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Papua New Guinea

Country

Member state of the United Nations.[1]

Capital
Population
10,762,817 in 2025[3]
Other published figures
  • 8,935,000in 2020[4]
Land area
452,860 km²[5]
Total area
462,840 km²[6] land and water
Official languages
Currency
Land border
Indonesia[13]
Coast
Yes[13]
Continent
Official names
  • Papua New Guinea[14]
  • l’État indépendant de Papouasie- Nouvelle-Guinée[15]

Parts of Papua New Guinea

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Through time

Population over time[3]
1960202510.8M

1,995,110 in 1960, 10,762,817 in 2025

Show as a table
YearPopulation
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
202410,576,502
202510,762,817

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Codes

ISO alpha-2
PG[16]
ISO alpha-3
PNG[17]
ISO numeric
598[18]

Changes to this page's data

No changes recorded since the dataset of 5 November 2026.

Sources

  1. United Nations: Member States (checked 2026-11-05) Published directly by the source.
  2. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), capital: Port Moresby (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  3. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Population, total (SP.POP.TOTL) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  4. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), population (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  5. World Bank, World Development Indicators: Land area (sq. km) (AG.LND.TOTL.K2) (2026-10-08) Published directly by the source.
  6. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), area (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  7. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), official language: English (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  8. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), official language: Tok Pisin (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  9. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), official language: Hiri Motu (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  10. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), official language: Papua New Guinean Sign Language (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  11. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), currency: kina (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  12. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), continent: Oceania (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  13. Natural Earth: Admin 0 countries, 1:50m (revision v5.1.2) Published directly by the source.
  14. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), official name (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  15. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), official name (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that cites its own sources.
  16. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 code (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  17. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 code (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.
  18. Wikidata: Papua New Guinea (Q691), ISO 3166-1 numeric code (revision 2563715700) Wikidata statement that does not cite a source yet.

Flag image: Flag of Papua New Guinea.svg, Public domain, User:Nightstallion, via Wikimedia Commons.