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Papua New Guinea

Governor General:Robert Bob Dadae
Prime Minister:Peter Paire O'Neill
Capital city:Port Moresby
Languages:Tok Pisin (official), English (official), Hiri Motu (official), some 836 indigenous languages spoken (about 12% of the world's total); most 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%
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National statistics office

Population, persons:8,251,162 (2017)
Area, sq km:452,860 (2017)
GDP per capita, US$:2,556 (2017)
GDP, billion current US$:21.1 (2017)
GINI index:41.9 (2009)
Ease of Doing Business rank:109 (2017)

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- SIPRI Military Expenditure Database, 1988-2015
  
  June 2016
  
  Source: Stockholm International Peace Research Institute
  
  Uploaded by: Knoema
  
  Accessed On: 22 June, 2016
  
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  Military expenditure in local currency at current prices is presented according to the financial year of each country. Figures in constant (2014) US$ and as a share of GDP are present according to calendar year, calculated on the assumption that, where financial years do not correspond to calendar years, spending is distributed evenly through the year. SIPRI military expenditure data is based on open sources only, including a SIPRI questionnaire which is sent out annually to all countries included in the database. The collected data is processed to achieve consistent time series which are, as far as possible, in accordance with the SIPRI definition of military expenditure, detailed in the sources and methods.