Key demographics
- Population
- 11.8M
- Density
- 19.3/km²
- HDI
- 0.576 (Medium)
- GDP per capita
- $2,757
- Gini index (2009)
- 41.9
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.3 yrs
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.07
- Urban population (2025)
- 15.8%
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 87.0%
- Labor force (2025)
- 52.9%
Population structure
- Dependency ratio
- 58.1%
- Profile
- Young
- Urban population (2025)
- 15.8%
- Birth rate (2024)
- 24.3 /1000
- Death rate (2024)
- 6.6 /1000
- Largest city (2025)
- 25.4%
- Fertility rate (2024)
- 3.07
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 31.3 /1000
- Slum population (2022)
- 22.3%
- Tourism (2020)
- 39.0K
Languages and culture
| Language | Native name |
|---|---|
| English | English |
| Hiri Motu | - |
| Tok Pisin | - |
| Religion | Percentage |
|---|---|
| Christianity | 95.5% |
| Unspecified | 3.1% |
| Other | 1.4% |
- Demonym (male)
- Papua New Guinean
- Demonym (female)
- Papua New Guinean
- National anthem
- O Arise, All You Sons
Healthcare
- Life expectancy (2024)
- 66.3 yrs
- HALE (2021)
- 57.5 yrs
- Health spending (2023)
- 2.9% of GDP
- Infant mortality (2024)
- 31.3/1000
- UHC index (2023)
- 32/100
- Hospital beds (2023)
- 0.6/1000
- Physicians (2023)
- 0.06/1000
- Nurses (2021)
- 0.51/1000
- Health spending per capita (2023)
- $85
- Out-of-pocket (2023)
- 8.6%
Education and technology
- Literacy rate (2022)
- 87.0%
- Education spending (2023)
- 0.8% of GDP
- Learning outcomes (2020)
- 363
- Internet users (2024)
- 18.8%
- Mobile subscriptions (2024)
- 38.8/100
- Broadband (2024)
- 0.2/100
- Secure servers (2024)
- 88/1M
Broadband connectivity
- Broadband per 100 (2024)
- 0.2
Geography and practical
- Area
- 462,840 km²
- Continent
- Oceania
- Region
- Oceania
- Subregion
- Melanesia
- Landlocked
- No
- Driving side
- Left
- Timezones
- UTC+10:00
- Calling codes
- +675
- Postal code
- ###
- TLD
- .pg
- Maps
- Google Maps · OpenStreetMap
Borders
National symbols
- Flag
- The flag of Papua New Guinea is divided diagonally, from the upper hoist-side corner to the lower fly-side corner, into a lower black and an upper red triangle. On the hoist side of the lower black triangle is a representation of the Southern Cross constellation made up of one small and four larger five-pointed white stars. A golden Raggiana bird-of-paradise is situated on the fly side of the upper red triangle.
- National anthem
- O Arise, All You Sons