Solomon Islands people groups, languages and religions

Country: Solomon Islands

Number of People Groups

People Groups Unreached

0 (0.0%)

Progress Level

The Joshua Project Progress Scale is an estimate of the progress of church planting among a people group, people cluster, country or language. The Progress Scale is derived from people group values for percent Evangelical and percent Christian Adherent.

Level	Description	Criteria
1	Unreached - Few evangelicals and few who identify as Christians. Little, if any, history of Christianity.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians <= 5%
2	Minimally reached - Few evangelicals, but significant number who identify as Christians.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 5% and <= 50%
3	Superficially reached - Few evangelicals, but many who identify as Christians. In great need of spiritual renewal and commitment to biblical faith.	Evangelicals <= 2% Professing Christians > 50%
4	Partially reached - Evangelicals have a modest presence.	Evangelicals > 2% and <= 10%
5	Significantly reached - Evangelicals have a significant presence.	Evangelicals > 10%

Total
Population

690,000

Population in Unreached

0 (0.0%)

Largest Religion

Christianity (95.8%)

% Christian Adherent

95.75%

% Evangelical

31.20%

Evangelical Annual Growth Rate

2.9%

(Global Rate = 2.6%)

Map Notes

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Progress Scale: ●●●●●
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= Frontier peoples
People Group ▲	Population this Country	Global Population	Indigenous	Primary Language	Primary Religion	Progress Scale	% Christian Adherent	% Evangelical	Est. Workers Needed *
Anuta	500	500	●	Anuta	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Areare	31,000	31,000	●	Areare	Christianity	5 ●	97.00 %	32.00 %	-1 -
Arosi	12,000	12,000	●	Arosi	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Asumbua	100	100	●	Amba	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	17.00 %	-1 -
Babatana	12,000	12,000	●	Babatana	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Baeggu	10,000	10,000	●	Baeggu	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	31.00 %	-1 -
Baelelea	15,000	15,000	●	Baelelea	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	36.00 %	-1 -
Baniata	3,200	3,200	●	Touo	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Bauro	8,600	8,600	●	Bauro	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Bilua	15,000	15,000	●	Bilua	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Birao	10,000	10,000	●	Birao	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Blablanga	3,000	3,000	●	Blablanga	Christianity	5 ●	85.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Bugoto	7,000	7,000	●	Bughotu	Christianity	5 ●	97.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Deaf	7,000	48,207,000	●	Solomon Islands Sign Language	Christianity	3 ●	95.80 %	-1	-1 -
Dorio	4,100	4,100	●	Dori'o	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Duke	4,000	4,000	●	Duke	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	27.00 %	-1 -
Euronesian	21,000	126,000		English	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Fagani	1,500	1,500	●	Fagani	Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Fataleka	12,000	12,000	●	Fataleka	Christianity	5 ●	94.00 %	32.00 %	-1 -
Fijian	2,100	437,000		Fijian	Christianity	5 ●	73.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Fiu, Kwara'ae	56,000	56,000	●	Kwara'ae	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Florida Islander, Nggela	20,000	20,000	●	Gela	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	32.00 %	-1 -
Gao	2,100	2,100	●	Gao	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	13.00 %	-1 -
Ghari, Tangarare	21,000	21,000	●	Ghari	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Gulaalaa, Kwai	2,700	2,700	●	Gula'alaa	Christianity	5 ●	80.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Han Chinese, Mandarin	4,600	937,400,000		Chinese, Mandarin	Non-Religious	4 ●	8.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Hoava	800	800	●	Hoava	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	19.00 %	-1 -
Kahua, Narihua	8,900	8,900	●	Kahua	Christianity	5 ●	97.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Kiribertese	8,400	134,000	●	Kiribati	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	32.00 %	-1 -
Kokota	900	900	●	Kokota	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Kumbokota	4,300	4,300	●	Ghanongga	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	28.00 %	-1 -
Kusaghe	4,100	4,100	●	Kusaghe	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Kwaio	23,000	23,000	●	Kwaio	Christianity	5 ●	96.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Langalanga	12,000	12,000	●	Wala	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Lau, Ndai	29,000	29,000	●	Lau	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Lengo, Tasemboko	24,000	24,000	●	Lengo	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	29.00 %	-1 -
Longgu	3,200	3,200	●	Longgu	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Lungga	4,800	4,800	●	Lungga	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	24.00 %	-1 -
Malango	7,100	7,100	●	Malango	Christianity	5 ●	94.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Maringe, Cheke Holo	19,000	19,000	●	Cheke Holo	Christianity	5 ●	97.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Marovo	14,000	14,000	●	Marovo	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Mono, Alu	5,700	5,800	●	Mono	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Nalogo	2,300	2,300	●	Nalogo	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	30.00 %	-1 -
Nanggu	400	400	●	Engdewu	Christianity	5 ●	85.00 %	14.00 %	-1 -
Natugu	6,000	6,000	●	Natugu	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	34.00 %	-1 -
Nembao	1,000	1,000	●	Amba	Christianity	5 ●	83.00 %	12.00 %	-1 -
Neo-Melanesian Papuan	6,900	227,000		Tok Pisin	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	32.00 %	-1 -
Noipa	300	300	●	Noipa	Ethnic Religions	4 ●	20.00 %	5.00 %	-1 -
Oloha	-1 Unknown	-1 Unknown	●	Oroha	Christianity	4 ●	80.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Ontong Java Islander	4,100	4,100	●	Ontong Java	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	31.00 %	-1 -
Pileni	2,900	2,900	●	Vaeakau-Taumako	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	19.00 %	-1 -
Reef Islander, Gnivo	14,000	14,000	●	Aiwoo	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Rennellese, Mugaba	7,500	7,500	●	Rennell-Bellona	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	31.00 %	-1 -
Ririo	100	100	●	Babatana	Christianity	5 ●	86.00 %	15.00 %	-1 -
Roviana	17,000	17,000	●	Roviana	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Russel Islander, Laube	3,100	3,100	●	Lavukaleve	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	24.00 %	-1 -
Saa, South Malaita	20,000	20,000	●	Sa'a	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	35.00 %	-1 -
Santa Ana	12,000	12,000	●	Owa	Christianity	5 ●	97.00 %	36.00 %	-1 -
Savo Islander, Savosavo	4,200	4,200	●	Savosavo	Christianity	5 ●	91.00 %	26.00 %	-1 -
Sikayana	1,300	1,300	●	Sikaiana	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	16.00 %	-1 -
Simbo	4,600	4,600	●	Simbo	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Solomoni Creole, Pidgin	42,000	49,000	●	Pijin	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Talise	21,000	21,000	●	Talise	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Tanema	200	200	●	Teanu	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Tavula, Vagua	3,400	3,400	●	Vaghua	Christianity	5 ●	87.00 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Teanu, Buma	1,000	1,000	●	Teanu	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	22.00 %	-1 -
Tikopia	5,700	5,700	●	Tikopia	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	17.00 %	-1 -
To'ambaita, Maluu	22,000	22,000	●	To'abaita	Christianity	5 ●	99.00 %	31.00 %	-1 -
Ugele	2,100	2,100	●	Ughele	Christianity	5 ●	82.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Vangunu	1,600	1,600	●	Vangunu	Christianity	5 ●	94.00 %	18.00 %	-1 -
Vanikoro, Lovono	100	100	●	Pijin	Christianity	4 ●	85.00 %	8.00 %	-1 -
Vanuatu Melanesian	14,000	30,000	●	Bislama	Christianity	5 ●	95.00 %	33.00 %	-1 -
Varese	8,900	8,900	●	Varisi	Christianity	5 ●	98.00 %	31.00 %	-1 -
Zabana	5,200	5,200	●	Zabana	Christianity	5 ●	90.00 %	25.00 %	-1 -
Totals: 74	690,000					0 ●	95.75 %	31.20 %	0
Unclassified / Other Individuals	14,000
UN Country Population (2021)	704,000

