Nationality:
noun: Papua New Guinean(s)
adjective:
Papua New Guinean
Ethnic groups:
Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
Languages:
Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 836 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); most languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers
note:
Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%
Religions:
Roman Catholic 27%, Protestant 69.4% (Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%), Baha'i 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)
Population: Age structure:
Dependency ratios:
Median age:
Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Urbanization:
Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio:
Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate:
Life expectancy at birth:
Total fertility rate: Contraceptive prevalence rate: Health expenditures: Physicians density: Drinking water source:
Sanitation facility access:
HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: HIV/AIDS - deaths: Major infectious diseases:
Obesity - adult prevalence rate: Children under the age of 5 years underweight: Education expenditures: Literacy:
People - note:
6,552,730 (July 2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 106
[see also: Population country ranks ]
0-14 years:
35% (male 1,165,911/female 1,125,104)
15-24 years:
19.7% (male 652,548/female 635,411)
25-54 years:
36.2% (male 1,226,213/female 1,146,951)
55-64 years:
5.2% (male 173,019/female 169,329)
65 years and over:
3.8% (male 134,396/female 123,848) (2014 est.)
population pyramid: 
total dependency ratio:
68.2 %
youth dependency ratio:
63.2 %
elderly dependency ratio:
5 %
potential support ratio:
20.1 (2014 est.)
total:
22.4 years
male:
22.6 years
female:
22.2 years (2014 est.)
1.84% (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 65
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
24.89 births/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 57
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.53 deaths/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 149
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 90
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
urban population:
12.5% of total population (2011)
rate of urbanization:
2.73% annual rate of change (2010-15 est.)
PORT MORESBY (capital) 343,000 (2011)
at birth:
1.05 male(s)/female
0-14 years:
1.04 male(s)/female
15-24 years:
1.03 male(s)/female
25-54 years:
1.07 male(s)/female
55-64 years:
1.05 male(s)/female
65 years and over:
1.14 male(s)/female
total population:
1.05 male(s)/female (2014 est.)
230 deaths/100,000 live births (2010)
country comparison to the world: 51
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total:
39.67 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 54
male:
43.29 deaths/1,000 live births
female:
35.87 deaths/1,000 live births (2014 est.)
total population:
66.85 years
country comparison to the world: 168
male:
64.63 years
female:
69.19 years (2014 est.)
3.24 children born/woman (2014 est.)
country comparison to the world: 50
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
32.4% (2007)
[see also: Contraceptive prevalence rate country ranks ]
4.3% of GDP (2011)
country comparison to the world: 155
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.05 physicians/1,000 population (2008)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 88% of population
rural: 32.8% of population
total: 39.7% of population
unimproved:
urban: 12% of population
rural: 67.2% of population
total: 60.3% of population (2012 est.)
improved:
urban: 56.4% of population
rural: 13.3% of population
total: 18.7% of population
unimproved:
urban: 43.6% of population
rural: 86.7% of population
total: 81.3% of population (2012 est.)
0.5% (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 72
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
24,900 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 76
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
1,000 (2012 est.)
country comparison to the world: 78
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria (2013)
16.2% (2008)
country comparison to the world: 115
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
18.1% (2005)
country comparison to the world: 37
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
NA
[see also: Education expenditures - percent of GDP country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
total population:
62.4%
male:
65.4%
female:
59.4% (2011 est.)
the indigenous population of Papua New Guinea is one of the most heterogeneous in the world; PNG has several thousand separate communities, most with only a few hundred people; divided by language, customs, and tradition, some of these communities have engaged in low-scale tribal conflict with their neighbors for millennia; the advent of modern weapons and modern migrants into urban areas has greatly magnified the impact of this lawlessness