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Papua New Guinea      Country: Papua New Guinea Internet: .pg Continent: Oceania Area: 462840 sq km Population: 5,670,544 (CIA World Factbook est as of 2006) Population: 6001.225 (United Nations est as of 2006, in thousands) Population Men: 3092.3 Population Women: 2908.925 Annual Growth Rate: 2.106 % Birth Rate: 29.36 % Death Rate: 7.25 % Life Expectancy: 65.28 years Infant Mortality Rate: 49.96 % Fertility Rate: 3.88 % HIV AIDS Adult Prev Rate: 0.6 % HIV AIDS Living With: 16,000 HIV AIDS Deaths: 600 Labor Force: 3,477,000 Unemployment Rate: 2 % GDP Per Capita: $2,700 GDP Purchasing Power: $15,130,000,000 GDP Real Growth: 3.2 Inflation Rate CP: 2.5 % Investment Gross Fixed: 19.2 Public Debt: 53.7 Capital: Port Moresby Capital Population: 324900 Capital Coordinates: 9 30 S, 147 10 E UTC Offset: 10 Washington D.C. UTC Offset Note: 15 hours ahead of Washington, DC during Standard Time Merchant Marine: 24 (total ships 1,000 GRT or over) Waterways: 10940 km Roadways: 19600 km Airports: 582 (total paved or unpaved) Internet Users: 170000 Internet Hosts: 1573 Telephones Mobile: 26,000 Telephones Main: 62000 Debt External: $1,801,000,000 Foreign Exchange Reserves: $1,099,000,000 Imports: $1,686,000,000 Exports: $4,096,000,000 Current Account Balance: $661,000,000 Natural Gas Reserves: 345,500,000,000 Natural Gas Imports: 0 Natural Gas Exports: 0 Natural Gas Consumption: 140,000,000 Natural Gas Production: 140,000,000 Electricity Consumption: 3,123,000,000 Electricity Production: 3,358,000,000 Oil Consumption: 18,000 Oil Production: 50,000 Oil Reserves: 170,000,000  Map of Papua New Guinea

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