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Papua New Guinea People 1996

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) (July 1995 est.)

Population growth rate:

2.3% (1995 est.)

Birth rate:

33.2 births/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Death rate:

10.18 deaths/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Net migration rate:

0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1995 est.)

Infant mortality rate:

61.6 deaths/1,000 live births (1995 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:

total population:

56.85 years

male:

56.01 years

female:

57.74 years (1995 est.)

Total fertility rate:

4.55 children born/woman (1995 est.)

Nationality:

noun:

Papua New Guinean(s)

adjective:

Papua New Guinean

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 in Papua region

note:

715 indigenous languages

Literacy:

age 15 and over can read and write (1990 est.)

total population:

52%

male:

65%

female:

38%

Labor force:

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