• Population........................................................................1,040,880* (July 2005 est.)
• Population growth rate ..............................................................2.09% (2005 est.)
• Birth rate....................................................27.19 births/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Death rate....................................................6.3 deaths/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Net migration rate.................................0.0 migrant(s)/1,000 population (2005 est.)
• Ethnic groups.........Austronesian (Malayo-Polynesian), Papuan, small Chinese minority

* Note: other estimates range as low as 800,000.