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Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
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Population
11.78M
Capital
Port Moresby
Area
462,840 km²
Currency
PGK
Papua New Guinean kina
Statistics
Latest values from the World Bank. Click any metric for the full trend.
GDP (current US$)
$31.80B
as of 2024
GDP per capita
$3,007
as of 2024
Population
10.58M
as of 2024
Population growth (annual %)
1.8%
as of 2024
Inflation, consumer prices (annual %)
0.6%
as of 2024
Unemployment (% of labor force)
2.6%
as of 2024
Internet users (% of population)
18.8%
as of 2024
Life expectancy at birth
66.26
as of 2024
Healthcare spending (% of GDP)
2.9%
as of 2023
Education spending (% of GDP)
0.8%
as of 2023
Urban population (% of total)
15.4%
as of 2024
Fertility rate
3.07
as of 2024
CO₂ emissions per capita
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no data
Trade (% of GDP)
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no data
Land area (km²)
452,860
as of 2023
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About Papua New Guinea
- Languages
- English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
- Currencies
- Papua New Guinean kina (PGK)
- Timezones
- UTC+10:00
- Demonym
- Papua New Guinean
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- ISO codes
- PG · PNG
- Map
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