Oceania · Melanesia
Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Capital
Port Moresby
Population
10,947,848
2026 estimate
Area
462,840 km²
Code
PNG
Languages
English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
Currencies
Papua New Guinean kina (K)
Borders
Did you know?
- ✨Has more than 800 languages — about 12% of all the world's living languages, in one country.
- ✨Some tribes were uncontacted by the outside world until well into the 20th century.
- ✨Home to the world's only known poisonous birds — the hooded pitohui.
- ✨Birds of paradise here have evolved feathers and dances so elaborate that David Attenborough filmed them for decades.
- 🏔Kokoda Track is a legendary jungle trek over the Owen Stanley mountain range.
Location
-6.00°, 147.00°
Actual size
Compared to Australia.
Australia · 7,692,024 km²
Papua New Guinea
462,840 km²
% of Australia
6.02%
