Oceania · Melanesia
Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
CapitalPort Moresby
Population10,762,817World Bank 2025
Area462,840 km²
CurrencyPGK — Papua New Guinean kina
LanguagesEnglish, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
Calling code+675
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Life expectancy66.3 years
Internet users18.8%
What this means
Papua New Guinea is in Oceania (Melanesia). About 10.76M people live there, or roughly 23.3 people per km².
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Country facts: world-countries (MIT). Indicators: World Bank Open Data (CC BY 4.0).