Solomon Islands Demographics Profile 2013

Population

584,578 (July 2012 est.)

Age structure

0-14 years: 37.3% (male 112,201/female 105,763)
15-24 years: 19.9% (male 59,809/female 56,749)
25-54 years: 34.6% (male 103,215/female 99,217)
55-64 years: 4.2% (male 12,043/female 12,508)
65 years and over: 3.9% (male 11,238/female 11,835) (2012 est.)

Median age

total: 21.1 years
male: 20.9 years
female: 21.3 years (2012 est.)

Population growth rate

2.17% (2012 est.)

Birth rate

27.46 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Death rate

3.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)

Net migration rate

-1.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)

Urbanization

urban population: 19% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 4.2% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)

Major cities - population

HONIARA (capital) 72,000 (2009)

Sex ratio

at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.95 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2011 est.)

Infant mortality rate

total: 17.25 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 19.65 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 14.74 deaths/1,000 live births (2012 est.)

Life expectancy at birth

total population: 74.42 years
male: 71.83 years
female: 77.14 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate

3.51 children born/woman (2012 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate

NA

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS

NA

HIV/AIDS - deaths

NA

Sanitation facility access

improved:
urban: 98% of population
rural: 18% of population
total: 31% of population
unimproved:
urban: 2% of population
rural: 82% of population
total: 69% of population

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

Protestant 73.7% (Church of Melanesia 32.8%, South Seas Evangelical 17%, Seventh-Day Adventist 11.2%, United Church 10.3%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.4%), Roman Catholic 19%, 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: 9 years
male: 9 years
female: 9 years (2007)

Education expenditures

NA

Maternal mortality rate

93 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)

Children under the age of 5 years underweight

11.5% (2007)

Health expenditures

5.4% of GDP (2009)

Physicians density

0.186 physicians/1,000 population (2005)

Hospital bed density

1.4 beds/1,000 population (2005)