| People | Papua New Guinea |
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Population:
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5,931,769 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density:
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14 people per sq km land area |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 37.3% (male 1,124,174/female 1,086,478)
15-64 years: 58.7% (male 1,791,342/female 1,690,089)
65 years and over: 4% (male 111,023/female 128,663) (2008 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.5 years
male: 21.6 years
female: 21.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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2.118% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate:
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28.14 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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NA |
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 (2008 est.) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 46.67 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 50.68 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 42.47 deaths/1,000 live births (2008 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66 years
male: 63.76 years
female: 68.35 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.71 children born/woman (2008 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 (2008) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:
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0.6% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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60,000 (2005 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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600 (2003 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 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34% |
Languages:
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Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region
note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total) |
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) |
People - note:
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