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  • 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.
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