Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II, represented by a Governor-General. Prime minister : Peter O'Neill
President: Moncef Marzouki
Population
6,310,129
10,732,900
Life Expectancy
66.460 years
75.240 years
Capital City
Port Moresby
Tunis
Largest city
Port Moresby (population: 283,733)
Tunis (population: 693,210)
Human Development Index
0.516
0.762
GDP per capita
$2,600 US
$9,600 US
Literacy Rate
57.3%
74.3%
Corruption Perception Index
2
4.4
Percentage of Women in Parliament
0.9%
19.9%
Wealthiest Citizens
Unemployment Rate
1.900%
18.000%
Death Penalty
Abolished in practice
Abolished in practice
Political System
constitutional parliamentary democracy
republic
Independence date
16 September 1975 (from the Australian-administered UN trusteeship)
20 March 1956 (from France)
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 98%, Christian 1%, Jewish and other 1%
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)
Arabic (official and one of the languages of commerce), French (commerce)
