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Country (long form) none
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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