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Papua New Guinea:
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Other pages in this profile of Papua New Guinea:
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
Geography, Government, Economy, Communications & Transportation, Military & Transnational Issues.
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Population |
Definition - World rank and map 5,931,769 (July 2008 est.) |
Population density |
Definition - World rank and map 13.1 people per sq. km (July 2008 est.) |
Age structure |
Definition - World rank and map 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 |
Definition - World rank and map total: 21.5 years male: 21.6 years female: 21.4 years (2008 est.) |
Population growth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 2.118% (2008 est.) |
Birth rate |
Definition - World rank and map 28.14 births/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Death rate |
Definition - World rank and map 6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.) |
Net migration rate |
Definition - World rank and map NA |
Sex ratio |
Definition 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 |
Definition - World rank and map 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 |
Definition - World rank and map total population: 66 years male: 63.76 years female: 68.35 years (2008 est.) |
Total fertility rate |
Definition - World rank and map 3.71 children born/woman (2008 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate |
Definition - World rank and map 0.6% (2003 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS |
Definition - World rank and map 60,000 (2005 est.) |
HIV/AIDS - deaths |
Definition 600 (2003 est.) |
Major infectious diseases |
Definition degree of risk: very high food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2008) |
Nationality |
Definition noun: Papua New Guinean(s) adjective: Papua New Guinean |
Ethnic groups |
Definition Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian |
Religions |
Definition 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 |
Definition 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 |
Definition 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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