Papua New Guinea

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Papua New Guinea

Independent State of Papua New Guinea

Pacific

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Geography

Area: 462,840 sq km

Eastern half of New Guinea, the second largest island in the world, and many smaller islands in the north and east together make up the nation of Papua New Guinea (PNG). A land of high mountains, dense forests, lowland swamps, coral islands, torrential rainfall, many rivers and great biodiversity.

Population: 6,888,387    Annual Growth: 2.40%

Capital: Port Moresby

Urbanites: 13%

HDI Rank: 148 of 182 (UN Human Development Reports 2009)

Peoples

Peoples: 879 (0% unreached) All peoples
Unreached Peoples Prayer Card

Official language: English, Tok Pisin (Melanesian/English Creole) and Motu    Languages: 830 All languages

Religion

Largest Religion: Christian

Religion               Pop %Ann Gr
Christians6,601,83095.842.4
Evangelicals1,773,34825.73.1

Challenges for Prayer

AIDS is an impending scourge with HIV infections increasing at an alarming rate, approaching a pandemic comparable to that of sub-Saharan Africa. Lack of awareness is a major challenge: mostly spread through sexual immorality, HIV is often attributed to all kinds of causes, some superstitious. TSCF(IFES), Anglicans (Anglicare) and Baptists are just three ministries educating on causes of AIDS, removing the associated stigma and cultivating biblical lifestyles so as to eradicate the infection.

     For an additional 10 Challenges for Prayer see Operation World book, CD-ROM, or DVD-ROM.

More Information

The Operation World book, CD-ROM, and DVD-ROM provide far more information and fuel for prayer for the people of Papua New Guinea.