| People | Solomon Islands |
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Population:
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595,613 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 18% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 4.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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22 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 39.5% (male 119,875/female 115,127)
15-64 years: 57.1% (male 171,792/female 168,023)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 9,849/female 10,947) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 19.7 years
male: 19.5 years
female: 19.8 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.392% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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27.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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3.81 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA (2009 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: 0.9 male(s)/female
total population: 1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 19.03 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 21.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 16.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 73.69 years
male: 71.14 years
female: 76.37 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.52 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
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 |
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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Church of Melanesia 32.8%, Roman Catholic 19%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%, 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: 8 years
male: 9 years
female: 8 years (2005) |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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3.3% of GDP (1999) |
People - note:
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void |
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