Country profile · PNG
Papua New Guinea
Region · East Asia & Pacific Population · 10.4M people
These estimates describe populations, not individual outcomes. Select a country or region to see more of the measures used in the simulation.
Health and education
- Death before age 1
- 3.2%
- Maternal deaths per 100,000 births
- 192 / 100,000
- Children per woman
- 3.10
- Expected years of schooling
- 11.5 years
- Tertiary enrollment
- 4%
- Smoking prevalence (men / women)
- 56% / 26%
Income and daily life
- Income inequality (Gini)
- 0.42
- Urban population
- 15%
- Employment in agriculture
- 39%
- Internet use
- 19%
- Adult HIV prevalence
- 1.35%
- Homicides per 100,000 people
- 9.0 / 100k
- Road deaths per 100,000 people
- 15.0 / 100k
- Out-of-pocket health spending
- 10%
- Women married before age 18
- 27%
Religion
- Christianity99%
- Folk and traditional beliefs1%
Major cities
- Port Moresby
- Lae
Common hazards
- Earthquakes
Common migration destinations
- Australia