Other minor groups: 1

Solomon Islands

Very small groups reported, but outside the Joshua Project Small Group Policy. Some may not be viable and/or have incorrect Progress Scale values, population, language and religion information. The groups listed below are not included in overall Joshua Project people group counts. If you have information about these groups, please contact us.

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People Group ▲	Progress Scale	Population	Primary Language	Primary Religion
Anglo-Australian, British	5 ●	-1 Unknown	English	Christianity
Totals: 1

For more information see the Joshua Project Small Group Policy

* An estimate of the number of pioneer workers needed for initial church planting among unreached people groups by country. Estimates are calculated only for unreached people groups and are based on ratio of 1 worker-unit (single person or married couple) per 50,000 living in an unreached people group by country, or for example one team of four worker-units per 200,000 people. Some workers may already be onsite. Many more workers are needed beyond this initial estimate.

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Province ▲	Estimated Population
Central	34,000
Choiseul	34,000
Guadalcanal	123,000
Honiara	85,000
Isabel	34,000
Makira Ulawa	52,000
Malaita	180,000
Rennell and Bellona	3,900
Temotu	27,000
Western	100,000
Provinces: 10	673,000
UN Country Population	704,000

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Solomon Islands Links
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Class ▲	Population	% Popl	% Hindu	% Muslim	% Christian	% Buddhist	% Sikh	% Other
Forward Caste (FC)	282,458,000	40,935.9 %	97.2 %	0.0 %	1.2 %	0.1 %	0.0 %	1.4 %
Other Backward Classes (OBC)	778,555,000	112,834.1 %	70.6 %	24.5 %	1.8 %	0.1 %	2.3 %	0.8 %
Scheduled Caste (SC)	207,795,000	30,115.2 %	93.3 %	0.0 %	0.4 %	3.6 %	2.6 %	0.0 %
Scheduled Tribe (ST)	118,286,000	17,142.9 %	81.3 %	1.5 %	9.4 %	0.8 %	0.0 %	6.8 %
	690,000

Why Use Caste to Define Peoples?

