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: NA
@Papua New Guinea:Government
Names:
conventional long form: Independent State of Papua New Guinea
conventional short form: Papua New Guinea