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Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor-General: John Lapli (1999)
Prime Minister: Bartholomew Ulufa'alu (1997)
Area: 11,500 sq. mi. (28,450 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 455,429 (average annual rate of natural increase: 3.18%); birth rate: 35.9/1000; infant mortality rate: 23.0/1000; density per sq. mi.: 40
Capital and largest city (1990 est.): Honiara (on Guadalcanal), 35,288
Monetary unit: Solomon Islands dollar
Languages: English, Solomon Pijin (an English pidgin), over 60 indigenous Melanesian languages
Ethnicity/race: Melanesian 93%, Polynesian 4%, Micronesian 1.5%, European 0.8%, Chinese 0.3%, other 0.4%
Religions: Anglican; Roman Catholic; South Seas Evangelical; Seventh-Day Adventist, United (Methodist) Church, other Protestant
Literacy rate: 30%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $1.15 billion; $2,600 per capita. Real growth rate: –10%. Inflation: 11.8% (1996). Unemployment: n.a. Arable land: 1%. Agriculture: cocoa, beans, coconuts, palm kernels, rice, potatoes, vegetables, fruit; cattle, pigs; timber; fish. Labor force: 26,842; agriculture, forestry, fishing, 23.7%; services, 41.5%; commerce, transport and finance, 21.7%; construction, manufacturing and mining, 13.1% (1992 est.). Industry: copra, fish (tuna). Natural resources: fish, timber, gold, bauxite. Exports: $184 million (f.o.b., 1996): timber, fish, palm oil, cocoa, copra. Imports: $151 million (c.i.f., 1996 est.): plant and equipment, manufactured goods, food and live animals, fuel. Major trading partners: Japan, Spain, U.K., Thailand, Australia, Singapore, New Zealand, U.S.
Member of British Commonwealth
