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Capital Papua New Guinea : |
Port Moresby .
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| Land Boudaries Border Country Papua New Guinea :
| Indonesia 820 km .
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| Climate Papua New Guinea :
| tropical; northwest monsoon (December to March), southeast monsoon (May to October); slight seasonal temperature variation .
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| Life expectancy Papua New Guinea :
| 64.56 years .
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| Fertility rate Papua New Guinea :
| 4.04 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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| Government type Papua New Guinea :
| constitutional monarchy with parliamentary democracy .
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| Population Papua New Guinea :
| 5,420,280 (July 2004 est.) .
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| Area Total Papua New Guinea :
| 462,840 sq km .
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| Telephones Main Lines In Use Papua New Guinea :
| 62,000 (2002) .
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| Telephones Mobile Cellular Papua New Guinea :
| 15,000 (2002) .
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| International Country Code Papua New Guinea :
| 675.
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| Sex ratio total Papua New Guinea :
| 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.) .
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| Sex Papua New Guinea ratio under 15 :
| 1.03 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Papua New Guinea ratio 15 64 :
| 1.07 male(s)/female .
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| Sex Papua New Guinea ratio 65 :
| 0.89 male(s)/female .
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| Current account balance Papua New Guinea :
| $12 million (2003) |
| HIV Papua New Guinea :
| 0.6% (2003 est.) |
| Population below poverty line Papua New Guinea :
| 37% (2002 est.) |
| Literacy Papua New Guinea :
| 64,60% |
| House hold income lowest than 10% Papua New Guinea :
| 1,70% |
| House hold income highest than 10% Papua New Guinea :
| 40.5% (1996) |
| Inflation Papua New Guinea :
| 14.7% (2003 est.) |
| Unemployment Rate Papua New Guinea :
| NA |
| Internet Users Papua New Guinea :
| 75,000 (2002) |
| Location Papua New Guinea :
| Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia |
| Geographic Coordinates Papua New Guinea :
| 6 00 S, 147 00 E |
| Religion Papua New Guinea :
| Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34% |
| Administrative region Papua New Guinea :
| 20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain |
| Terrain Papua New Guinea :
| mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills |
| Elevation extremes lowest Papua New Guinea :
| Pacific Ocean 0 m |
| Elevation extremes highest Papua New Guinea :
| Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m |
| Natural resources Papua New Guinea :
| gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries |
| Land use arable land Papua New Guinea :
| 0,46% |
| Land use permanentcrops Papua New Guinea :
| 1,44% |
| Irrigated land Papua New Guinea :
| NA sq km |
| Natural hazards Papua New Guinea :
| active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis |
| Environment current issues Papua New Guinea :
| rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought |
| Geography note Papua New Guinea :
| shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast |
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