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People
6,064,515 (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 
105
0-14 years: 37.3% (male 1,126,214/female 1,088,211)
15-64 years: 59.3% (male 1,815,731/female 1,704,430)
65 years and over: 3.5% (male 113,285/female 92,904) (2010 est.)
total: 21.6 years
male: 21.9 years
female: 21.3 years (2010 est.)
2.033% (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 51
26.95 births/1,000 population (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 53
6.62 deaths/1,000 population (July 2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 148
0 migrant(s)/1,000 population
country comparison to the world: 112
urban population: 12% of total population (2008)
rate of urbanization: 1.9% annual rate of change (2005-10 est.)
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: 1.2 male(s)/female
total population: 1.06 male(s)/female (2010 est.)
total: 44.59 deaths/1,000 live births
country comparison to the world: 58
male: 48.47 deaths/1,000 live births
female: 40.52 deaths/1,000 live births (2010 est.)
total population: 65.99 years
country comparison to the world: 162
male: 63.78 years
female: 68.31 years (2010 est.)
3.54 children born/woman (2010 est.)
country comparison to the world: 47
1.5% (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 43
54,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 63
fewer than 1,000 (2007 est.)
country comparison to the world: 75
degree of risk: very high
food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever
vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria (2009)
noun: Papua New Guinean(s)
adjective: Papua New Guinean
Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
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)
Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are official languages; some 860 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world’s total)
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%
definition: age 15 and over can read and write
total population: 57.3%
male: 63.4%
female: 50.9% (2000 census)
NA
the indigenous population of Papua New Guinea 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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