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Population : 538.032 (july 2005 est.)
Age Structure
: 0-14 years: 41.9% (male 114.860/female 110.404) 15-64 years: 54.9% (male 149.400/female 145.970) 65 years and over: 3.2% (male 8.371/female 9.027) (2005 est.)
Median Age : total: 18.63 years male: 18.5 years female: 18.76 years (2005 est.)
Population growth rate :
2.68% (2005 est.)
Birth rate: 30.74 births/1.000 population (2005 est.)
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Death rate :
3.98 deaths/1.000 population (2005 est.)
Net Migration rate
: 0 migrant(s)/1.000 population (2005 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: 0.93 male(s)/female total population: 1.03 male(s)/female (2005 est.)
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HIV / AIDS - Adult Prevalence rate:
na
HIV / AIDS People living with HIV/AIDS
: 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 is official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population note: 120 indigenous languages
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