025 31.3% +0.6 pp vs 2024
World rank 194of 217
Period maximum 31.3%2025
Period minimum 2.7%1960

Trend over time

1960–2025 · % of population

Urban population share — Solomon Islands, 1960–202501020304019601967197419811988199520022009201620231960: 2.7%1962: 3.3%1964: 4%1966: 4.9%1968: 6.1%1970: 7.1%1972: 7.9%1974: 8.6%1976: 9.3%1978: 10%1980: 10.8%1982: 11.6%1984: 12.3%1986: 12.9%1988: 13.4%1990: 13.8%1992: 14.1%1994: 14.4%1996: 14.8%1998: 15.2%2000: 15.8%2002: 16.4%2004: 17.2%2006: 18.1%2008: 19%2010: 20.1%2012: 21.4%2014: 22.9%2016: 24.5%2018: 26.3%2020: 28%2022: 29.4%2024: 30.7%2025: 31.3%
Change over the period: +28.6 pp Annual average: 0.44 pp

Comparison, 2025

How the value compares with the world and the groups this territory belongs to: Solomon Islands

Solomon Islands 31.3%
World 57.8%
Melanesia computed 21.2%
Urban population share — Solomon Islands, by year Solomon Islands All countries CSV XLSX
Year % Change, pp
2025 31.3 +0.6 pp
2024 30.7 +0.7 pp
2023 30 +0.7 pp
2022 29.4 +0.7 pp
2021 28.7 +0.7 pp
2020 28 +0.8 pp
2019 27.3 +1 pp
2018 26.3 +0.9 pp
2017 25.4 +0.9 pp
2016 24.5 +0.8 pp
2015 23.7 +0.8 pp
2014 22.9 +0.8 pp
2013 22.1 +0.7 pp
2012 21.4 +0.7 pp
2011 20.7 +0.6 pp
2010 20.1 +0.6 pp
2009 19.6 +0.5 pp
2008 19 +0.5 pp
2007 18.5 +0.5 pp
2006 18.1 +0.5 pp
2005 17.6 +0.4 pp
2004 17.2 +0.4 pp
2003 16.8 +0.4 pp
2002 16.4 +0.3 pp
2001 16.1 +0.3 pp
2000 15.8 +0.3 pp
1999 15.5 +0.2 pp
1998 15.2 +0.2 pp
1997 15 +0.2 pp
1996 14.8 +0.2 pp
1995 14.6 +0.2 pp
1994 14.4 +0.2 pp
1993 14.3 +0.2 pp
1992 14.1 +0.2 pp
1991 13.9 +0.2 pp
1990 13.8 +0.2 pp
1989 13.6 +0.2 pp
1988 13.4 +0.2 pp
1987 13.1 +0.3 pp
1986 12.9 +0.3 pp
1985 12.6 +0.3 pp
1984 12.3 +0.3 pp
1983 11.9 +0.4 pp
1982 11.6 +0.4 pp
1981 11.2 +0.4 pp
1980 10.8 +0.4 pp
1979 10.4 +0.4 pp
1978 10 +0.4 pp
1977 9.7 +0.4 pp
1976 9.3 +0.4 pp
1975 8.9 +0.3 pp
1974 8.6 +0.3 pp
1973 8.3 +0.3 pp
1972 7.9 +0.4 pp
1971 7.5 +0.4 pp
1970 7.1 +0.5 pp
1969 6.6 +0.6 pp
1968 6.1 +0.6 pp
1967 5.5 +0.5 pp
1966 4.9 +0.5 pp
1965 4.5 +0.4 pp
1964 4 +0.4 pp
1963 3.7 +0.4 pp
1962 3.3 +0.3 pp
1961 3 +0.3 pp
1960 2.7

Melanesia, 2025

The same indicator for neighboring countries — with links to their pages

About the indicator

The share of population living in urban settlements, as a percent of the total. One caveat is central: each country sets the criteria for a city itself — in some places it is a settlement of 2,000 residents or more, in others 20,000, in others administrative status. Cross-country comparisons of urbanization are therefore always approximate, while the trend within a single country is informative.

Important: Sharp jumps in individual years are usually explained not by people moving but by changes in the administrative boundaries of cities.

Source: World Population Prospects (UN), license CC BY 3.0 IGO.