Papua New Guinea

Facts

Population:  5,049,055 (July 2001 est.)
Age structure:  0-14 years:  38.7% (male 993,248; female 960,647) 15-64 years:  57.63% (male 1,507,064; female 1,402,666) 65 years and over:  3.67% (male 87,779; female 97,651) (2001 est.)
Population growth rate:  2.43% (2001 est.)
Birth rate:  32.15 births/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Death rate:  7.88 deaths/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Net migration rate:  0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2001 est.)
Sex ratio:  at birth:  1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years:  1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years:  1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over:  0.9 male(s)/female total population:  1.05 male(s)/female (2001 est.)
Infant mortality rate:  58.21 deaths/1,000 live births (2001 est.)
Life expectancy at birth:  total population:  63.46 years male:  61.39 years female:  65.64 years (2001 est.)
Total fertility rate:  4.3 children born/woman (2001 est.)
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate:  0.22% (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS:  5,400 (1999 est.)
HIV/AIDS - deaths:  450 (1999 est.)
Nationality:  noun:  Papua New Guinean(s) adjective:  Papua New Guinean
Ethnic groups:  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 10%, indigenous beliefs 34%
Languages:  English spoken by 1%-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu spoken in Papua region note:  715 indigenous languages
Literacy:  definition:  age 15 and over can read and write total population:  72.2% male:  81% female:  62.7% (1995 est.)
GDP:  purchasing power parity - $12.2 billion (2000 est.)
GDP - real growth rate:  2.9% (2000 est.)
GDP - per capita:  purchasing power parity - $2,500 (2000 est.)
GDP - composition by sector:  agriculture:  30% industry:  35% services:  35% (1999 est.)
Population below poverty line:  37%
Household income or consumption by percentage share:  lowest 10%:  1.7% highest 10%:  40.5% (1996)
Inflation rate (consumer prices):  17% (2000 est.)
Labor force:  1.941 million
Labor force - by occupation:  agriculture 85%, industry NA%, services NA%
Unemployment rate:  NA%
Budget:  revenues:  $1.6 billion expenditures:  $1.9 billion, including capital expenditures of $NA (1998 est.)
Industries:  copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production; construction, tourism
Industrial production growth rate:  NA%
Electricity - production:  1.82 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - production by source:  fossil fuel:  54.95% hydro:  45.05% nuclear:  0% other:  0% (1999)
Electricity - consumption:  1.693 billion kWh (1999)
Electricity - exports:  0 kWh (1999)
Electricity - imports:  0 kWh (1999)
Agriculture - products:  coffee, cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, tea, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables; poultry, pork
Exports:  $2.1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Exports - commodities:  oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns
Exports - partners:  Australia 30%, Japan 12%, Germany 7%, South Korea 4%, Philippines 3%, UK 3% (1999)
Imports:  $1 billion (f.o.b., 2000 est.)
Imports - commodities:  machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals
Imports - partners:  Australia 53%, Singapore 13%, Japan 6%, US 4%, New Zealand 4%, Malaysia 4% (1999)
Debt - external:  $2.9 billion (2000 est.)
Economic aid - recipient:  $400 million (1999 est.)
Currency:  kina (PGK)
Currency code:  PGK
Exchange rates:  kina per US dollar - 2.81 (October 2000), 2.696 (2000), 2.539 (1999), 2.058 (1998), 1.434 (1997), 1.318 (1996)
Fiscal year:  calendar year

Statistics: CIA World Factbook.

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