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SOLOMON ISLANDS
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| AREA
28,896 sq.km. (144th) |
POPULATION
609,883 (July 2014) (169th) |
| PLATFORM DATA | |
| National
Demography |
0 – 24yrs: 56.2 % 25 – 64yrs: 39.8 % 65yrs and over: 4.1 %
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| Life
Expectancy |
74.89 yrs
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| Youth Development Index |
129/170 (medium)
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| National
G.D.P |
$1.046 billion (2014 est.) (104th)
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| Per Capital
Income |
$1,800 (2014 est.) (206th)
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Currency |
Solomon Islands dollars (SBD) |
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Economic Drivers |
timber, fish, copra, palm oil, mining, cocoa |
| Official
Languages |
Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population) |
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Other Local Languages |
120 indigenous languages |
| Climatic
Zone |
tropical monsoon; few extremes of temperature and weather |
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Religious Expression |
Protestant 73.4% (Church of Melanesia 31.9%, South Sea Evangelical 17.1%, Seventh Day Adventist 11.7%, United Church 10.1%, Christian Fellowship Church 2.5%), Roman Catholic 19.6%, other Christian 2.9%, other 4%, none 0.03%, unspecified 0.1% (2009 est.) |
| Christian Umbrella
Organization(s) |
Solomon Island Christian Association
Address P.O. Box 334 Phone +677-23130 Fax +677-26150 |
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Airports
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Ulawa Airport (Arona Airport) Gatokae Aerodrome (Gatokae Airport)
Others See Link: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_airports_in_the_Solomon_Islands |
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Airstrips |
Central Airstrips Honiara Airstrips Malaita Airstrips
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Road Network
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1,391 km |
| Rail Network | No data |
| Corruption
Rating |
n/a |
| Security
Rating |
n/a
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