| People | Papua New Guinea |
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Population:
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6,057,263 (July 2009 est.) |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 12% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.) |
Population density:
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14 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 36.9% (male 1,137,796/female 1,099,365)
15-64 years: 59% (male 1,836,272/female 1,735,298)
65 years and over: 4.1% (male 114,789/female 133,743) (2009 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.7 years
male: 21.8 years
female: 21.6 years (2009 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.069% (2009 est.) |
Birth rate:
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27.55 births/1,000 population (2009 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA (2009 est.) |
Sex ratio:
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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: 0.86 male(s)/female
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2009 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 45.23 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 49.17 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 41.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66.34 years
male: 64.08 years
female: 68.72 years (2009 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.62 children born/woman (2009 est.) |
Major infectious diseases:
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degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2009) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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1.5% (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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54,000 (2007 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.) |
Nationality:
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noun: Papua New Guinean(s)
adjective: Papua New Guinean |
Ethnic groups:
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Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian |
Religions:
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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) |
Languages:
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The three official languages are English, Tok Pisin, and Motu; there are approximately 860 other languages |
Literacy:
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definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.3%
male: 63.4%
female: 50.9% (2000 census) |
School life expectancy (primary to tertiary education):
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void |
Education expenditures - percent of GDP:
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NA |
People - note:
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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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