| Population | 566,842 (July 2007 est.) |
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| Age structure | 0-14 years: 40.7% (male 117,739/female 113,125)
15-64 years: 55.9% (male 160,310/female 156,773)
65 years and over: 3.3% (male 9,036/female 9,859) (2007 est.) |
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| Median age | total: 19.1 years
male: 19 years
female: 19.3 years (2007 est.) |
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| Population growth rate | 2.54% (2007 est.) |
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| Birth rate | 29.27 births/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Death rate | 3.87 deaths/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2007 est.) |
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| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.041 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.023 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.917 male(s)/female
total population: 1.026 male(s)/female (2007 est.) |
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| Infant mortality rate | total: 19.97 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 22.8 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 17.01 deaths/1,000 live births (2007 est.) |
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| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 73.16 years
male: 70.64 years
female: 75.81 years (2007 est.) |
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| Total fertility rate | 3.78 children born/woman (2007 est.) |
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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 (official; but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population); 120 indigenous languages |
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| Literacy | definition: NA
total population: NA
male: NA
female: NA |
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