Population:
|
6,064,515
(July 2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 105 |
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Age
structure:
|
0-14
years: 37.3%
(male 1,126,214/female
1,088,211)
15-64
years: 59.3%
(male 1,815,731/female
1,704,430)
65
years and over: 3.5%
(male 113,285/female 92,904)
(2010 est.)
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|
Median
age:
|
total:
21.6
years
male:
21.9
years
female:
21.3
years (2010 est.)
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|
Population
growth rate:
|
2.033%
(2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 51 |
|
Birth
rate:
|
26.95
births/1,000 population (2010
est.)
country
comparison to the world: 53 |
|
Death
rate:
|
6.62
deaths/1,000 population (July
2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 148 |
|
Net
migration rate:
|
0
migrant(s)/1,000 population
country
comparison to the world: 112 |
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Urbanization:
|
urban
population: 12%
of total population (2008)
rate
of urbanization: 1.9%
annual rate of change (2005-10
est.)
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Sex
ratio:
|
at
birth: 1.05
male(s)/female
under
15 years: 1.03
male(s)/female
15-64
years: 1.06
male(s)/female
65
years and over: 1.2
male(s)/female
total
population: 1.06
male(s)/female (2010 est.)
|
|
Infant
mortality rate:
|
total:
44.59
deaths/1,000 live births
country
comparison to the world: 58
male:
48.47
deaths/1,000 live births
female:
40.52
deaths/1,000 live births (2010
est.)
|
|
Life
expectancy at birth:
|
total
population: 65.99
years
country
comparison to the world: 163
male:
63.78
years
female:
68.31
years (2010 est.)
|
|
Total
fertility rate:
|
3.54
children born/woman (2010 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 47 |
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HIV/AIDS
- adult prevalence rate:
|
1.5%
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 43 |
|
HIV/AIDS
- people living with HIV/AIDS:
|
54,000
(2007 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 63 |
|
HIV/AIDS
- deaths:
|
fewer
than 1,000 (2007 est.)
country
comparison to the world: 75 |
|
Major
infectious diseases:
|
degree
of risk: very
high
food
or waterborne diseases: bacterial
diarrhea, hepatitis A, and
typhoid fever
vectorborne
diseases: dengue
fever and malaria (2009)
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|
Nationality:
|
noun:
Papua
New Guinean(s)
adjective:
Papua
New Guinean
|
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Ethnic
groups:
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Melanesian,
Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian,
Polynesian
|
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Religions:
|
Roman
Catholic 27%, Evangelical
Lutheran 19.5%, United Church
11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist
10%, Pentecostal 8.6%,
Evangelical Alliance 5.2%,
Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%,
other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai
0.3%, indigenous beliefs and
other 3.3% (2000 census)
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|
Languages:
|
Tok
Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu
are official languages; some 860
indigenous languages spoken
(over one-tenth of the world's
total)
note:
Tok
Pisin, a creole language, is
widely used and understood;
English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri
Motu is spoken by less than 2%
|
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Literacy:
|
definition:
age
15 and over can read and write
total
population: 57.3%
male:
63.4%
female:
50.9%
(2000 census)
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Education
expenditures:
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NA
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People
- note:
|
the
indigenous population of Papua
New Guinea is one of the most
heterogeneous in the world; PNG
has several thousand separate
communities, most with only a
few hundred people; divided by
language, customs, and
tradition, some of these
communities have engaged in
low-scale tribal conflict with
their neighbors for millennia;
the advent of modern weapons and
modern migrants into urban areas
has greatly magnified the impact
of this lawlessness
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