Papua New Guinea facts - great collection of trivia.
Last update : 17 February 2019
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Capital : Port Moresby
Language : Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin, Papua New Guinean Sign Language, English
Currency : Papua New Guinean kina
Population : 8 151 300
Area : 462 840 km2
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2. The population density is 13 people / km².
3. The country is 1.5 times larger than Poland.
4. The main religion is Protestantism: 67%.
5. The longest river is Sepik, 1 126 km.
6. Full name of the country – Independent State of Papua New Guinea.
7. Motto of the country: “Unity in diversity”.
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9. The highest peak is Mount Wilhelm, 4509 m above sea level.
10. Head of the state – Queen Elizabeth II.
11. Unofficial national sport is rugby.
12. Papua New Guinea is one of the most heterogeneous (multi-national) country in the world.
13. It is also the least researched country.
14. There are over 850 native languages.
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15. The Korowai tribe builds houses on trees at a height of up to 40 meters above the ground.
16. The tribe also until recently practiced ritual cannibalism.
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17. The minimum wage is 3.2 kina per hour (data from 2014).
18. The unemployment rate in 2018 is 2.6% .
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19. In Papua New-Guinea, an average person consumes about 3 liters of pure alcohol per year.
20. The most beer is beer – 51%, then spirit – 48%, and wine – 1%.
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21. The average IQ level is 83.
22. The beginning of education begins at the age of 6.
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23. In this country there are 35.8% of people above 15 years of age who can not read or write (approximately 2,893,965 people).
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24. The national animal is dugong.
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25. Built-up speed allowed 60 km / h.
26. Outside the built-up area, the permitted speed is 75 km / h.
27. 56% of fatal accidents caused people who were under the influence of alcohol.
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28. In this country there is left-hand traffic.
29. In 2013, 248 people lost their lives as a result of road accidents.
30. In this country, more than 94,300 motor vehicles are registered (12 vehicles per 1,000 inhabitants).
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31. 65% of the population live on less than 3 $a day.
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32. In this country there are over 9 349 km of paved roads (0.01% of all roads in the world).
33. In this country there are 561 airports, 21 of the paved surface.
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34. In this country over 625 000 (2015) 906 695 (2018) people have access to the internet ( around 11% of the population).
35. Around 350,000 (2015) 380,000 (2018) accounts on Facebook.
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36. The national top-level domain is .pg . There are over 1 810 websites with such an extension.
37. The most popular pages with the extension .pg are: postcourier.com.pg, thenational.com.pg and online.net.pg.
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38. This country has 2018 over a year $1,688,000,000 in foreign exchange reserves (0.031% of foreign currency reserves of all countries in the world).
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39. Gross Domestic Product (GDP) …
– in 2015 the year is $20,328,000,000 ,
– 2018 is $21,090,000,000 .
40. Internal debt at the beginning …
– 2015 year was 38.8% GDP, or around: $7,877,264,000 ,
– 2018 year was 33.5% GDP, or around: $7,065 150,000 . To pay it off, each citizen would have to give around $874.
41. The foreign debt at the beginning of 2015 year was around: $26 510 000 000 .
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42. In this country an adult person smokes an average of 56 cigarettes a month.
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43. The lowest temperature: -3 °C was measured in Yumbis.
44. The highest temperature: 38.7 °C was measured in Lae.
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45. The most deadly disease in this country is heart failure.
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46. The average life expectancy in this country is 61.5 years (women – 63.7 years and men – 59.5 years).
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47. In this country, men and women can get married at the age of 21.
48. 10 women give birth to 32 children on average
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49. The average age people living in this country is 22.6 years old.
50. The country is around:
– 2,785,000 people (34.45%) in the age range 0-14 years.
– 4,971,000 individuals (61.5%) in the 15-64 age range.
– 327 400 people (4.05%) over 65 years old.
51. In this country, about 197,000 children are born each year (2.4% of the population), and about 52.800 people die (0.7% of the population).
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52. In Papua New-Guinea there are 11900 km2 of agricultural land (3% of the country).
53. 12 people out of 1000 possess firearms.
54. In this country, the formalities associated with setting up a business last 56 days.
55. The work week is 44 hours.
56. 13% of the country’s population lives in urban areas.
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57. 291588 km2 of the country is covered by forests (64.4%)
58. Wabag is the highest located city in the country.
59. In this country, women have the right to vote since 1964.
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60. In this country, the amount of income tax for individuals is 42%, and for companies 30% (2018).
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61. The tax on goods and services is 10% (2018).
62. The level of inflation in 2018 is 4.5%.
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63. Papua New-Guinea has 2,000 kg of gold reserves (2018).
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