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Sovereign: Queen Elizabeth II (1952)
Governor General: Silas Atopare (1997)
Prime Minister: Mekere Morauta (1999)
Area: 178,704 sq. mi. (461,690 sq. km)
Population (1999 est.): 4,705,126 (average annual rate of natural increase: 2.26%); birth rate: 32.0/1000; infant mortality rate: 55.6/1000; density per sq. mi.: 26
Capital and largest city (1994 est.): Port Moresby, 250,000
Monetary unit: Kina
Languages: English, Tok Pisin (a Melanesian Creole English), Hiri Motu, and 717 distinct native languages
Ethnicity/race: Papuan, Melanesian, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian
Religions: over half are Christian, remainder indigenous
Literacy rate: 50%
Economic summary: GDP/PPP (1998 est.): $11.1 billion; $2,400 per capita. Real growth rate: 1.6%. Inflation: 12% (FY97/98 est.). Unemployment: n.a. Agriculture: coffee, cocoa, coconuts, palm kernels, tea, rubber, sweet potatoes, fruit, vegetables; poultry, pork. Labor force: 1.941 million; agriculture, 64% (1993 est.). Industry: copra crushing, palm oil processing, plywood production, wood chip production; mining of gold, silver, and copper; crude oil production; construction, tourism. Natural resources: copper, gold, silver, timber, natural gas, oil, fisheries. Exports: $2.2 billion (f.o.b., 1997): gold, copper ore, oil, logs, palm oil, coffee, cocoa, crayfish and prawns. Imports: $1.5 billion (c.i.f., 1997): machinery and transport equipment, manufactured goods, food, fuels, chemicals. Major trading partners: Australia, Japan, Germany, U.K., South Korea, China, Singapore, U.S., New Zealand, Malaysia.
