Solomon Islands

Capital: Honiara

Total Area: 10,984.61 sq mi,28,450.00 sq km,(slightly smaller than Maryland)

Population: 480,442 (July 2001 est.)

Estimated Population in 2050: 1,110,514

Languages: Melanesian pidgin in much of the country is lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2% of population

Literacy: N/A% total, N/A% male, N/A% female

Religions: Anglican 34%, Roman Catholic 19%, Baptist 17%, United (Methodist/Presbyterian) 11%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, other Protestant 5%, indigenous beliefs 4%

Life Expectancy: 69.12 male, 74.1 female (2001 est.)

Government Type: parliamentary democracy

Currency: 1 Solomon Islands dollar (SI$) = 100 cents

GDP (per capita): $2,000 (2000 est.)

Industry: fish (tuna), mining, timber

Agriculture: cocoa, beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; timber; fish

Arable Land: 1%

Natural Resources: fish, forests, gold, bauxite, phosphates, lead, zinc, nickel

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