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The People of Papua New Guinea

Papua New Guinean People

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Population: 6,057,263 (July 2009 est.)

Age structure: 0-14 years: 36.9% (male 1,137,796/female 1,099,365) 15-64 years: 59% (male 1,836,272/female 1,735,298) 65 years and over: 4.1% (male 114,789/female 133,743) (2009 est.)

Median age: total: 21.7 years male: 21.8 years female: 21.6 years (2009 est.)

Population growth rate: 2.069% (2009 est.)

Death rate: 6.96 deaths/1,000 population (2008 est.)

Net migration rate: NA (2009 est.)

Sex ratio: at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female under 15 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 15-64 years: 1.06 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.86 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2009 est.)

Infant mortality rate: total: 45.23 deaths/1,000 live births male: 49.17 deaths/1,000 live births female: 41.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2009 est.)

Life expectancy at birth: total population: 66.34 years male: 64.08 years female: 68.72 years (2009 est.)

Total fertility rate: 3.62 children born/woman (2009 est.)

HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate: 1.5% (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS: 54,000 (2007 est.)

HIV/AIDS - deaths: fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)

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

Ethnic groups: Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian

Religions: Roman Catholic 27%, 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%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)

Languages: The three official languages are English, Tok Pisin, and Motu; there are approximately 860 other languages

Literacy: definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 57.3% male: 63.4% female: 50.9% (2000 census)