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<text id=94CT1288><title>Solomon Islands—People</title>
<article><source>CIA Factbook</source>
<hdr>The World Factbook 1994: Solomon Islands<nl>People</hdr><body>
<list>
<item><hi format=bold>Population:</hi> 385,811 (July 1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Population growth rate:</hi> 3.43% (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Birth rate:</hi> 38.93 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Death rate:</hi> 4.63 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Net migration rate:</hi> 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Infant mortality rate:</hi> 27.8 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Life expectancy at birth:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> 70.48 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> 68.05 years
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> 73.03 years (1994 est.)
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Total fertility rate:</hi> 5.73 children born/woman (1994 est.)
<item><hi format=bold>Nationality:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>noun:</hi> Solomon Islander(s)
<item>• <hi format=ital>adjective:</hi> Solomon Islander
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Ethnic divisions:</hi> Melanesian 93%, Polynesian 4%, Micronesian 1.5%, European 0.8%, Chinese 0.3%, other 0.4%
<item><hi format=bold>Religions:</hi> Anglican 34%, Roman Catholic 19%, Baptist 17%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 11%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, other Protestant 5%
<item><hi format=bold>Languages:</hi> Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2% of population
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>note:</hi> 120 indigenous languages
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Literacy:</hi>
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>total population:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>male:</hi> NA%
<item>• <hi format=ital>female:</hi> NA%
</list>
<item><hi format=bold>Labor force:</hi> 23,448 economically active
<list style=hang>
<item>• <hi format=ital>by occupation:</hi> agriculture, forestry, and fishing 32.4%, services 25%, construction, manufacturing, and mining 7.0%, commerce, transport, and finance 4.7% (1984)
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