| People | Solomon Islands |
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Population:
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571,890 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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21 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 19% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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HONIARA (capital) 72,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 37.8% (male 111,265/female 104,896)
15-64 years: 58.3% (male 169,873/female 163,621)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 10,879/female 11,356) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 20.9 years
male: 20.7 years
female: 21.1 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.22% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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28.03 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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3.93 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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-1.9 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.89 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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100 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 17.82 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 20.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 15.23 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 74.18 years
male: 71.6 years
female: 76.89 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.59 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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5.4% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.186 physicians/1,000 population (2005) |
Hospital bed density:
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1.4 beds/1,000 population (2005) |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 94% of population
rural: 65% of population
total: 70% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6% of population
rural: 35% of population
total: 31% of population (2000) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 18% of population
total: 31% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 82% of population
total: 69% of population (2000) |
Major infectious diseases:
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void |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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NA |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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NA |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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11.5% (2007) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
Nationality:
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noun: Solomon Islander(s)
adjective: Solomon Islander |
Ethnic groups:
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Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census) |
Religions:
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Protestant 73.7% (Church of Melanesia 32.8%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%), Roman Catholic 19%, other Christian 4.4%, other 2.4%, unspecified 0.3%, none 0.2% (1999 census) |
Languages:
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Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages |
Literacy:
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NA |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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total: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2007) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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void |
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