Solomon Islands: flag, capital & map
Get to know Solomon Islands, then put your memory to work.
Country facts
- Capital
- Honiara
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Melanesia
- Population (2025, World Bank)
- 838,645
- Area
- 28,896 km²
- Languages (REST Countries)
- English
- Currency (CLDR, October 2026)
- Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD)
- Land neighbours
- No land neighbours listed in this snapshot.
The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia. Its capital is Honiara.
Dated population: World Bank; geographic facts: REST Countries; currencies: Unicode CLDR. Sources and dates →
Flag of Solomon Islands
The flag of Solomon Islands features a thin yellow diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. Five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X shape are situated on the hoist side of the upper blue triangle.
Where it is
Solomon Islands is grouped in Melanesia, within Roam’s Oceania region. No land neighbours are listed in the source. The source classifies it as not landlocked.
Solomon Islands has a recorded area of 28,896 square kilometres. Among the 4 countries assigned to Melanesia in this dataset, it ranks 2 by area, from largest to smallest. Papua New Guinea is immediately above it in that ordering, at 462,840 km². Fiji is immediately below it, at 18,272 km². This comparison uses the source’s area figures and subregions, not a ranking of all territories.
The marker shows the atlas location. Small countries may be too small for an outline at this scale. Map boundaries are illustrative.
People, languages and currency
The World Bank records 838,645 people for Solomon Islands in 2025. This is the latest non-empty annual observation in Roam’s committed 2020–2025 download, rather than a live population counter. Dividing that population by the source area gives approximately 29 people per square kilometre. This calculated average does not describe how evenly people are distributed.
The language entries in the source are English. They describe the dataset’s listed languages, not every language spoken by residents. The currency listed for this date is Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD). Currency assignments are selected from Unicode CLDR’s date ranges for 23 October 2026; the three-letter codes identify currencies, not countries.
Test yourself
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What is the capital of Solomon Islands?
Reveal answer
Honiara. The Solomon Islands is a country in Melanesia. Its capital is Honiara.
Without looking at the image, how would you describe the flag of Solomon Islands?
Reveal answer
The flag of Solomon Islands features a thin yellow diagonal band that extends from the lower hoist-side corner to the upper fly-side corner of the field. Above and beneath this band are a blue and green triangle respectively. Five white five-pointed stars arranged in an X shape are situated on the hoist side of the upper blue triangle.
Which land neighbours of Solomon Islands are included in this atlas?
Reveal answer
No land neighbours are listed in the source for Solomon Islands. It is grouped in Melanesia, within Roam’s Oceania region.
Which languages does the source list for Solomon Islands?
Reveal answer
English. These are the source’s language entries, not a complete inventory of every language spoken in Solomon Islands.
Which currency codes are listed for Solomon Islands?
Reveal answer
Solomon Islands Dollar (SBD). These assignments use Unicode CLDR’s legal-tender date ranges for 23 October 2026.
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