Papua New Guinea

  In today's class, February 4, 2011, we talked about Papua New Guinea facts. Everybody broke up into groups of 2 to 3 people and then we visited CIA World Factbook. We collected important facts about the country on that website and then presented them to the class.

  The population of Papua New Guinea is 6,064,515 and is growing at a rate of 2%. 37% of this population is below the poverty line and 1.8% are unemployed. The people here have a life expectancy of about 65 years. 53% of the country is literate. 27% of the people are Roman Catholic, but Lutheran is a close second with 19%. The Total Fertility Rate of Papua New Guinea is an average of about 3 children per woman.

  The capital of Papua New Guinea is Port Moresby. Their GDP Per Capita is $2,500. 54,000 people living here suffer from HIV/AIDS. 18% of the people live in urban areas. Their natural resources include gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, and fisheries. Finally, the Industrial Growth Rate of Papua New Guinea is 10% making it rate 16th in the world in how fast their economy is growing.