Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General. Prime minister : Peter O'Neill
President: Goodluck Jonathan
Population
6,310,129
170,123,740
Life Expectancy
66.460 years
52.050 years
Capital City
Port Moresby
Abuja
Largest city
Port Moresby (population: 283,733)
Lagos (population: 9,000,000)
Human Development Index
0.516
0.499
GDP per capita
$2,600 US
$2,600 US
Literacy Rate
57.3%
68%
Corruption Perception Index
2
2.7
Percentage of Women in Parliament
0.9%
7.3%
Wealthiest Citizens
NA
Aliko Dangote ($2.5bn US)
Unemployment Rate
1.900%
21.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Legal
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
federal republic
Independence date
16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship)
1 October 1960 (from UK)
Religions
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)
Muslim 50%, Christian 40%, indigenous beliefs 10%
Languages
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)
English (official), Hausa, Yoruba, Igbo (Ibo), Fulani
