Short facts about people of Papua New Guinea

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.)

Source: World Factbook