Solomon Islands: People & Society#
| Population | 635,027 (July 2016 est.) |
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| Nationality | noun: Solomon Islander(s) adjective: Solomon Islander |
| Ethnic groups | Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3% (2009 est.) |
| 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 |
| Religions | Protestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.5%), Roman Catholic 19.6%, other Christian 2.9%, other 4%, none 0.03%, unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 35.13% (male 114,871/female 108,229) 15-24 years: 20.01% (male 65,349/female 61,702) 25-54 years: 36.12% (male 116,795/female 112,564) 55-64 years: 4.55% (male 14,565/female 14,302) 65 years and over: 4.2% (male 12,701/female 13,949) (2016 est.) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 75.1% youth dependency ratio: 69.1% elderly dependency ratio: 5.9% potential support ratio: 16.8% (2015 est.) |
| Median age | total: 22.2 years male: 22 years female: 22.4 years (2016 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.98% (2016 est.) |
| Birth rate | 25.3 births/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Death rate | 3.8 deaths/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Net migration rate | -1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2016 est.) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 22.3% of total population (2015) rate of urbanization: 4.25% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
| Major urban areas - population | HONIARA (capital) 73,000 (2014) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2016 est.) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | 21.6 note: median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006/07 est.) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 114 deaths/100,000 live births (2015 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 15.2 deaths/1,000 live births male: 17.3 deaths/1,000 live births female: 12.9 deaths/1,000 live births (2016 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 75.3 years male: 72.7 years female: 78.1 years (2016 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 3.22 children born/woman (2016 est.) |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 34.6% (2006/07) |
| Health expenditures | 5.1% of GDP (2014) |
| Physicians density | 0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2009) |
| Hospital bed density | 1.3 beds/1,000 population (2012) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 93.2% of population rural: 77.2% of population total: 80.8% of population unimproved: urban: 6.8% of population rural: 22.8% of population total: 19.2% of population (2015 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 81.4% of population rural: 15% of population total: 29.8% of population unimproved: urban: 18.6% of population rural: 85% of population total: 70.2% of population (2015 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | NA |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | NA |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 25% (2014) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 11.5% (2007) |
| Education expenditures | 10% of GDP (2010) |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 84.1% male: 88.9% female: 79.2% (2009 est.) |
| School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education) | total: 9 years male: 10 years female: 9 years (2007) |