Solomon Islands

Facts

Population:  480,442 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  43.79% (male 107,229; female 103,162) 15-64 years:  53.15% (male 129,315; female 126,021) 65 years and over:  3.06% (male 7,190; female 7,525) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.98% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  34.05 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  4.27 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.04 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.96 male(s)/female total population:  1.03 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  24.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  71.55 years male:  69.12 years female:  74.1 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.65 children born/woman (2001 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 93%, Polynesian 4%, Micronesian 1.5%, European 0.8%, Chinese 0.3%, other 0.4%
Religions:  Anglican 34%, Roman Catholic 19%, Baptist 17%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 11%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4%
Languages:  Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2% of population note:  120 indigenous languages
Literacy:  definition:  NA total population:  NA% male:  NA% female:  NA%
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $900 million (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  1% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $2,000 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  50% industry:  3.5% services:  46.5% (1995)
Population below poverty line:  NA%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  NA% highest 10%:  NA%
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  10% (1999 est.)
Labor force:  26,842
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture NA%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:  NA%
Budget:  revenues:  $147 million expenditures:  $168 million, including capital expenditures of $NA (1997 est.)
Industries:  fish (tuna), mining, timber
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  30 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  100% hydro:  0% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  27.9 million kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  cocoa, beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; timber; fish
Exports:  $165 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Exports - commodities:  timber, fish, palm oil, cocoa, copra
Exports - partners:  Japan 35.5%, other Asian countries 47.3% (1999)
Imports:  $152 million (f.o.b., 1999 est.)
Imports - commodities:  plant and equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals, fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners:  Australia 38.5%, Singapore 15%, Japan 10.6%, NZ 6.2% (1999)
Debt - external:  $152.4 million (1998)
Economic aid - recipient:  $47 million (1999 est.), mainly from Japan, Australia, China, and NZ
Currency:  Solomon Islands dollar (SBD)
Currency code:  SBD
Exchange rates:  Solomon Islands dollars per US dollar - 5.0968 (November 2000), 5.0864 (2000), 4.8381 (1999), 4.8156 (1998), 3.7169 (1997), 3.5664 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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