Papua New Guinea
Independent State of Papua New Guinea
Papua New Guinea sits in Melanesia and uses PGK - Papua New Guinean kina (K). This profile combines identifiers, formats, map links, memberships, and the largest city records in one structured reference.
Alotau
Milne Bay
Port Moresby
National Capital
Lae
Morobe
Popondetta
Northern
Coordinates
-6, 147
Borders
1
Timezone
UTC+10:00
Driving
left
Population
11.8M
11,781,559 people
Area
462.8K km2
462,840 square kilometers
Density
25/km2
Population divided by land area
Capital
Port Moresby
-9.45, 147.18
Detailed Country Guide
Overview and identity
Papua New Guinea, officially listed here as Independent State of Papua New Guinea, is structured as a practical country reference guide for users searching country facts, maps, flags, codes, and daily-use data. The page should make Papua New Guinea, PG, PNG, the flag, the official name, and the country slug easy to confirm because users often land on country pages while checking identifiers for forms, travel, education, or data products. Papua New Guinea is grouped under Oceania, more specifically Melanesia, with Oceania shown as the continent context.
Geography and population scale
The country dataset records a population of 11,781,559 people and a land area of 462,840 square kilometers, which gives an approximate density of 25 people per square kilometer. The main coordinate reference is -6, 147, while the capital coordinate reference is -9.45, 147.18. Papua New Guinea shares listed land borders with IDN, and the landlocked value is recorded as no. These details help the page answer common searches around location, area, borders, map position, and population comparison.
Capital and urban network
The capital information is recorded as Port Moresby (primary). The largest city entries shown for this country are Alotau, Port Moresby, Lae, Popondetta and Mendi. Including cities alongside country-level facts helps the guide answer searches such as largest cities in Papua New Guinea, capital of Papua New Guinea, and major urban areas in Papua New Guinea. This is useful because many users compare the official capital with the largest business, transport, or population centers.
Government, classification, and memberships
The government type is listed as Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy. The classification fields mark sovereignty as yes, United Nations membership as yes, observer status as no, and disputed status as no. International memberships shown for this page include Commonwealth and United Nations. These fields support search intent around political status, country classification, and international organization membership.
Administrative formats and daily-use data
Papua New Guinea uses calling code +675, postal format ###, and time zone data listed as UTC+10:00. The number format uses , as the thousands separator and . as the decimal separator. The week starts on monday; the academic year starts around Jan 28; the government fiscal year starts around Jan 1; and the personal fiscal year starts around Jan 1.
Currency, language, transport, and references
Currency data lists PGK - Papua New Guinean kina (K), while language records include English, Hiri Motu and Tok Pisin. Vehicle data records the driving side as left and vehicle sign codes as PNG. Reference links should keep official, Wikipedia, Google Maps, and OpenStreetMap sources together when available so users can move from the structured country guide to map or source pages quickly. The latest Gini entry in the dataset is 41.9 for 2009.
How to use this profile
This Papua New Guinea profile is designed to be scanned in layers: first the name, official name, flag, capital, population, area, and density; then identity, geography, cities, governance, memberships, formats, connectivity, currency, languages, transport, and references. That structure supports both human readers and product workflows where users need to verify a phone code, compare cities, inspect fiscal dates, check postal formats, review memberships, or open a map reference without searching across multiple pages.
Country Snapshot
ISO codes
PG / PNG
Top-level domains
.pg
Continents
Oceania
Border countries
IDN
Driving side
left
Vehicle signs
PNG
Flag And Identity
The flag entry for Papua New Guinea is represented by the PG country flag asset.
Largest Cities
#1
Alotau
Milne Bay
412,158
admin
#2
Port Moresby
National Capital
317,374
primary
#3
Lae
Morobe
173,000
admin
#4
Popondetta
Northern
65,000
admin
#5
Mendi
Southern Highlands
56,055
admin
Governance
Government type
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
Sovereign
Yes
UN member
Yes
Landlocked
No
Formats
Week starts
monday
Academic year
Jan 28
Government fiscal year
Jan 1
Number separators
, thousands, . decimal
Connectivity
Calling codes
+675
Postal format
###
Timezones
UTC+10:00
Languages
English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
International Memberships
Economy And References
Latest Gini entry
41.9
2009