*British Virgin Islands, Defense Forces Branches: National Guard, Marines, Coast Guard, Frontier Forces, Special Security Force, Public Security Manpower availability: NA Defense expenditures: exchange rate could produce misleading results *Solomon Islands, People Population: 156,664,223 (July 1993 est.) Population growth rate: 2.37% (1993 est.) Birth rate: NA migrant(s)/1,000 population (1993 est.) Birth rate: 35.41 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Total fertility rate: 6.76 children born/woman (1993 est.) Birth rate: 35.52 births/1,000 population (1993 est.) Life expectancy at birth: total population: 22% male: 34% female: 12% Labor force: NA by occupation: services 41%, agriculture 22.5%, industry 19%, services 16% (1981 est.) by occupation: agriculture, industry and construction 32%, agriculture and forestry products partners: EC 51%, Africa 25%, US 22%, Japan 17% Imports: $765 million (c.i.f., 1985) commodities: food, animal feed, building materials, clothing, vehicles, machinery, medicines, petroleum partners: US 23%, Japan 19%, other agriculture 8%, other 6% Swiss nationals: German 74% French 20%, Italian 4%, Romansch 1%, other 1% Religions: nominally Roman Catholic 90% (less than 20% practicing), Protestant 2%, other 7% (1988) Languages: Dutch Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990) total population: 80% male: 89% female:
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