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    Papua New Guinea People 1995
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    SOURCE: 1995 CIA WORLD FACTBOOK

      Population: 4,196,806 (July 1994 est.)

      Population growth rate: 2.31% (1994 est.)

      Birth rate: 33.5 births/1,000 population (1994 est.)

      Death rate: 10.38 deaths/1,000 population (1994 est.)

      Net migration rate: 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (1994 est.)

      Infant mortality rate: 63.3 deaths/1,000 live births (1994 est.)

      Life expectancy at birth:
      total population: 56.43 years
      male: 55.6 years
      female: 57.31 years (1994 est.)

      Total fertility rate: 4.65 children born/woman (1994 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

      NOTE: The information regarding Papua New Guinea on this page is re-published from the 1995 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Papua New Guinea People 1995 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Papua New Guinea People 1995 should be addressed to the CIA.

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