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)

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

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)

Population:
584,578 (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 168

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.)
country comparison to the world: 43

Birth rate:
27.46 births/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47

Death rate:
3.91 deaths/1,000 population (July 2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 207

Net migration rate:
-1.86 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 161

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.)

Maternal mortality rate:
93 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 77

Infant mortality rate:
total: 17.25 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 102
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
country comparison to the world: 106
male: 71.83 years
female: 77.14 years (2012 est.)

Total fertility rate:
3.51 children born/woman (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 49

Health expenditures:
5.4% of GDP (2009)
country comparison to the world: 130

Physicians density:
0.186 physicians/1,000 population (2005)

Hospital bed density:
1.4 beds/1,000 population (2005)

Sanitation facility access:
improved: