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
Time zones
GDPUSD 32.5B
GDP per capitaUSD 3K
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. GDP per capita is around USD 3K, which helps compare living standards with other countries on YIMHO.
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