Monday, January 14, 2013

Notes on Papua New Guniea

- 53.7% of the population can read and write
             - 63.4% of males can read and write
             - 50.9% of females can read and write
- 1/3 of population is living on less than $1 a day
- 125,000 Internet users (152 comparison to the world)
- 37% is below the poverty line
- GDP growth is 8.9
- around 860 different languages
- 130,000 main telephone lines in use
- 2.4 million people use a cellular device
- 1.4% of GDP goes to their military
- unemployment rate is 1.9%
- 562 airports, only about 20 are paid
- Modern part of New Guinea is like a city, is developing (away from people in the Highlands)
- 12th fastest growing economy in the world
- Birth rate is 25.92 births/1,000 population
- GDP per capita is $2,500
- TFR is 3.39
- NMR is 0, just as many people coming as there are leaving
- 13% of the population is urban
- rate of urbanization is 2.9%
- export $6.791 billion
- import $4.07 billion
- English is spoken by 1% - 2% of people
- 2 TV stations and 1 radio station in the entire country

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