Papua New Guinea

Oceania · Melanesia

Papua New Guinea

Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Oceania · Melanesia · Capital: Port Moresby

Quick facts about Papua New Guinea

Official name	Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Capital	Port Moresby
Continent & subregion	Oceania · Melanesia
Population	10,389,635 people (world rank 93)
Area	462,840 km²
Density	22 people/km²
Share of world population	0.13% of 8,037,699,775
GDP (nominal)	US$30.8 billion
Urbanisation	15.1% urban population
Life expectancy	66.1 years
Currency	Papua New Guinean kina (K) — PGK
Languages	English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
Internet domain	`.pg`
Calling code	+675
Status	Sovereign state

Development & environment in numbers

GDP per Capita	US$2,966 · see world ranking
Internet Users	18.6% · see world ranking
Fertility Rate	3.1 children per woman · see world ranking
Infant Mortality	32.2 per 1,000 births · see world ranking
CO₂ Emissions per Capita	0.5 tonnes CO₂ · see world ranking
Forest Cover	75.2% · see world ranking

These come from the World Bank Open Data 2023 series, the same source behind the world indicator rankings. A blank simply means Papua New Guinea did not report that figure.

Neighbours (land borders)

Indonesia

The geographic position is roughly -6°, 147°.

Flags: flagcdn.com; population, GDP, urbanisation, life expectancy and every development indicator above: World Bank Open Data (2023 series); base data: the open-source world-countries package — all of it free, with no registration.