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Geographical location
Economy and finance
Average monthly income (USD, gross)
$ 2075 (2025)
Inflation rate
5.9% (2023)
Unemployment rate
1.5% (2024)
Below the poverty line
>50% (2025)
Alcohol consumption per capita (liters per year)
Total quantity
1.19
Beer
1.1
Wine
0.06
Spirits
0.02
Other alcohol
0
Current as of
2019
Population and society
Population size
726 799 (2024)
Male population
370 970
Female population
355 829
Population growth rate
1.65% (2024)
Birth rate (per 1,000 people)
22 (2024)
Death rate (per 1,000 people)
3.9 (2024)
Urbanization
26% (2023)
Credit ratings
Moody's
B3 (2015)
Age-sex pyramid
Phone operating systems
Android
90.79%
iOS
9.06%
Current as of
2025
Internet and telecommunications
Telephone code
+677
Internet domain
.sb
Number of mobile phones (per 100 inhabitants)
1 (2022)
Internet user penetration
43% (2023)
Fixed internet penetration
1% (2022)
General information
Time zone
UTC+11
Tier
Tier-3
ISO code
BP
Capital
Honiara
Official language
English
Tobacco consumption
Total tobacco consumption
36.8%
Smoking men
18.8%
Smoking women
54.5%
Current as of
2025
Area (sq. km)
Total area
28 896
Land area
27 986
Popular payment systems
- PayPal
- Visa
- Mastercard
Popular social networks and messengers
- Instagram
- TikTok
- Threads
- WhatsApp
Age structure
0-14 years
30.6%
15-64 years
64.2%
65+ years
5.3%
Current as of
2024
Religion
Main religion
Protestantism
Not specified
4.1%
Current as of
2009
Last update: 2025-08-11