Papua New Guinea
- Official Name:
- Independent State of Papua New Guinea (Papua New Guinea)
- Area:
- 462.840 km 2
- Population (2007):
- 5.795.887 inhabitants
- Coastline:
- 5.152 km
- Capital:
- Port Moresby
- Maritime Ports and terminals:
- Kimbe, Lae, Rabaul
- Maritime claims:
-
- Territorial sea: 12 nm
- Exclusive fishing zone: 200 nm
- Continental shelf: 200-m depth or to the depth of exploitation
- Political divisions:
- 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
- Language(s):
- Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region Note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
- National holiday:
- Independence Day, 16 September (1975)
- Nationality:
- Papua New Guinean(s)
- Official time:
- UTC 10 .
- Member of:
- ACP, APEC, ARF, AsDB, ASEAN (observer), C, CP, FAO, G-77, IBRD, ICAO, ICRM, IDA, IFAD, IFC, IFRCS, IHO, ILO, IMF, IMO, Interpol, IOC, IOM (observer), IPU, ISO (correspondent), ITU, MIGA, NAM, OPCW, PIF, Sparteca, SPC, UN, UNCTAD, UNESCO, UNIDO, UNWTO, UPU, WCO, WFTU, WHO, WIPO, WMO, WTO
- Internet country code:
- .pg
Economic Profile
- Currency:
-
kina (PGK) - GDP - per capita (PPP):
- USD 2.700 (2006 est.)
- GDP (official exchange rate):
- (2006 est.) USD 4.167.000.000
- PIB (Real growth rate:
- 3,7% (2006 est.)
- GDP (Composition by sector): (2006 est.)
-
- Agriculture: 35,7%
- Industry: 37,1%
- Services: 27,2%
- Labor force:
- 3.477.000 (2006 est.)
- Labor force - by occupation (1999):
-
- Agriculture 85%
- Industry: ND
- Services ND
- Unemployment rate:
- 2% (2004 est.)
- Inflation rate (Consumer prices):
- 2,5% (2006 est)
- Investment (Gross Fixed):
- 19,2% del PIB (2006 est.)
- Budget:
-
- Revenues: USD2.155.000.000
- Expenditures: USD2.166.000.000
- Public debt:
- 53,7% of GDP (2006 est.)
- Current account balance:
- USD 661.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Exports:
- USD 4.096.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Exports - Commodities:
- Oil, gold, copper ore, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish, prawns
- Exports - Partners:
- Australia 28,8%, Japan 8,6%, China 5,4% (2005)
- Imports:
- USD 1.686.000.000 FOB (2006 est.)
- Imports - Commodities:
- Machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals
- Imports - partners:
- Australia 54,7%, Singapore 13,4%, Japan 4,3%, Malaysia 4,2% (2005)
- Reserves of foreign exchange and gold:
- USD 1.099.000.000 (2006 est.)
- Debt - external:
- USD 1.801.000.000 (2006)
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