| People | Papua New Guinea |
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Population:
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6,187,591 (July 2011 est.) |
Population density:
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14 people per sq km land area |
Urbanization:
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urban population: 13% of total population (2010)
rate of urbanization: 2.9% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.) |
Major cities - population:
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PORT MORESBY (capital) 314,000 (2009) |
Age structure:
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0-14 years: 36.4% (male 1,145,946/female 1,106,705)
15-64 years: 60% (male 1,907,787/female 1,802,144)
65 years and over: 3.6% (male 121,207/female 103,802) (2011 est.) |
Median age:
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total: 21.8 years
male: 22.1 years
female: 21.5 years (2011 est.) |
Population growth rate:
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1.985% (2011 est.) |
Birth rate:
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26.44 births/1,000 population (2011 est.) |
Death rate:
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6.58 deaths/1,000 population (July 2011 est.) |
Net migration rate:
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0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2011 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: 1.2 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2011 est.) |
Maternal mortality rate:
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250 deaths/100,000 live births (2008) |
Infant mortality rate:
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total: 43.29 deaths/1,000 live births
male: 47.12 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 39.28 deaths/1,000 live births (2011 est.) |
Life expectancy at birth:
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total population: 66.24 years
male: 64.02 years
female: 68.56 years (2011 est.) |
Total fertility rate:
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3.46 children born/woman (2011 est.) |
Health expenditures:
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3.1% of GDP (2009) |
Physicians density:
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0.053 physicians/1,000 population (2008) |
Hospital bed density:
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void |
Drinking water source:
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improved:
urban: 87% of population
rural: 33% of population
total: 40% of population
unimproved:
urban: 13% of population
rural: 67% of population
total: 60% of population (2008) |
Sanitation facility access:
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improved:
urban: 71% of population
rural: 41% of population
total: 45% of population
unimproved:
urban: 29% of population
rural: 59% of population
total: 55% of population (2008) |
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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0.9% (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:
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34,000 (2009 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths:
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1,300 (2009 est.) |
Children under the age of 5 years underweight:
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18.1% (2005) |
Obesity - adult prevalence rate:
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void |
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%, Protestant 69.4% (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%), Baha'i 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census) |
Languages:
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Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), 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% |
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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NA |
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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