Population: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Languages: Religions: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: 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:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Solomon Islands on this page is re-published from the 2019 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Solomon Islands People 2019 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Solomon Islands People 2019 should be addressed to the CIA.
660,121
(July 2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
167
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun:
Solomon Islander(s)
adjective:
Solomon Islander
Melanesian 95.3%, Polynesian 3.1%, Micronesian 1.2%, other 0.3%
(2009 est.)
Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
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.)
0-14 years: 34.05%
(male 115,734 /female 109,009)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 19.95%
(male 67,794 /female 63,925)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 36.89%
(male 123,930 /female 119,577)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 4.77%
(male 16,112 /female 15,389)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 4.34%
(male 13,515 /female 15,136)
(2018 est.)
[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Solomon Islands. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
total dependency ratio: 75.4
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 69.4
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 6
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 16.6
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]
total: 22.8 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 22.6 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 23.1 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
178
1.9%
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
54
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
24.5 births/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
51
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
3.8 deaths/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
213
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
-1.7 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
152
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
most of the population lives along the coastal regions; about one in five live in urban areas, and of these some two-thirds reside in Honiara, the largest town and chief port
urban population: 23.7% of total population
(2018)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 3.91% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
82,000 HONIARA (capital)
(2018)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 1.02 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 0.92 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
22.6 years
(2015 est.)
note: median age at first birth among women 25-29
[see also: Mother's mean age at first birth country ranks ]
114 deaths/100,000 live births
(2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
71
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 14.3 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 16.3 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 12.2 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
101
total population: 75.8 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 73.1 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 78.6 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
102
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
3.09 children born/woman
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
50
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
29.3%
(2015)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
5.1% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world:
138
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.19 physicians/1,000 population
(2013)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
1.4 beds/1,000 population
(2012)
[see also: Hospital bed density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 93.2% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 77.2% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 80.8% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 6.8% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 22.8% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 19.2% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - total country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 81.4% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 15% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 29.8% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 18.6% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 85% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 70.2% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - total country ranks ]
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 ]
22.5%
(2016)
country comparison to the world:
76
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
15.5%
(2015)
country comparison to the world:
40
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
10% of GDP
(2010)
country comparison to the world:
5
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
(2009 est.)
total population: 84.1%
(2009 est.)
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 88.9%
(2009 est.)
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 79.2%
(2009 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
2) The rank that you see is the CIA reported rank, which may habe the following issues:
a) They assign increasing rank number, alphabetically for countries with the same value of the ranked item, whereas we assign them the same rank.
b) The CIA sometimes assignes counterintuitive ranks. For example, it assigns unemployment rates in increasing order, whereas we rank them in decreasing order
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