Population
11.8M
Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
GDP per capita, PPP
$5,863
in 2031
Passport power
#116
37 visa-free destinations
Top-rated city
Kokopo
of 10 cities rated
Country overview
- Official name
- Independent State of Papua New Guinea
- Capital
- Port Moresby
- Continent
- Oceania / Melanesia
- Area
- 462,840 km²
- Population
- 11.8M
- Density
- 19.3/km²
- Government
- Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy
- UN member
- Yes
- Independent
- Yes
- Driving side
- Left
- TLD
- .pg
- Calling code
- +675
- Timezone
- UTC+10:00
Regions
Visa and travel
- Passport power rank
- #116 of 199
- Visa-free destinations
- 37
- Total accessible
- 72
Culture and society
- Languages
- English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin
- Religions
- Christianity 95.5%, Unspecified 3.1%, Other 1.4%
- Currencies
- K PGK — Papua New Guinean kina
Key figures
- HDI
- 0.576
- GDP per capita (2031)
- $5,863
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.3 yrs
- Internet users (2024)
- 18.8%
- Gini index (2009)
- 41.9
- Inflation (2031)
- 4.5%
- Unemployment (2025)
- 2.6%
- Urban population (2025)
- 15.8%
- PM2.5 (2024)
- 11.0 µg/m³
- Homicide rate (2010)
- 9.3/100k
- Human capital (2020)
- 0.43