Papua-Neuguinea - Daten & Fakten
Länderstatistik
geographic coordinates: 9 27 S, 147 11 E
time difference: UTC+10 (15 hours ahead of Washington, DC, during Standard Time)
time zone note: Papua New Guinea has two time zones, including Bougainville (UTC+11)
etymology: named in 1873 by Captain John MORESBY (1830-1922) in honor of his father, British Admiral Sir Fairfax MORESBY (1786-1877)
citizenship by descent only: at least one parent must be a citizen of Papua New Guinea
dual citizenship recognized: no
residency requirement for naturalization: 8 years
land: 452,860 sq km
water: 9,980 sq km
arable land: 0.7% (2018 est.)
permanent crops: 1.5% (2018 est.)
permanent pasture: 0.4% (2018 est.)
forest: 63.1% (2018 est.)
other: 34.3% (2018 est.)
15-64 years: 58.75% (male 2,917,668/female 2,851,691)
65 years and over: 3.9% (2023 est.) (male 189,851/female 193,213)
note: Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2%
male: 68 years
female: 71.5 years
male: 21.4 years
female: 21.8 years
note: data represents median age a first birth among women 25-49
rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.)
2.6% (2020 est.)
2.45% (2019 est.)
40.15% of GDP (2019 est.)
36.67% of GDP (2018 est.)
4.87% (2020 est.)
3.93% (2019 est.)
$9.36 billion (2020 est.)
$11 billion (2019 est.)
note: data are in current year dollars
$3.77 billion (2020 est.)
$4.14 billion (2019 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 0.2 (2020 est.)
percent of population: 32% (2021 est.)
paved: 3,000 km (2011)
unpaved: 6,349 km (2011)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 2 (2021 est.)
subscriptions per 100 inhabitants: 48 (2021 est.)
Papua New Guinea-Australia: relies on assistance from Australia to keep out illegal cross-border activities from primarily Indonesia, including goods smuggling, illegal narcotics trafficking, and squatters and secessionists