Population: 3,913,186 (July 1991), growth rate 2.3% (1991)

Birth rate: 34 births/1,000 population (1991)

Death rate: 11 deaths/1,000 population (1991)

Net migration rate: 0 migrants/1,000 population (1991)

Infant mortality rate: 66 deaths/1,000 live births (1991)

Life expectancy at birth: 55 years male, 56 years female (1991)

Total fertility rate: 4.9 children born/woman (1991)

Nationality: noun--Papua New Guinean(s); adjective--Papua New Guinean

Ethnic divisions: predominantly Melanesian and Papuan; some Negrito, Micronesian, and Polynesian

Religion: 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%

Language: 715 indigenous languages; English spoken by 1-2%, pidgin English widespread, Motu spoken in Papua region

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

Labor force: 1,660,000; 732,806 in salaried employment; agriculture 54%, government 25%, industry and commerce 9%, services 8% (1980)

Organized labor: more than 50 trade unions, some with fewer than 20 members

NOTE: The information regarding Papua New Guinea on this page is re-published from the 1991 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Papua New Guinea People 1991 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Papua New Guinea People 1991 should be addressed to the CIA.