Solomon Islands

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DEMOGRAPHICS, GENDER AND POVERTY

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Ministry of Health
P.O. Box 349, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Fax: (677) 20085
Country Liaison Officer in Solomon Islands
Ministry of Health Bldg.
Chinatown
Honiara, Solomon Islands
P.O. Box 22, Honiara, Solomon Islands
Tel:(677) 23406
Fax:(677) 21344
who@sol.wpro.who.int

The total population for 2004 is estimated to be 460 110, compared with census figures of 409 042 in 1999 and 444 564 in 2002. About 84% live in rural areas. According to the 1999 national population census, 93% of the total population of Solomon Islands are Melanesians, 4% are Polynesians and 3% are of other ethnic origins. This ethnic distribution of the population is reported to be the same for the projected population for 2003.

Estimated figures for 2004 indicate: a life expectancy for males of 61.9 years and 63.1 for females; a crude birth rate of 34.0 per 1000 population; and a crude death rate of 8.0 per 1000 population. In 1999, the total fertility rate was 4.84 and the infant mortality rate was 66 per 1000 live births.

Solomon Islands has a young population, with 40% below 15 years of age. The majority of the population are males, who outnumber the female population by a ratio of 107 males to 100 females.

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