South Asia Communities / Castes: An Overview

A History of South Asia People Group Lists

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Language ▲	Code	# Peoples w/ this Primary Language	Scripture Status	NT Text Online	NT Audio Online	Jesus Film Online	Audio Recordings Online	Gospel Tract Online
Aiwoo	nfl	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Amba	utp	2	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Anuta	aud	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Areare	alu	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Arosi	aia	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Babatana	baa	2	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Baeggu	bvd	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Baelelea	bvc	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	1	-1
Bauro	bxa	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Bilua	blb	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Birao	brr	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Bislama	bis	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Blablanga	blp	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Bughotu	bgt	1	4 New Testament	1	1	-1	1	-1
Cheke Holo	mrn	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Chinese, Mandarin	cmn	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Dori'o	dor	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Duke	nke	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Engdewu	ngr	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
English	eng	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Fagani	faf	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Fataleka	far	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Fijian	fij	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Gao	gga	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Gela	nlg	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Ghanongga	ghn	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Ghari	gri	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	-1	1	-1
Gula'alaa	gmb	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Hoava	hoa	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kahua	agw	1	5 Complete Bible	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kiribati	gil	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Kokota	kkk	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kusaghe	ksg	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Kwaio	kwd	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Kwara'ae	kwf	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Lau	llu	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Lavukaleve	lvk	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Lengo	lgr	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Longgu	lgu	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Lungga	lga	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Malango	mln	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Marovo	mvo	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Mono	mte	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Nalogo	nlz	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Natugu	ntu	1	4 New Testament	1	-1	-1	1	-1
Noipa	npx	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Ontong Java	ojv	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Oroha	ora	1	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Owa	stn	1	4 New Testament	-1	1	1	-1	-1
Pijin	pis	2	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Rennell-Bellona	mnv	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Roviana	rug	1	5 Complete Bible	1	1	1	1	-1
Sa'a	apb	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Savosavo	svs	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Sikaiana	sky	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Simbo	sbb	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Solomon Islands Sign Language	szs	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Talise	tlr	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Teanu	tkw	2	0 Unspecified	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Tikopia	tkp	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
To'abaita	mlu	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Tok Pisin	tpi	1	5 Complete Bible	-1	1	1	1	-1
Touo	tqu	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Ughele	uge	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	-1	-1
Vaeakau-Taumako	piv	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Vaghua	tva	1	1 Translation Needed	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Vangunu	mpr	1	2 Translation Started	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Varisi	vrs	1	4 New Testament	-1	-1	-1	1	-1
Wala	lgl	1	4 New Testament	1	1	1	1	-1
Zabana	kji	1	3 Bible Portions	-1	-1	1	1	-1
Totals:	70	74		18	20	23	61	0

MAJOR RELIGIONS ▲	Percent
Buddhism	0.1 %
Christianity (Evangelical 31.2 %)	95.8 %
Ethnic Religions	2.6 %
Hinduism	0.1 %
Islam	0.0 %
Non-Religious	0.4 %
Other / Small Religions	1.1 %
Unknown	0.0 %

CHRISTIAN SEGMENTS ▲	Percent
Anglican	35.1 %
Independent	7.2 %
Orthodox	0.0 %
Other Christian	0.0 %
Protestant	34.4 %
Roman Catholic	21.8 %

Notes:

Major Religions: Religion percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each religion, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total population to derive the religion's percentage.

Christianity Segments: Christian segment percentages are derived from summing Joshua Project's data for all the people groups who live in each country. The number of individuals who practice each segment of Christianity, by people group, are summed. This number is divided by the country's total number of Christians to derive the Christian segment's percentage.

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Solomon Islands Statistics
People Groups	74
Unreached People Groups	0
Population	690,000
Population Annual Growth Rate	1.8%
Population in Unreached	0 (0.0%)
Primary Religion	Christianity
Percent Christian Adherent	95.8%
Percent Evangelical	31.2%
Evangelical Annual Growth Rate	2.9%
Pioneer Workers Needed *	No unreached peoples in country
Country Progress Level	5 ●
Urbanization	24%
Continent	Oceania
Region	Australia and Pacific
10/40 Window	No
Country Code	BP
Official Language(s)	English \| Pijin
Literacy Rate	97%
Estimated Illiterate Population	21,000
Persecution Ranking	Not ranked

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Solomon Islands Links
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