, Lae,
and Rabaul are planned) (2004)

Televisions:

59,841 (1999)

Internet country code:

.pg

Internet hosts:

3,422 (2008)

Internet Service Providers (ISPs):

3 (2000)

Internet users:

110,000 (2006)

Transportation
Papua New Guinea

Airports:

578 (2007)

Airports - with paved runways:

total: 21
2,438 to 3,047 m: 2
1,524 to 2,437 m: 14
914 to 1,523 m: 4
under 914 m: 1 (2007)

Airports - with unpaved runways:

total: 557
1,524 to 2,437 m: 10
914 to 1,523 m: 58
under 914 m: 489 (2007)

Heliports:

2 (2007)

Pipelines:

oil 264 km (2007)

Roadways:

total: 19,600 km
paved: 686 km
unpaved: 18,914 km (2000)

Waterways:

11,000 km (2006)

Merchant marine:

total: 21
by type: bulk carrier 2, cargo 17, petroleum tanker 2
foreign-owned: 6 (UAE 6) (2008)

Ports and terminals:

Kimbe, Lae, Madang, Rabaul, Wewak

Military
Papua New Guinea

Military branches:

Papua New Guinea Defense Force (PNGDF; includes Maritime Operations
Element, Air Operations Element) (2008)

Military service age and obligation:

16 years of age for voluntary military service; no conscription
(2008)

Manpower available for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,481,417
females age 16-49: 1,385,040 (2008 est.)

Manpower fit for military service:

males age 16-49: 1,080,466
females age 16-49: 1,092,040 (2008 est.)

Manpower reaching militarily significant age annually:

male: 62,865
female: 61,102 (2008 est.)

Military expenditures:

1.4% of GDP (2005 est.)

Transnational Issues
Papua New Guinea

Disputes - international:

relies on assistance from Australia to keep out illegal cross-border
activities from primarily Indonesia, including goods smuggling,
illegal narcotics trafficking, and squatters and secessionists

Refugees and internally displaced persons:

refugees (country of origin): 10,177 (Indonesia) (2007)

Trafficking in persons:

current situation: Papua New Guinea is a country of destination for
women and children from Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, and
China trafficked for the purpose of commercial sexual exploitation;
internal trafficking of women and children for the purposes of
sexual exploitation and involuntary domestic servitude occurs as well
tier rating: Tier 3 - Papua New Guinea does not fully comply with
the minimum standards for the elimination of trafficking and is not
making si