Population: Nationality: Ethnic groups: Languages: Religions: Age structure: Dependency ratios: Median age: Population growth rate: Birth rate: Death rate: Net migration rate: Population distribution: Urbanization: Major urban areas - population: Sex ratio: Maternal mortality rate: Infant mortality rate: Life expectancy at birth: Total fertility 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: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 People - note:
NOTE: 1) The information regarding Papua New Guinea on this page is re-published from the 2019 World Fact Book of the United States Central Intelligence Agency. No claims are made regarding the accuracy of Papua New Guinea People 2019 information contained here. All suggestions for corrections of any errors about Papua New Guinea People 2019 should be addressed to the CIA.
7,027,332
(July 2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
105
[see also: Population country ranks ]
noun:
Papua New Guinean(s)
adjective:
Papua New Guinean
Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 839 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); many 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%
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)
0-14 years: 32.94%
(male 1,178,509 /female 1,136,069)
[see also: Age structure - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 19.94%
(male 710,166 /female 690,848)
[see also: Age structure - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 37.13%
(male 1,338,558 /female 1,271,008)
[see also: Age structure - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 5.59%
(male 201,271 /female 191,833)
[see also: Age structure - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 4.4%
(male 153,922 /female 155,148)
(2018 est.)
[see also: Age structure - 65 years and over country ranks ]
population pyramid:
This is the population pyramid for Papua New Guinea. A population pyramid illustrates the age and sex structure of a country's population and may provide insights about political and social stability, as well as economic development. The population is distributed along the horizontal axis, with males shown on the left and females on the right. The male and female populations are broken down into 5-year age groups represented as horizontal bars along the vertical axis, with the youngest age groups at the bottom and the oldest at the top. The shape of the population pyramid gradually evolves over time based on fertility, mortality, and international migration trends.
For additional information, please see the entry for Population pyramid on the Definitions and Notes page under the References tab.
total dependency ratio: 67.4
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - total dependency ratio country ranks ]
youth dependency ratio: 61.3
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - youth dependency ratio country ranks ]
elderly dependency ratio: 6.1
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - elderly dependency ratio country ranks ]
potential support ratio: 16.4
(2015 est.)
[see also: Dependency ratios - potential support ratio country ranks ]
total: 23.4 years
[see also: Median age - total country ranks ]
male: 23.5 years
[see also: Median age - male country ranks ]
female: 23.4 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Median age - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
171
1.67%
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
61
[see also: Population growth rate country ranks ]
23.3 births/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
60
[see also: Birth rate country ranks ]
6.6 deaths/1,000 population
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
141
[see also: Death rate country ranks ]
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
95
[see also: Net migration rate country ranks ]
population concentrated in the highlands and eastern coastal areas on the island of New Guinea; predominantly a rural distribution with only about one-fifth of the population residing in urban areas
urban population: 13.2% of total population
(2018)
[see also: Urbanization - urban population country ranks ]
rate of urbanization: 2.51% annual rate of change
(2015-20 est.)
[see also: Urbanization - rate of urbanization country ranks ]
367,000 PORT MORESBY (capital)
(2018)
at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - at birth country ranks ]
0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 0-14 years country ranks ]
15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 15-24 years country ranks ]
25-54 years: 1.06 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 25-54 years country ranks ]
55-64 years: 1.03 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 55-64 years country ranks ]
65 years and over: 1.06 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - 65 years and over country ranks ]
total population: 1.04 male(s)/female
(2017 est.)
[see also: Sex ratio - total population country ranks ]
215 deaths/100,000 live births
(2015 est.)
country comparison to the world:
49
[see also: Maternal mortality rate country ranks ]
total: 35.3 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - total country ranks ]
male: 38.6 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - male country ranks ]
female: 31.7 deaths/1,000 live births
(2018 est.)
[see also: Infant mortality rate - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
49
total population: 67.5 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - total population country ranks ]
male: 65.3 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - male country ranks ]
female: 69.8 years
(2018 est.)
[see also: Life expectancy at birth - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
171
[See also: Healthy Life Expectancy ]
[See also: Health Performance ]
2.97 children born/woman
(2018 est.)
country comparison to the world:
54
[see also: Total fertility rate country ranks ]
4.3% of GDP
(2014)
country comparison to the world:
161
[see also: Health expenditures country ranks ]
0.06 physicians/1,000 population
(2010)
[see also: Physicians density country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 88% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 32.8% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 40% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 12% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 67.2% of population
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 60% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Drinking water source - unimproved - total country ranks ]
improved:
urban: 56.4% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 13.3% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - rural country ranks ]
total: 18.9% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - improved - total country ranks ]
unimproved:
urban: 43.6% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - urban country ranks ]
rural: 86.7% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - rural country ranks ]
total: 81.1% of population
(2015 est.)
[see also: Sanitation facility access - unimproved - total country ranks ]
0.9%
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
48
[see also: HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
48,000
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
61
[see also: HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS country ranks ]
1,100
(2017 est.)
country comparison to the world:
64
[see also: HIV/AIDS - deaths country ranks ]
degree of risk:
very high
(2016)
food or waterborne diseases:
bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
(2016)
vectorborne diseases:
dengue fever and malaria
(2016)
note: active local transmission of Zika virus by Aedes species mosquitoes has been identified in this country (as of August 2016); it poses an important risk (a large number of cases possible) among US citizens if bitten by an infective mosquito; other less common ways to get Zika are through sex, via blood transfusion, or during pregnancy, in which the pregnant woman passes Zika virus to her fetus
21.3%
(2016)
country comparison to the world:
91
[see also: Obesity - adult prevalence rate country ranks ]
27.9%
(2010)
country comparison to the world:
12
[see also: Children under the age of 5 years underweight country ranks ]
NA
[see also: Education expenditures country ranks ]
definition:
age 15 and over can read and write
(2015 est.)
total population: 64.2%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - total population country ranks ]
male: 65.6%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - male country ranks ]
female: 62.8%
(2015 est.)
[see also: Literacy - female country ranks ]
total: 3.6%
(2010 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - total country ranks ]
male: 4.3%
(2010 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - male country ranks ]
female: 3%
(2010 est.)
[see also: Unemployment, youth ages 15-24 - female country ranks ]
country comparison to the world:
161
the indigenous population of Papua New Guinea (PNG) 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
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