PAPUA NEW GUINEA PAPUA NEW GUINEA REGION OCEANIA NATURAL RESOURCES INDUSTRY AGRICULTURE GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION GLOBAL RELATIONS DATE OF INDEPENDENCE SEPTEMBER 16 1975 FROM A UNITED NATIONS TRUSTEESHIP UNDER AUSTRALIAN ADMINISTRATION DATE OF CURRENT CONSTITUTION SEPTEMBER 16 1975 POPULATION 4705126 1999 EST AREA 178704 SQ MI CAPITAL PORT MORESBY FORM OF GOVERNMENT PARLIAMENTARY REPUBLIC NATURAL RESOURCES GOLD COPPER SILVER NATURAL GAS TIMBER MAIN INDUSTRIES COCONUT AND PALM OIL PROCESSING WOOD PRODUCTS MINING CONSTRUCTION TOURISM AGRICULTURE COFFEE COCOA COCONUTS PALM KERNELS TEA RUBBER SWEET POTATOES FRUIT VEGETABLES POULTRY PIGS CURRENCY KINA GDP 11.1 BILLION 1998 EST GDP PER CAPITA 2400 1998 EST LANGUAGES 715 PAPUAN AND AUSTRONESIAN LANGUAGES ENGLISH MOTU TOK PISIN RELIGIONS CHRISTIANITY PROTESTANT DENOMINATIONS ROMAN CATHOLICISM TRADITIONAL BELIEF SYSTEMS LITERACY RATE 72 LIFE EXPECTANCY 58 YEARS MALE 59 YEARS FEMALE BIRTHRATE 32 BIRTHS PER 1000 POPULATION DEATH RATE 9 DEATHS PER 1000 POPULATION
