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Aliases: Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Papuaniugini, Territory of Papua and New GuineaObject «Papua New Guinea» was created due to
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| Attribute | Value |
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| Geography | |
| Area | 462,840 km² |
| Continent | Australia |
| Land area | 452,860 km² |
| Water area | 9,980 km² |
| Land boundaries | 824 km |
| Border countries |
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| Coastline | 5,152 km |
| Mean elevation | 667 m |
| Lowest point | 0 m |
| Highest point | 4,509 m |
| People | |
| Population | 7,259,456 |
| Official languages |
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| Religion | Roman Catholic |
| Government | |
| Long country name | Independent State of Papua New Guinea |
| Short country name | Papua New Guinea |
| Long local name | Add |
| Short local name | Papuaniugini |
| Former name |
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| Government type | Parliamentary democracy |
| Capital | Port Moresby |
| Economy | |
| GDP (PPP) | 30,190,000,000 USD |
| GDP (OER) | 19,820,000,000 USD |
| GDP (real growth rate) | 2.5 % |
| GDP - per capita (PPP) | 3,700 USD |
| Gross national saving | 36.8 % of GDP |
| Labor force | 3,681,000 |
| Unemployment rate | 2.5 % |
| Population below poverty line | 37 % |
| Budget revenues | 3,638,000,000 USD |
| Budget expenditures | 4,591,000,000 USD |
| Military expenditures | 0.27 % of GDP |
| Taxes and other revenues | 18.4 % of GDP |
| Budget surplus or deficit | -4.8 % of GDP |
| Public debt | 36.9 % of GDP |
| Inflation rate | 5.4 % |
| Central bank discount rate | 14 % |
| Commercial bank prime lending rate | 8.4 % |
| Stock of narrow money | 5,409,000,000 USD |
| Stock of broad money | 5,409,000,000 USD |
| Stock of domestic credit | 7,091,000,000 USD |
| Market value of publicly traded shares | 10,710,000,000 USD |
| Current account balance | 4,859,000,000 USD |
| Exports | 8,522,000,000 USD |
| Imports | 1,876,000,000 USD |
| Reserves of foreign exchange and gold | 1,735,000,000 USD |
| External debt | 17,940,000,000 USD |
| National currency | kina |
| National currency (code) | PGK |
| National currency (symbol) | K |
| National currency rate to USD | 3.179 |
The eastern half of the island of New Guinea - second largest in the world - was divided between Germany (north) and the UK (south) in 1885. The latter area was transferred to Australia in 1902, which occupied the northern portion during World War I and continued to administer the combined areas until independence in 1975. A nine-year secessionist revolt on the island of Bougainville ended in 1997 after claiming some 20,000 lives. Since 2001, Bougainville has experienced autonomy; a referendum asking the population if they would like independence or greater self rule is tentatively scheduled for October 2019.
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