MigrantoMigration trends in the Solomon Islands
Oceania
8.4K people from the Solomon Islands have built lives abroad. That's 1.0% of the country population, spread across 15 different countries
819.2K
Population
1.9K
Immigrants
8.4K
Emigrants
−6.4K
Outflow
1.0% of people born in the Solomon Islands now live abroad
The #195 largest source of emigrants worldwide
Top corridors
The largest migration routes in the Solomon Islands
Key moments
How migration has changed since 1990
1990
3.9K immigrants · 2.2K emigrants
2005
- The gap between arrivals and departures was cut in half
2010
- The country became a place of departure — more people leaving than arriving
- Immigration contracted — the foreign-born population fell 24%
Today
- An accelerating exodus — the diaspora abroad grew by 106%
- The outflow deepened — net losses doubled to 6.4K
- Since 1990: roughly the same number of foreign-born residents and roughly the same number of citizens living abroad
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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