This was revealed in a Secretariat by the Pacific Community, SPC, in its 2008 Pacific Island population estimates which has just been released.
The fastest-growing populations are those of Guam with two-point-eight percent, due to the influx of military personnel and their dependants, as well as migration from other countries.
The third fastest growing population is Vanuatu with two-point-six percent.
SPC says these high growth rates are due to high natural increase.
The estimates also have updated demographic indicators and trends for the period 2008-2030.
The largest individual country population is that of Papua New Guinea, which has an estimate of six-point-seven million people, followed by the Fiji Islands with approximately 839-thousand people.
Solomons Population, Second Fastest Growth Rate in Pacific
Solomon Islands has the second fastest population growth rate in the Pacific region with two-point-seven percent.
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