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The total population at the November 2019 census was 721,455. As of 2021, there were 707,851 people in the Solomon Islands. [187] [188] The population is slightly skewed towards males, with there being around 370,000 males compared to 356,000 for females. [189] [190]
The Solomon Islanders comprise diverse cultures, languages, and customs. Of its population [1] 94.5% are Melanesian, 3% Polynesian, and 1.2% Micronesian. [2] In addition, small numbers of Europeans and Chinese are registered. About 120 vernaculars are spoken. Most people reside in small, widely dispersed settlements along the coasts.
The culture of the Solomon Islands reflects the extent of the differentiation and diversity among the groups living within the Solomon Islands archipelago, which lies within Melanesia in the Pacific Ocean, with the peoples distinguished by island, language, topography, and geography.
Solomon Islands people with disabilities (2 P) Solomon Islands women (1 C, 2 P) B. British Solomon Islands people (7 C, 6 P) C. Solomon Islands victims of crime (1 C) D.
Map of Solomon Islands, circa 1989. Solomon Islands is a sovereign state in the Melanesia subregion of Oceania in the western Pacific Ocean.This page is about the history of the nation state rather than the broader geographical area of the Solomon Islands archipelago, which covers both Solomon Islands and Bougainville Island, a province of Papua New Guinea.
Honiara (/ ˌ h oʊ n i ˈ ɑːr ə /) is the capital and largest city of Solomon Islands, situated on the northwestern coast of Guadalcanal.As of 2021, it had a population of 92,344 people.
Kwaio is an ethnic group found in central Malaita, in the Solomon Islands.According to Ethnologue, they numbered 13,249 in 1999. [1] Much of what is known about the Kwaio is due to the work of the anthropologist Roger M. Keesing, who lived among them starting in the 1960s.
The people of Langa Langa Lagoon and Lau Lagoon in Malaita, Solomon Islands built about 60 artificial islands on the reef including Funaafou, Foueda, Sulufou, Saua, Ferasubua and Adagege. [2] [7] The inhabitance of these lagoons call themselves wane i asi 'sea people' as distinct from wane i tolo 'inland people' who live in the interior of the ...