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  1. Date of Independence: September 16, 1975  (from a United Nations trusteeship under Australian administration)
  2. Date of Current Constitution: September 16, 1975
  3. Population: 4,705,126 (1999 est.)
  4. Area: 178,704 sq. mi.
  5. Capital: Port Moresby
  6. Form of Government: parliamentary republic
  7. Natural Resources: gold, copper, silver, natural gas, timber
  8. Main Industries: coconut and palm oil processing, wood products, mining, construction, tourism
  9. Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, tea, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables, poultry, pigs
  10. Currency: kina
  11. GDP: $11.1 billion (1998 est.)
  12. GDP per Capita: $2,400 (1998 est.)
  13. Languages: 715 Papuan and Austronesian languages, English, Motu, Tok Pisin
  14. Religions: Christianity (Protestant denominations, Roman Catholicism), traditional belief systems
  15. Literacy Rate: 72%
  16. Life Expectancy:    58 years (male)
  17.                 59 years (female)
  18. Birthrate: 32 births per 1,000 population
  19. Death Rate: 9 deaths per 1,000 population