Papua New Guinea vs. Indonesia
Demographics
| Papua New Guinea | Indonesia | |
|---|---|---|
| Population | 7,399,757 (July 2021 est.) | 275,122,131 (July 2021 est.) |
| Age structure | 0-14 years: 31.98% (male 1,182,539/female 1,139,358) 15-24 years: 19.87% (male 731,453/female 711,164) 25-54 years: 37.68% (male 1,397,903/female 1,337,143) 55-64 years: 5.83% (male 218,529/female 204,717) 65 years and over: 4.64% (male 164,734/female 171,916) (2020 est.) | 0-14 years: 23.87% (male 32,473,246/female 31,264,034) 15-24 years: 16.76% (male 22,786,920/female 21,960,130) 25-54 years: 42.56% (male 58,249,570/female 55,409,579) 55-64 years: 8.99% (male 11,033,838/female 12,968,005) 65 years and over: 7.82% (male 9,099,773/female 11,781,271) (2020 est.) |
| Median age | total: 24 years male: 24 years female: 24 years (2020 est.) | total: 31.1 years male: 30.5 years female: 31.8 years (2020 est.) |
| Population growth rate | 1.61% (2021 est.) | 0.81% (2021 est.) |
| Birth rate | 22.08 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 15.59 births/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Death rate | 5.97 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) | 6.74 deaths/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Net migration rate | 0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) | -0.72 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2021 est.) |
| Sex ratio | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.03 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 1.07 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.96 male(s)/female total population: 1.04 male(s)/female (2020 est.) | at birth: 1.05 male(s)/female 0-14 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 15-24 years: 1.04 male(s)/female 25-54 years: 1.05 male(s)/female 55-64 years: 0.85 male(s)/female 65 years and over: 0.77 male(s)/female total population: 1 male(s)/female (2020 est.) |
| Infant mortality rate | total: 40.33 deaths/1,000 live births male: 45.32 deaths/1,000 live births female: 35.09 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) | total: 20.16 deaths/1,000 live births male: 22.59 deaths/1,000 live births female: 17.6 deaths/1,000 live births (2021 est.) |
| Life expectancy at birth | total population: 69.86 years male: 67.37 years female: 72.48 years (2021 est.) | total population: 72.82 years male: 70.62 years female: 75.12 years (2021 est.) |
| Total fertility rate | 2.79 children born/woman (2021 est.) | 2.04 children born/woman (2021 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - adult prevalence rate | 0.9% (2020 est.) | 0.4% (2020 est.) |
| Nationality | noun: Papua New Guinean(s) adjective: Papua New Guinean | noun: Indonesian(s) adjective: Indonesian |
| Ethnic groups | Melanesian, Papuan, Negrito, Micronesian, Polynesian | Javanese 40.1%, Sundanese 15.5%, Malay 3.7%, Batak 3.6%, Madurese 3%, Betawi 2.9%, Minangkabau 2.7%, Buginese 2.7%, Bantenese 2%, Banjarese 1.7%, Balinese 1.7%, Acehnese 1.4%, Dayak 1.4%, Sasak 1.3%, Chinese 1.2%, other 15% (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - people living with HIV/AIDS | 55,000 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children | 540,000 (2020 est.) |
| Religions | Protestant 64.3% (Evangelical Lutheran 18.4%, Seventh Day Adventist 12.9%, Pentecostal 10.4%, United Church 10.3%, Evangelical Alliance 5.9%, Anglican 3.2%, Baptist 2.8%, Salvation Army .4%), Roman Catholic 26%, other Christian 5.3%, non-Christian 1.4%, unspecified 3.1% (2011 est.) note: data represent only the citizen population; roughly .3% of the population are non-citizens, consisting of Christian 52% (predominantly Roman Catholic), other 10.7% , none 37.3% | Muslim 87.2%, Protestant 7%, Roman Catholic 2.9%, Hindu 1.7%, other 0.9% (includes Buddhist and Confucian), unspecified 0.4% (2010 est.) |
| HIV/AIDS - deaths | <500 (2020 est.) note: estimate does not include children | 24,000 (2020 est.) |
