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.)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Mother's mean age at first birth: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Hospital bed density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
609,883 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 169
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
36.2% (male 113,744/female 107,193)
15-24 years:
20% (male 62,656/female 59,280)
25-54 years:
35.4% (male 109,891/female 105,760)
55-64 years:
4.4% (male 13,197/female 13,359)
65 years and over:
4.1% (male 11,952/female 12,851) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
76.3 %
youth dependency ratio:
70.3 %
elderly dependency ratio:
6 %
potential support ratio:
16.8 (2014 est.)
total:
21.6 years
male:
21.4 years
female:
21.8 years (2014 est.)
2.07% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
26.33 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 48
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
3.86 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 210
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-1.78 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 162
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
20.5% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
4.65% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
HONIARA (capital) 68,000 (2011)
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:
1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
0.95 male(s)/female
total population:
1.04 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
21.6
note:
median age at first birth among women 25-29 (2006-07 est.)
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
93 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 77
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
16.17 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 102
male:
18.43 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
13.8 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
74.89 years
country comparison to the world: 105
male:
72.27 years
female:
77.64 years (2014 est.)
3.36 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
34.6% (2006/07)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
8.8% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 49
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.22 physicians/1,000 population (2009)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.4 beds/1,000 population (2005)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 93.2% of population
rural: 77.2% of population
total: 80.5% of population
unimproved:
urban: 6.8% of population
rural: 22.8% of population
total: 19.5% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 81.4% of population
rural: 15% of population
total: 28.8% of population
unimproved:
urban: 18.6% of population
rural: 85% of population
total: 71.2% of population (2012 est.)
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
NA
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
30% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 27
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
11.5% (2007)
country comparison to the world: 64
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
7.3% of GDP (2010)
country comparison to the world: 18
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
84.1%
male:
88.9%
female:
79.2%
total:
9 years
male:
10 years
female:
9 years (2007)