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🇵🇬 Papua New Guinea

Overview

ISO 3166-1 alpha-3PNG
ISO 3166-1 alpha-2PG
UN M49 numeric598
IOC codePNG
Official nameIndependent State of Papua New Guinea
Native name(s)eng: official: Independent State of Papua New Guinea; common: Papua New Guinea; hmo: official: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; common: Papua Niu Gini; tpi: official: Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini; common: Papua Niugini
Alt spellingsPG, Independent State of Papua New Guinea, Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini
Statusofficially-assigned
IndependentYes
UN memberYes

Geography

RegionOceania
SubregionMelanesia
UN regional groupAsia and the Pacific Group
CapitalPort Moresby
Area (km²)462,840
Lat / Lng-6.0000, 147.0000
LandlockedNo
Borders (ISO3)IDN
Top-level domain.pg
Calling coderoot: +6; suffixes: 75

Demographics

Population (World Bank)10,762,817 (2025)
Life expectancy (years, World Bank)66.256 (2024)
Languageseng: English; hmo: Hiri Motu; tpi: Tok Pisin
Demonymseng: f: Papua New Guinean; m: Papua New Guinean; fra: f: Papouasienne; m: Papouasien
Population time-series (UN WPP)74

Economy

GDP (current USD)32,498,658,653.842 (2025)
GDP per capita (current USD)3,019.531 (2025)
Unemployment rate (%)2.571 (2025)
CurrenciesPGK: name: Papua New Guinean kina; symbol: K

Population by year (UN WPP)

74 yearly data points — click to expand
YearPopulation
19501,543,429
19511,574,922
19521,609,537
19531,650,228
19541,693,505
19551,739,219
19561,787,439
19571,837,503
19581,888,964
19591,941,504
19601,995,110
19612,046,127
19622,093,919
19632,141,376
19642,188,325
19652,235,820
19662,285,774
19672,337,532
19682,390,803
19692,446,927
19702,505,628
19712,566,421
19722,628,432
19732,690,629
19742,752,671
19752,814,820
19762,877,327
19772,940,327
19783,003,714
19793,067,341
19803,131,512
19813,197,019
19823,264,291
19833,333,633
19843,405,198
19853,478,936
19863,554,793
19873,632,543
19883,711,880
19893,796,078
19903,896,481
19914,021,837
19924,166,699
19934,320,872
19944,480,208
19954,644,278
19964,813,361
19974,987,883
19985,166,390
19995,349,333
20005,537,064
20015,728,435
20025,924,003
20036,123,997
20046,328,041
20056,535,905
20066,747,720
20076,963,345
20087,183,002
20097,406,438
20107,633,523
20117,859,346
20128,081,390
20138,302,698
20148,523,441
20158,743,246
20168,961,718
20179,178,714
20189,394,513
20199,609,010
20209,815,746
202110,012,896
202210,203,169
202310,389,635

Full raw record (JSON)

JSON
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