Papua New Guinea December 7, 2022 Bougainville , British colony , British Commonwealth , colony , Commonwealth , Commonwealth of Nations , deforestation , État indépendant de Papouasie-Nouvelle-Guinée , forest , Lae , New Britain , New Guinea , New Ireland , Oceania , Pacific Ocean , Papouasie , Papous , Papua New Guinea , Port Moresby , primary forest , Rabaul , Ring of Fire Official name Independent State of Papua New Guinea Name in local language Independent State of Papua New Guinea (en) ; Independen Stet bilong Papua Niugini (tpi) Continent Oceania Subcontinent Oceania Population (ranking: 88e ) 10,494,369 inhabitants (2023) Population growth 3.10 % / year Area 462,840 km² Density 22.67 inhabitants / km² GDP (ranking: 106e )26.594 billions $USD (2021) GDP/capita (ranking ) 2,916 $USD (2021) GDP growth 1.50 % / year (2021) Life expectancy (ranking ) 65.35 years (2021) Birth rate 25.50 ‰ (2021) Fertility rate 3.22 children / woman (2021) Death rate (ranking ) 6.70 ‰ (2021) Infant mortality rate (ranking ) 33.90 ‰ (2021) Literacy rate 66.68 % (2015) Official languages English, Hiri Motu, Tok Pisin Currency Papua New Guinean kina (PGK) HDI (ranking: 191e )0.558 / 1 (2021) EPI (ranking )39.35 (2018) Government Unitary parliamentary constitutional monarchy Head of State King Charles III ; Governor General Bob Dadae National Day 16 September (independence of 1975) ISO Codes PG, PNG Demonym Papua New Guinean Tourists (ranking ) 143,000 people (2017)
Papuan people are in danger Papua New Guinea is a country located in Oceania that occupies the eastern half of the island of New Guinea (the other half, western New Guinea, under Indonesian sovereignty). It is located west of Oceania, in the southwestern Pacific Ocean, north of Australia (of which it has been a dependency), and west of the Solomon Islands .
Port Moresby, capitale of Papua New Guinea. Photo: Hitchster Village on stilts, Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. Photo: Wikipedia Forest in Papua New Guinea Urban areas (2017) Urban areas Population Port Moresby 442,438 inhabitants Lae 99,787 inhabitants Tari 46,087 inhabitants Madang 42,206 inhabitants Mont Hagen 39,660 inhabitants Kokopo Vunamami 39,521 inhabitants Popondetta 35,375 inhabitants Rabaul 16,368 inhabitants
Administrative divisions Provinces, Regions Population Area Baie Milne 276,512 inhabitants 14,345 km² Bougainville (Région autonome) 249,358 inhabitants 9,384 km² Capitale nationale (District) 364,125 inhabitants 240 km² Centrale 269,756 inhabitants 29,998 km² Enga 432,045 inhabitants 11,704 km² Golfe 158,197 inhabitants 34,472 km² Hautes-Terres (Région) 2,854,874 inhabitants 62,400 km² Hautes-Terres méridionales 510,245 inhabitants 15,089 km² Hautes-Terres occidentales 362,850 inhabitants 4,299 km² Hautes-Terres orientales 579,825 inhabitants 11,157 km² Hela 249,449 inhabitants 10,498 km² Îles (Région) 1,096,543 inhabitants 57,500 km² Jiwaka 343,987 inhabitants 4,798 km² Madang 493,906 inhabitants 28,886 km² Manus 60,485 inhabitants 2,100 km² Momase (Région) 1,867,657 inhabitants 142,600 km² Morobe 674,810 inhabitants 33,705 km² Nord 186,309 inhabitants 22,735 km² Nouvelle-Bretagne occidentale 264,264 inhabitants 20,387 km² Nouvelle-Bretagne orientale 328,369 inhabitants 15,816 km² Nouvelle-Irlande 194,067 inhabitants 9,557 km² Ouest 201,351 inhabitants 98,189 km² Papouasie (Région) 1,456,250 inhabitants 200,340 km² Sepik occidental (Sandaun) 248,411 inhabitants 35,820 km² Sepik oriental 450,530 inhabitants 43,426 km²
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