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Population: |
538,032 (July 2005 est.)
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Age structure: |
0-14 years: 41.9% (male 114,860/female 110,404)
15-64 years: 54.9% (male 149,400/female 145,970)
65 years and over: 3.2% (male 8,371/female 9,027) (2005 est.)
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Median age: |
total: 18.63 years
male: 18.5 years
female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
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Population growth rate: |
2.68% (2005 est.)
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Birth rate: |
30.74 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate: |
3.98 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Net migration rate: |
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
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Sex ratio: |
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: 0.93 male(s)/female
total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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Infant mortality rate: |
total: 21.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 24.27 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 18.17 deaths/1,000 live births (2005 est.)
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Life expectancy at birth: |
total population: 72.66 years
male: 70.16 years
female: 75.28 years (2005 est.)
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Total fertility rate: |
4.04 children born/woman (2005 est.)
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HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: |
NA
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HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: |
NA
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HIV/AIDS - deaths: |
NA
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Nationality: |
noun: Solomon Islander(s)
adjective: Solomon Islander
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Ethnic groups: |
Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census)
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Religions: |
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)
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Languages: |
Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca; English is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population
note: 120 indigenous languages
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Literacy: |
definition: NA
total population: NA%
male: NA%
female: NA%
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