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) (July 1995 est.)
Population growth rate: 3.4% (1995 est.)
Birth rate: 38.48 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Death rate: 4.51 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)
Infant mortality rate: 26.7 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)
Life expectancy at birth: total population: 70.84 years male: 68.38 years female: 73.41 years (1995 est.)
Total fertility rate: 5.59 children born/woman (1995 est.)
Nationality: noun: Solomon Islander(s) adjective: Solomon Islander
Ethnic divisions: Melanesian 93%, Polynesian 4%, Micronesian 1.5%,
European 0.8%, Chinese 0.3%, other 0.4%