!!!Solomon Islands: People & Society ||Population|635,027 (July 2016 est.) ||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) \\