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HIV news : 0.6% (2003 est.) Population below poverty line news : 37% (2002 est.) . Literacy : 64,60% House hold income lowest than 10% news : 1,70% House hold income highest than 10% news : 40.5% (1996) Inflation news : 14.7% (2003 est.) . Unemployment Rate news : NA . Internet Users news : 75,000 (2002) . Location : Oceania, group of islands including the eastern half of the island of New Guinea between the Coral Sea and the South Pacific Ocean, east of Indonesia . Geographic Coordinates : 6 00 S, 147 00 E . Religion Papua New Guinea news : Roman Catholic 22%, Lutheran 16%, Presbyterian/Methodist/London Missionary Society 8%, Anglican 5%, Evangelical Alliance 4%, Seventh-Day Adventist 1%, other Protestant 10%, indigenous beliefs 34% . Administrative region : 20 provinces; Bougainville, Central, Chimbu, Eastern Highlands, East New Britain, East Sepik, Enga, Gulf, Madang, Manus, Milne Bay, Morobe, National Capital, New Ireland, Northern, Sandaun, Southern Highlands, Western, Western Highlands, West New Britain . Terrain : mostly mountains with coastal lowlands and rolling foothills . Elevation extremes lowest : Pacific Ocean 0 m . Elevation extremes highest : Mount Wilhelm 4,509 m . Natural resources : gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber, oil, fisheries . Land use arable land : 0,46%. Land use permanentcrops : 1,44%. Irrigated land : NA sq km . Natural hazards : active volcanism; situated along the Pacific "Ring of Fire"; the country is subject to frequent and sometimes severe earthquakes; mud slides; tsunamis . Environment current issues : rain forest subject to deforestation as a result of growing commercial demand for tropical timber; pollution from mining projects; severe drought . Geography note : shares island of New Guinea with Indonesia; one of world's largest swamps along southwest coast . Population news : 5,420,280 (July 2004 est.) . age -14 p : 38,30%. age -14 men : 1 053 940. age -14 ladies : 1 019 492. age 15/64 p : 58%. age 15/64 men : 1 622 124. age 15/64 ladies : 1 519 104. age +65 p : 3,80%. age +65 men : 96 638. age +65 ladies : 108 982. date : 2004 est.. median age total : 21 years . median age male : 21.1 years . median age female : 20.8 years (2004 est.) . population growth rate : 2.3% (2004 est.) . population growth rate note : . birth rate : 30.52 births/1,000 population (2004 est.) . death rate : 7.5 deaths/1,000 population (2004 est.) . net migration rate : 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2004 est.) . sex ratio at birth : 1.05 male(s)/female . sex ratio under 15 : 1.03 male(s)/female . sex ratio 15/64 : 1.07 male(s)/female . sex ratio more 65 : 0.89 male(s)/female . sex ratio total : 1.05 male(s)/female (2004 est.) . infant mortality rate male : 57.39 deaths/1,000 live births . infant mortality rate female : 48.7 deaths/1,000 live births (2004 est.) . life expectancy at birth total : 64.56 years . life expectancy at birth male : 62.41 years . life expectancy at birth female : 66.81 years (2004 est.) . total fertility rate : 4.04 children born/woman (2004 est.) .
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