MigrantoMigration trends in the Solomon Islands
Oceania
Solomon Islands loses more people than it takes in: 8.4K emigrants against 1.9K immigrants. Net balance −6.4K — 1% of the country's population
819.2K
Population
1.9K
Immigrants
8.4K
Emigrants
−6.4K
Outflow
1 in 429 residents of the Solomon Islands was born abroad — and 1 in 99 people born in the Solomon Islands lives abroad
#195 in the world by net migration loss
Top corridors
The largest migration flows in the Solomon Islands
Where people come from
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 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 emigrants
Data source: International Migrant Stock 2024 (UN DESA, Population Division)
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