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Which ethnic group forms most of the population of Solomon Islands?
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The vast majority of the population of the Solomon Islands is ethnically Melanesian.1
While there are small minorities of Polynesians, Chinese, Europeans, and Gilbertese, the Melanesian people constitute the primary ethnic group in the nation.1