Papua New Guinea

Background

Location

Geographic coordinates

Map references

Area

comparison ranking: total 57

Area - comparative

Land boundaries

Coastline

Maritime claims

Climate

Terrain

Elevation

Natural resources

Land use

Irrigated land

Major rivers (by length in km)

Population distribution

Natural hazards

Geography - note

Population

comparison rankings: total 93; female 95; male 93

Nationality

Ethnic groups

Languages

Religions

Age structure

Dependency ratios

Median age

comparison ranking: total 190

Population growth rate

comparison ranking: 30

Birth rate

comparison ranking: 31

Death rate

comparison ranking: 186

Net migration rate

comparison ranking: 94

Population distribution

Urbanization

Major urban areas - population

Sex ratio

Mother's mean age at first birth

Maternal mortality ratio

comparison ranking: 40

Infant mortality rate

comparison ranking: total 43

Life expectancy at birth

comparison ranking: total population 181

Total fertility rate

comparison ranking: 28

Gross reproduction rate

Drinking water source

Health expenditure

Physician density

Hospital bed density

Sanitation facility access

Obesity - adult prevalence rate

comparison ranking: 90

Alcohol consumption per capita

comparison ranking: total 144

Tobacco use

comparison ranking: total 4

Currently married women (ages 15-49)

Child marriage

Education expenditure

comparison ranking: Education expenditure (% GDP) 193

Literacy

People - note

Environmental issues

International environmental agreements

Climate

Land use

Urbanization

Carbon dioxide emissions

comparison ranking: total emissions 133

Particulate matter emissions

Waste and recycling

Total water withdrawal

Total renewable water resources

Country name

Government type

Capital

Administrative divisions

Legal system

Constitution

International law organization participation

Citizenship

Suffrage

Executive branch

Legislative branch

Judicial branch

Political parties

Diplomatic representation in the US

Diplomatic representation from the US

International organization participation

Independence

National holiday

Flag description

National symbol(s)

National color(s)

National anthem(s)

National heritage

Economic overview

Real GDP (purchasing power parity)

comparison ranking: 135

Real GDP growth rate

comparison ranking: 69

Real GDP per capita

comparison ranking: 178

GDP (official exchange rate)

Inflation rate (consumer prices)

comparison ranking: 13

GDP - composition, by sector of origin

comparison rankings: services 190; industry 29; agriculture 44

GDP - composition, by end use

Agricultural products

Industries

Industrial production growth rate

comparison ranking: 67

Labor force

comparison ranking: 98

Unemployment rate

comparison ranking: 32

Youth unemployment rate (ages 15-24)

comparison ranking: total 174

Remittances

Budget

Public debt

comparison ranking: 95

Taxes and other revenues

comparison ranking: 84

Current account balance

comparison ranking: 38

Exports

comparison ranking: 105

Exports - partners

Exports - commodities

Imports

comparison ranking: 138

Imports - partners

Imports - commodities

Reserves of foreign exchange and gold

comparison ranking: 106

Debt - external

comparison ranking: 59

Exchange rates

Electricity access

Electricity

comparison rankings: transmission/distribution losses 73; consumption 132; installed generating capacity 132

Electricity generation sources

Coal

Petroleum

Natural gas

Energy consumption per capita

comparison ranking: 153

Telephones - fixed lines

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 123

Telephones - mobile cellular

comparison ranking: total subscriptions 126

Broadcast media

Internet country code

Internet users

Broadband - fixed subscriptions

comparison ranking: total 170

Civil aircraft registration country code prefix

Airports

comparison ranking: 14

Heliports

comparison ranking: 115

Merchant marine

comparison ranking: total 65

Ports

Military and security forces

Military expenditures

Military and security service personnel strengths

Military equipment inventories and acquisitions

Military service age and obligation

Military - note

Refugees and internally displaced persons

Trafficking in persons