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Solomon Islands: map and facts

The Solomon Islands is in Melanesia. It has 838,645 people (2025), the 159th largest population. It covers 28,446 km², the 140th largest by area. That is about 29 people per km². Its highest point is Mount Popomanaseu, at 2,335 m.

The Solomon Islands and the land around it. The triangle marks its highest point, Mount Popomanaseu; the circle marks its capital, Honiara. Boundaries follow India’s official position.

Facts

Population: 838,645 (2025, World Bank)
Area: 28,446 km² (2024, World Bank). This figure covers a different area from the one this map shows: as drawn, about 27,300 km².
Capital: Honiara
Highest point: Mount Popomanaseu, 2,335 m (Wikidata)
Forest: 89.8% of the land (2024, World Bank)

Mountains and landscapes

Its highest peaks:

Mount Popomanaseu: 2,335 m (its highest point)

Plateaus, plains, deserts and other regions: Guadalcanal, Makira, Santa Isabel Island, Santa Cruz Islands and New Georgia Islands.

Land

Land cover seen from satellites (NASA MODIS, 2024): evergreen broadleaf forest 90%, water 6.5%, wetland 2.2%.

Landforms, worked out from the height of the land (USGS GMTED2010): mountains 47.4%, hills 44.5%, plains 8.1%.

Forests covered 89.8% of its land in 2024, down from 90.7% in 1990 (World Bank).

Neighbours

The Solomon Islands has no land borders on this map.

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Sources

India’s boundaries are drawn according to India’s official position, simplified for small-scale maps (data: Natural Earth, India view). Each figure shows its year and source; some are rounded. Data release 2026.2.

Natural Earth (naturalearthdata.com), public domain. Boundaries follow India's official position (Natural Earth's India point of view). Terms
GMTED2010 courtesy of the U.S. Geological Survey (Danielson and Gesch 2011, USGS Open-File Report 2011-1073). Terms
Friedl, M., Sulla-Menashe, D. (2022). MODIS/Terra+Aqua Land Cover Type Yearly L3 Global 500m SIN Grid V061. NASA EOSDIS Land Processes DAAC. doi:10.5067/MODIS/MCD12Q1.061. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL): UN Population Division, national statistical offices (2025 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Surface area (AG.SRF.TOTL.K2): FAO (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Terms
The World Bank: World Development Indicators, Forest area (% of land area) (AG.LND.FRST.ZS): FAO, FAOSTAT (2024 data, retrieved 2026-10-17). CC BY 4.0. Rounded by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Wikidata (CC0): names, capitals, peak heights and river lengths, checked by Make Me Smarter. Terms
Landforms worked out by Make Me Smarter from GMTED2010.

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