ACOG - Solomon Islands  - IBM

Geography

Location: Oceania, group of islands in the South Pacific Ocean, east of Papua New Guinea

Area:
total area: 28,450 sq km
land area: 27,540 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than Maryland

Land boundaries: 0 km

Coastline: 5,313 km


People

Population: 399,206 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 46% (female 90,293; male 93,695)
15-64 years: 51% (female 100,183; male 103,374)
65 years and over: 3% (female 5,738; male 5,923)

Population growth rate: 3.4% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 38.48 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 4.51 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 26.7 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 70.84 years
male: 68.38 years
female: 73.41 years

Total fertility rate: 5.59 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: 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%, traditional beliefs4%

Languages: Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca, Englishspoken by 1%-2% of population

Literacy: NA%
total population:
male:
female:


Government

Names:
conventional long form: none
conventional short form: Solomon Islands

Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Honiara

Independence: 7 July 1978 (from UK)

Constitution: 7 July 1978


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $1 billion

National product real growth rate: 8%

National product per capita: $2,590

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 13%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 21,000 kW
production: 30 million kWh
consumption per capita: 80 kWh



Olympic Factoid
An estimated 5.3 million visted Centennial Olympic Park between opening day - 13 July - and closing day - 4 August, making the park the most single most visited Olympic site during the Games.