World Data Atlas
Solomon Islands
Governor General:
Frank Ofagioro Kabui
Prime Minister:
Rick Houenipwela
Capital city:
Honiara
Languages:
Melanesian pidgin (in much of the country is lingua franca), English (official but spoken by only 1%-2% of the population), 120 indigenous languages
Government
National statistics office
Population, persons:
611,343
(2017)
Area, sq km:
27,990
(2017)
GDP per capita, US$:
2,132
(2017)
GDP, billion current US$:
1.3
(2017)
GINI index:
37.1
(2013)
Ease of Doing Business rank:
116
(2017)
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