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Solomon Islands
Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia. Its capital city is Honiara. About 653 thousand people live there, in an area of 28 896 square kilometres.
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Where is Solomon Islands?
Solomon Islands lies in Melanesia, on the continent of Oceania.
It sits in the southern half of the world, roughly 891 km from the equator.
Its coastline is about 5 313 km long.
It has no land neighbours — every border it has is with the sea.
How big is Solomon Islands?
Solomon Islands covers 28 896 square kilometres.
That is about 11 times the size of Luxembourg.
Among the world's countries that makes it the 139th largest.
Spread out evenly, that is roughly 22.6 people per square kilometre.
Who lives in Solomon Islands?
About 653 thousand people live in Solomon Islands.
That is the 161st biggest population in the world.
People here speak English.
They pay with the Solomon Islands dollar ($).
On average, people born here can expect to live about 71 years.
The land of Solomon Islands
Its coast runs for about 5 313 km. Walking it end to end, at twenty kilometres a day, would take roughly 266 days.
It lies inside the tropics, which is the single biggest reason its weather is the way it is.
What makes Solomon Islands different?
Websites from here often end in .sb.
Solomon Islands and the rest of the world
Out of every thousand people alive on Earth, about 0.1 live in Solomon Islands.
It takes up about 0.02 % of all the land that countries stand on.
Within Oceania it is the 4th largest of 14 countries, and the 5th most populated.
That is emptier than the world average of roughly 60 people per square kilometre.
Questions children ask
What is the capital of Solomon Islands?
The capital of Solomon Islands is Honiara. It is the city where the country's government works from.
How many people live in Solomon Islands?
About 653 thousand people live in Solomon Islands, which makes it the 161st most populated country in the world. (Source: World Bank, 2018.)
How big is Solomon Islands?
Solomon Islands covers 28 896 square kilometres, making it the 139th largest country in the world. That is about 11 times the size of Luxembourg.
Which continent is Solomon Islands in?
Solomon Islands is in Oceania, in the part called Melanesia.
Where these numbers come from
Borders and outlines: Natural Earth. Names, capitals, areas, languages and currencies: ISO 3166 data (world-countries). Population: World Bank, 2018. Every derived figure on this page (ranks, density, distance from the equator) is calculated from those values.
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