| Island
(group) | Area (km2) | Population | Population density (per km2) | Government | Interpersonal violence | Warfare |
| Aoba [64, 65]
New Hebrides | 402 | 10,000
(C) | 25 | Big Men | 4
(B) | 4
(B) | Boang [66–70]
Bismarcks | 27 | 2000
(C) | 74 | Big Men | 3
(B) | 3
(B) | Bougainville [7, 61, 71]
Solomons | 9318 | 45,000
(C) | 4.8 | Big Men | 4
(A) | 4
(C) | Choiseul [55, 72, 73]
Solomons | 2971 | 9,000
(C) | 3.0 | Big Men | 2
(C) | 4
(B) | Dani [60, 61, 74–83]
Papua New Guinea | 315 | 50,000
(B) | 160 | Big Men | 2
(B) | 4
(A) | Dobu [84–86]
D’Entrecasteaux | 15 | 2,000
(C) | 130 | Big Men | 4
(A) | 4
(A) | Erromango [87, 88]
New Hebrides | 888 | 9000
(C) | 10 | Chiefs | 2
(C) | 3
(B) | Gebusi [23]
Papua New Guinea | 173 | 450
(A) | 2.6 | Egalitarian | 4
(A) | 2
(B) | Goodenough [62, 89, 90]
D’Entrecasteaux | 687 | 10,000
(C) | 15 | Big Men | 2
(C) | 3
(B) | Guadalcanal [33, 53, 91]
Solomons | 5353 | 15,000
(C) | 2.8 | Big Men | 1
(C) | 2
(C) | Kiriwina [13, 56, 57, 92, 93]
Trobriands | 267 | 8,000
(B) | 30 | Chiefs | 2
(C) | 2
(B) | Lifou [94–97]
Loyalty Islands | 1146 | 5,700
(B) | 5.0 | Chiefs | 2
(C) | 3
(A) | Mae Enga [42, 52, 60, 61]
Papua New Guinea | 520 | 30,000
(B) | 58 | Big Men | 4
(A) | 4
(A) | Malaita [7, 43–47, 54, 98–101]
Solomons | 3836 | 65,000
(C) | 17 | Big Men | 4
(A) | 4
(B) | Malakula [7, 58, 102–104]
New Hebrides | 2041 | 9,000
(C) | 4.4 | Ranked | 4
(C) | 4
(B) | Manus [105–109]
Admiralty Islands | 1940 | 15,000
(C) | 7.7 | Big Men | 4
(C) | 4
(B) | Mare [94–96]
Loyalty Islands | 657 | 4,300
(B) | 6.5 | Chiefs | 4
(C) | 4
(B) | Maring [15, 40, 41, 59, 61, 63, 110–112]
Papua New Guinea | 490 | 7,000
(B) | 14 | Big Men | 2
(C) | 2
(B) | Nendo [113–115]
Santa Cruz | 506 | 3,600
(C) | 7.1 | Big Men | 3
(C) | 3
(C) | New Britain [116–120]
Bismarcks | 35,145 | 100,000
(C) | 2.8 | Big Men | 4
(B) | 4
(C) | | New Caledonia [7, 9, 20, 48–51, 121, 122] | 16,648 | 70,000
(C) | 4.2 | Chiefs | 3
(C) | 3
(B) | New Georgia [7, 123–127]
Solomons | 2037 | 7,200
(C) | 3.5 | Big Men | 4
(B) | 4
(B) | Ouvea [94–96]
Loyalty Islands | 134 | 2,500
(B) | 19 | Chiefs | 4
(C) | 4
(B) | San Cristobal [46, 128, 129]
Solomons | 3191 | 10,000
(C) | 3.1 | Big Men | 4
(B) | 4
(A) | Santa Isabel [125, 130–132]
Solomons | 3665 | 5,500
(C) | 1.5 | Big Men | 4
(C) | 4
(C) | Simbo [124, 127, 133–135]
Solomons | 3 | 400
(B) | 130 | Big Men | 4
(C) | 4
(A) | Tanna [16, 88, 136, 137]
New Hebrides | 550 | 12,000
(C) | 22 | Big Men | 4
(A) | 4
(A) | Tubetube [138–140]
Daloloia Group | 2.4 | 400
(B) | 170 | Big Men | 4
(C) | 4
(B) | Vokeo [32, 34–39, 141]
Schouten Group | 40 | 930
(A) | 23 | Headmen | 1
(A) | 1
(B) | Yela [142, 143]
Louisiades | 263 | 1500
(B) | 5.7 | Big Men | 4
(B) | 1
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