Friday, February 4, 2011

Facts About New Guinea

  • Papua, New Guinea is the second largest island in the world.
  • it's population is an estimated amount of about 6 million people.
  • Urbanization is 12%
  • The Unemployment rate is 1.8%
  • 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
  • Literacy rate is 57.3%
  • Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are official languages
  • 26.95 births/1,000 population
  • The government is a constitutional parliamentary democracy and a commonwealth realm.
  • Capital is Port Moresby
  • Population below the poverty line is 37%

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