Papa New Guinea Urban Facts

• 12th fastest growing economy in the world
• 1.9% unemployment rate
• 841 different languages, 11 have no known speakers
• money poor, resource rich
• growing populations- lots of young people
• more males can read than females- boys are more highly valued
• 37% of the population is below the poverty line
• TFR 3.39
• NMR 0
• 13% of the total population is urban
• Over half of the world population is urban
• 6.1 billion imports
• 6.48 billion exports- oil, natural gas, gold, metals, seafood, hardwood
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