Monday, February 7, 2011

More Papua New Guinea Notes

  • Tok Pisin, English, and Hiri Motu are the official languages. 
  • Has a literacy percentage of 57.3%.
  • Median age structure is 21.6 years. 
  • Life expectancy is about 66 years. 
  • They're 75th in the world for HIV/AIDS related deaths.
  • Degree of risk for major infectious diseases is very high.
  • Melanseian, Papuan, Negrito, Microneasion, and Polyneasian are they're ethnic groups. 
  • Has cannibals in Papua New Guinea.
  • 27% Roman Catholic, 19.5% Lutheran, 11.5% United Church, 10% 7th Day Adventists, 8.6% Pentacostal, 3.2% Anglican, 2.5% Baptist, 5.2%  Evangelical Alliance, 8.9% Protestant, 0.3% Bahai, 3.3% other beliefs. 

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