Thursday, February 3, 2011

PAPUA NEW GUINEA

  • Natural resources are gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries
  • Population is 6,064,515 (July 2010 est.) they are 105 in comparison to the world
  • 0 migrants/1000 population
  • Religion is Roman Catholic (27%)
  • Unemployment rate is 1.8%
  • Languages: Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are official languages; some 860 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
  • 562 airports and 2 heliports
  • Cell Phones-900,000
  • Main phones-60,000
  • Television-2 television stations, 1 commercial station operating since the late 1980s and 1 state-run station launched in 2008; satellite and cable TV services are available

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