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  1.  People
  2.  
  3. Population: 335,082 (July 1990), growth rate 3.5% (1990).
  4.  
  5. Birth rate: 41 births/1,000 population (1990).
  6.  
  7. Death rate: 5 deaths/1,000 population (1990).
  8.  
  9. Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1990).
  10.  
  11. Infant mortality rate: 40 deaths/1,000 live births (1990).
  12.  
  13. Life expectancy at birth: 67 years male, 72 years female (1990).
  14.  
  15. Total fertility rate: 6.3 children born/woman (1990).
  16.  
  17. Nationality: noun--Solomon Islander(s); adjective--Solomon 
  18. Islander.
  19.  
  20. Ethnic divisions: 93.0% Melanesian, 4.0% Polynesian, 
  21. 1.5% Micronesian, 0.8% European, 0.3% Chinese, 0.4% other.
  22.  
  23. Religion: almost all at least nominally Christian; Anglican, 
  24. Seventh-Day Adventist, and Roman Catholic Churches dominant.
  25.  
  26. Language: 120 indigenous languages; Melanesian pidgin in 
  27. much of the country is lingua franca; English spoken by 
  28. 1-2% of population.
  29.  
  30. Literacy: 60%.
  31.  
  32. Labor force: 23,448 economically active; 32.4% agriculture, 
  33. forestry, and fishing; 25% services, 7.0% construction, 
  34. manufacturing, and mining; 4.7% commerce, transport, and 
  35. finance (1984).
  36.  
  37. Organized labor: NA, but most of the cash-economy workers 
  38. have trade union representation.
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