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GeographyLocation: 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: Land boundaries: total 820 km, Indonesia 820 km Coastline: 5,152 km
PeoplePopulation: 4,294,750 (July 1995 est.)
Age structure:
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 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.)
Government
Names:
Type: parliamentary democracy Capital: Port Moresby Independence: 16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship) Constitution: 16 September 1975
EconomyNational 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:
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