ACOG - Papua New Guinea  - IBM

Geography

Location: Southeastern Asia, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia

Area:
total area: 461,690 sq km
land area: 451,710 sq km
comparative area: slightly larger than California

Land boundaries: total 820 km, Indonesia 820 km

Coastline: 5,152 km


People

Population: 4,294,750 (July 1995 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 41% (female 847,208; male 892,718)
15-64 years: 57% (female 1,161,961; male 1,268,266)
65 years and over: 2% (female 66,759; male 57,838)

Population growth rate: 2.3% (1995 est.)

Birth rate: 33.2 births/1,000 population

Death rate: 10.18 deaths/1,000 population

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population

Infant mortality rate: 61.6 deaths/1,000 live births

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 56.85 years
male: 56.01 years
female: 57.74 years

Total fertility rate: 4.55 children born/woman

Ethnic divisions: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian

Religions: Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant sects 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%

Languages: English spoken by 1%-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu spoken inPapua region

Literacy: age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)
total population: 52%
male: 65%
female: 38%


Government

Names:
conventional long form: Independent State of Papua New Guinea
conventional short form: Papua New Guinea

Type: parliamentary democracy

Capital: Port Moresby

Independence: 16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship)

Constitution: 16 September 1975


Economy

National product: GDP - purchasing power parity - $9.2 billion

National product real growth rate: 6.1%

National product per capita: $2,200

Inflation rate (consumer prices): 1.6%

Unemployment rate:

Electricity:
capacity: 490,000 kW
production: 1.8 billion kWh
consumption per capita: 390 kWh



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