Table 9. Sex and Religion by Province, Solomon Islands: 1999                      
Characteristics  Total Choiseul Western Isabel Central Rennell-Bellona Guadalcanal Malaita Makira-Ulawa Temotu Honiara
   Total  408,971 20,004 62,739 20,409 21,577 2,377 60,246 122,609 30,999 18,904 49,107
Church of Melane 134,247 288 3,075 19,505 17,321 82 13,890 32,502 14,999 16,279 16,306
Roman Catholic Church 77,712 4,390 4,958 137 2,267 8 25,217 27,764 6,528 49 6,394
South Seas Evang. 69,641 230 1,623 79 993 1,090 9,662 37,987 7,649 77 10,251
United Church 42,232 11,243 24,269 88 218 4 1,958 344 62 19 4,027
Seventh Day Adv. 45,846 3,211 17,381 442 528 1,070 7,054 7,477 868 275 7,540
Assembly of God 2,262 11 200 0 1 0 79 1,561 0 4 406
Bahai 2,300 32 260 12 22 0 38 1,630 23 26 257
Baptist church 1,455 1 28 0 25 103 154 978 3 23 140
Bible Way Centre 375 4 3 0 1 0 113 77 1 0 176
Christian Fellow 9,693 198 8,904 4 26 1 25 33 7 1 494
Christian Outreach 3,841 5 568 27 65 5 327 968 198 1,359 319
Christian Reviva 553 4 5 45 0 0 12 311 2 0 174
Church Living Go 75 0 44 1 0 0 0 2 1 0 27
Church Living Wo 1,933 294 110 2 1 0 55 682 70 293 426
Jehova Witnesses 7,485 4 139 8 58 3 175 5,805 56 395 842
Mormon 74 1 20 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 50
Moro Movement 599 0 0 0 0 0 592 2 3 0 2
Nazarene Church 100 2 1 0 0 0 6 4 32 0 55
Rhema 1,050 5 69 2 11 0 54 282 289 75 263
SI Customary Bel 2,633 0 3 0 2 0 128 2,492 1 0 7
Other religion 2,662 54 901 30 17 8 194 837 52 10 559
None 790 4 29 4 2 0 280 297 2 11 161
Not reported 1,413 23 149 22 19 3 233 574 153 6 231
                       
Male                       
   Total  211,347 10,235 33,190 10,416 11,193 1,230 31,411 61,204 15,939 9,142 27,387
Church of Melane 69,441 170 1,964 9,893 8,904 47 7,318 16,315 7,638 7,894 9,298
Roman Catholic Church 40,023 2,217 2,729 93 1,217 7 13,053 13,628 3,440 29 3,610
South Seas Evang. 36,087 136 940 52 531 564 5,139 18,965 3,977 32 5,751
United Church 22,046 5,732 12,721 62 123 4 1,010 160 20 9 2,205
Seventh Day Adv. 23,345 1,650 8,863 222 281 532 3,570 3,675 425 125 4,002
Assembly of God 1,156 7 93 0 0 0 41 789 0 3 223
Bahai 1,229 15 139 5 14 0 27 866 16 13 134
Baptist church 788 1 14 0 13 62 87 513 3 9 86
Bible Way Centre 188 4 3 0 1 0 56 37 1 0 86
Christian Fellow 4,993 93 4,582 4 13 0 12 16 4 0 269
Christian Outrea 1,913 3 290 17 30 3 177 482 96 648 167
Christian Reviva 287 3 3 21 0 0 7 156 1 0 96
Church Living Go 45 0 28 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 16
Church Living Wo 960 151 54 1 1 0 31 330 34 131 227
Jehova Witnesses 3,772 1 72 5 32 2 99 2,904 25 190 442
Mormon 45 1 13 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 28
Moro Movement 314 0 0 0 0 0 311 2 1 0 0
Nazarene Church 54 2 1 0 0 0 3 2 17 0 29
Rhema 528 1 39 1 4 0 25 141 146 38 133
SI Customary Bel 1,369 0 2 0 2 0 66 1,292 0 0 7
Other religion 1,488 30 519 21 10 6 106 433 20 5 338
None 461 4 25 2 2 0 131 180 1 11 105
Not reported 815 14 96 15 15 3 142 318 74 3 135
                       
Female                       
   Total  197,624 9,769 29,549 9,993 10,384 1,147 28,835 61,405 15,060 9,762 21,720
Church of Melane 64,806 118 1,111 9,612 8,417 35 6,572 16,187 7,361 8,385 7,008
Roman Catholic Church 37,689 2,173 2,229 44 1,050 1 12,164 14,136 3,088 20 2,784
South Seas Evang. 33,554 94 683 27 462 526 4,523 19,022 3,672 45 4,500
United Church 20,186 5,511 11,548 26 95 0 948 184 42 10 1,822
Seventh Day Adv. 22,501 1,561 8,518 220 247 538 3,484 3,802 443 150 3,538
Assembly of God 1,106 4 107 0 1 0 38 772 0 1 183
Bahai 1,071 17 121 7 8 0 11 764 7 13 123
Baptist church 667 0 14 0 12 41 67 465 0 14 54
Bible Way Centre 187 0 0 0 0 0 57 40 0 0 90
Christian Fellow 4,700 105 4,322 0 13 1 13 17 3 1 225
Christian Outrea 1,928 2 278 10 35 2 150 486 102 711 152
Christian Reviva 266 1 2 24 0 0 5 155 1 0 78
Church Living Go 30 0 16 0 0 0 0 2 1 0 11
Church Living Wo 973 143 56 1 0 0 24 352 36 162 199
Jehova Witnesses 3,713 3 67 3 26 1 76 2,901 31 205 400
Mormon 29 0 7 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 22
Moro Movement 285 0 0 0 0 0 281 0 2 0 2
Nazarene Church 46 0 0 0 0 0 3 2 15 0 26
Rhema 522 4 30 1 7 0 29 141 143 37 130
SI Customary Bel 1,264 0 1 0 0 0 62 1,200 1 0 0
Other religion 1,174 24 382 9 7 2 88 404 32 5 221
None 329 0 4 2 0 0 149 117 1 0 56
Not reported 598 9 53 7 4 0 91 256 79 3 96
Source: 1999 Solomon Islands Census