Papua New Guinea :: Admiralty islandsAmboinAsaroBougainvilleGorokaKainantuKundiawaLaeLake kutubuLouisiade archipelagoMadangMendiMilne bayNew britainNew irelandPort moresbyRabaulSamarai islandSepik riverTariTrobriand islandsWauWeamWewak

Population: 4 599 785 (July 1998 est.)

Age structure:
0-14 years: 40% (male 936 206; female 888 427)
15-64 years: 57% (male 1 374 471; female 1 263 750)
65 years and over: 3% (male 62 593; female 74 338) (July 1998 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.27% (1998 est.)

Birth rate: 32.37 births/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Death rate: 9.65 deaths/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1 000 population (1998 est.)

Sex ratio:
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
under 15 years: 1.05 male(s)/female
15-64 years: 1.09 male(s)/female
65 years and over: 0.84 male(s)/female (1998 est.)

Infant mortality rate: 57.09 deaths/1 000 live births (1998 est.)

Life expectancy at birth:
total population: 58.06 years
male: 57.18 years
female: 58.98 years (1998 est.)

Total fertility rate: 4.26 children born/woman (1998 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 sects 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.)