Population:
595,613 (July 2009 est.)
Age structure:
0-14 years: 39.5% (male 119,875/female 115,127)
15-64 years:
57.1% (male 171,792/female 168,023)
65 years and over:
3.5% (male 9,849/female 10,947) (2009 est.)
Median age:
total: 19.7 years
male:
19.5 years
female:
19.8 years (2009 est.)
Population growth rate:
2.392% (2009 est.)
Birth rate:
27.69 births/1,000 population (2009 est.)
Death rate:
3.77 deaths/1,000 population (July 2009 est.)
Net migration rate:
NA (2009 est.)
Urbanization:
urban population: 18% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization:
4.1% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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:
0.9 male(s)/female
total population:
1.02 male(s)/female (2009 est.)
Infant mortality rate:
total: 19.03 deaths/1,000 live births
male:
21.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
16.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 73.69 years
male:
71.14 years
female:
76.37 years (2009 est.)
Total fertility rate:
3.52 children born/woman (2009 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
NA
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
NA
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
NA
Nationality:
noun: Solomon Islander(s)
adjective:
Solomon Islander
Ethnic groups:
Melanesian 94.5%, Polynesian 3%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 1.1%, unspecified 0.2% (1999 census)
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)
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
Literacy:
NA
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
total: 8 years
male:
9 years
female:
8 years (2005)
Education expenditures:
3.3% of GDP (1999)