| Languages | Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 839 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); many languages have fewer than 1,000 speakers note: Tok Pisin, a creole language, is widely used and understood; English is spoken by 1%-2%; Hiri Motu is spoken by less than 2% | Bahasa Indonesia (official, modified form of Malay), English, Dutch, local dialects (of which the most widely spoken is Javanese); note - more than 700 languages are used in Indonesia major-language sample(s): Fakta Dunia, sumber informasi dasar yang sangat diperlukan. (Indonesian) The World Factbook, the indispensable source for basic information. |
| Literacy | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 64.2% male: 65.6% female: 62.8% (2015) | definition: age 15 and over can read and write total population: 95.7% male: 97.3% female: 94% (2018) |
| Major infectious diseases | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria | degree of risk: very high (2020) food or waterborne diseases: bacterial diarrhea, hepatitis A, and typhoid fever vectorborne diseases: dengue fever and malaria note: a new coronavirus is causing sustained community spread of respiratory illness (COVID-19) in Indonesia; as of 19 July 2021, Indonesia has reported a total of 2,950,058 cases of COVID-19 or 1,078.54 cumulative cases of COVID-19 per 100,000 population with 27.86 cumulative deaths per 100,000 population; as of 19 July 2021, 15.39% of the population has received at least one dose of COVID-19 vaccine |
| Education expenditures | 1.9% of GDP (2018) | 3.6% of GDP (2015) |
| Urbanization | urban population: 13.5% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 2.91% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) | urban population: 57.3% of total population (2021) rate of urbanization: 1.99% annual rate of change (2020-25 est.) |
| Drinking water source | improved: urban: 89.4% of population rural: 36.1% of population total: 43% of population unimproved: urban: 10.6% of population rural: 63.9% of population total: 57% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 96.6% of population rural: 83.7% of population total: 90.8% of population unimproved: urban: 3.4% of population rural: 16.3% of population total: 9.2% of population (2017 est.) |
| Sanitation facility access | improved: urban: 55.5% of population rural: 9.1% of population total: 15.2% of population unimproved: urban: 44.5% of population rural: 90.9% of population total: 84.8% of population (2017 est.) | improved: urban: 92.5% of population rural: 76.8% of population total: 85.4% of population unimproved: urban: 7.5% of population rural: 23.2% of population total: 14.6% of population (2017 est.) |
| Major cities - population | 391,000 PORT MORESBY (capital) (2021) | 10.915 million JAKARTA (capital), 3.510 million Bekasi, 2.972 million Surabaya, 2.607 million Bandung, 2.397 million Tangerang, 2.368 million Medan (2021) |
| Maternal mortality rate | 145 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) | 177 deaths/100,000 live births (2017 est.) |
| Children under the age of 5 years underweight | 27.8% (2009/11) | 17.7% (2018) |
| Health expenditures | 2.4% (2018) | 2.9% (2018) |
| Physicians density | 0.07 physicians/1,000 population (2018) | 0.43 physicians/1,000 population (2018) |
| Obesity - adult prevalence rate | 21.3% (2016) | 6.9% (2016) |
| Mother's mean age at first birth | note: median age a first birth among women 25-49 | 22.4 years (2017 est.) note: median age at first birth among women 25-49 |
| Contraceptive prevalence rate | 36.7% (2016/18) | 55.5% (2018) |
| Dependency ratios | total dependency ratio: 63.2 youth dependency ratio: 57.4 elderly dependency ratio: 5.8 potential support ratio: 17.2 (2020 est.) | total dependency ratio: 47.5 youth dependency ratio: 38.3 elderly dependency ratio: 9.2 potential support ratio: 10.8 (2020 est.) |
Source: CIA Factbook
