About Papua New Guinea

Today we researched Papua New Guinea. In Papua New Guinea, 49 out of 50 people are working. 12th fastest growing economy in the world. The current population is 6,310,129. It is the 105th largest in population. The population growth rate is 1.936% and is 60th in the world. It is not growing very fast but it is on of the top ranks in the world. Papua New Guinea gained independence in 1975 and their independence day is September 16. New Guinea has 562 airports, 20 paved and 542 not paved. It is slightly larger than California. They have a 1.9% unemployment rate which is really good. Papua New Guinea has an Army and even an Air Force. the legal age to be drafted into war is 16. The active personnel was 3,100 in 2005. The defense budget totaled 26.7 million in 2005. The capital of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby. The net migration rate of Papua New Guinea is 0. This means that there is just as many people going to the country has there are leaving. The government in New Guinea is a constitutional parliamentary democracy and a Commonwealth realm. 13% of the population is urban. Internet host is 5,006 and 125,000 users. There are only 6 universities in Papua New Guinea. 57.3% people are literate which means that they can read and write. 42.7% people in Papua New Guinea are not literate which means that they can't read and write.  Over 800 languages are spoken in Papua New Guinea. This is because there are different groups that don't interact with each other and they end up using different languages in most groups.