Eternal president: Kim Il-sung (deceased) Chairman, National Defence Commission: Kim Jong-il
Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General. Prime minister : Peter O'Neill
Population
24,589,122
6,310,129
Life Expectancy
69.200 years
66.460 years
Capital City
Port Moresby
Largest city
Pyongyang (population: 3,222,000)
Port Moresby (population: 283,733)
Human Development Index
0
0.516
GDP per capita
$2,600 US
Literacy Rate
99%
57.3%
Corruption Perception Index
NA
2
Percentage of Women in Parliament
20.1%
0.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
1.900%
Death Penalty
NA
Abolished in practice
Political System
Communist state one-man dictatorship
constitutional parliamentary democracy
Independence date
16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship)
Religions
traditionally Buddhist and Confucianist, some Christian and syncretic Chondogyo (Religion of the Heavenly Way) note: autonomous religious activities now almost nonexistent; government-sponsored religious groups exist to provide illusion of religious freedom
Roman Catholic 27%, Evangelical Lutheran 19.5%, United Church 11.5%, Seventh-Day Adventist 10%, Pentecostal 8.6%, Evangelical Alliance 5.2%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.5%, other Protestant 8.9%, Bahai 0.3%, indigenous beliefs and other 3.3% (2000 census)
Languages
Korean
Melanesian Pidgin serves as the lingua franca, English spoken by 1%-2%, Motu spoken in Papua region note: 820 indigenous languages spoken (over one-tenth of the world's total)
