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 Papua New GuineaMore Facts & Figures
Current government officials
Languages:
Tok Pisin (Melanesian Pidgin, the lingua
franca), Hiri Motu (in Papua region), English 1%–2%; 715 indigenous
languages
Ethnicity/race:
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% Literacy rate: 66% (2003 est.) Economic summary: GDP/PPP (2007
est.): $11.94 billion; per capita $2,000. Real growth rate:
6.2%. Inflation: 1.7%. Unemployment: 1.9%up to 80% in
urban areas (2005). Arable land: 0.5%. Agriculture:
coffee, cocoa, copra, palm kernels, tea, sugar, rubber, sweet
potatoes, fruit, vegetables, vanilla; shell fish, poultry, pork.
Labor force: 3.557 million (2007 est); agriculture 85%,
industry n.a., services n.a. Industries: copra crushing, palm
oil processing, plywood production, wood-chip production; mining of
gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production, petroleum refining;
construction, tourism. Natural resources: gold, copper,
silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries. Exports: $4.553
billion f.o.b. (2007 est.): oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil,
coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns. Imports: $2.269 billion
f.o.b. (2007 est.): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured
goods, food, fuels, chemicals. Major trading partners:
Australia, Japan, China, Singapore (2006).
Member of Commonwealth of Nations
Communications: Telephones: main lines
in use: 63,700 (2005); mobile cellular: 75,000 (2005). Radio
broadcast stations: AM 8, FM 19, shortwave 28 (1998).
Radios: 410,000 (1997). Television broadcast stations:
3 (2004). Televisions: 59,841 (1999). Internet Service
Providers (ISPs): 2,436 (2007). Internet users: 110,000
(2006). Transportation: Railways: 0 km.
Highways: total: 19,600 km; paved: 686 km; unpaved: 18,914
km (1996 est.). Waterways: 11,000 km (2006). Ports and
harbors: Kieta, Lae, Madang, Port Moresby, Rabaul.
Airports: 578 (2007). International disputes: Indonesian
secessionists, squatters, and illegal migrants create repatriation
problems for Papua New Guinea.
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